| ext">From the bottom to the top it’s | | | | club face. |
| about two or more inches. Most players associate | | | | If the golf ball sits much higher than the center of |
| all of that space with teeing the golf ball high. We | | | | the face, the swing tip to improve your golf |
| even have three-inch tees now. | | | | would have you hitting the golf ball on the |
| So, that isn’t true. You don’t need | | | | upswing. If it was teed down close to the ground, |
| that. Some of you might, but most of you | | | | and you tried to hit the golf ball on the upswing, |
| don’t. | | | | you might wind up hitting a little grass behind it. |
| So, here’s my rule of thumb for how high | | | | Instead, you would have to hit this one on a little |
| should you tee the driver: If the mistake you | | | | bit of the downswing, which is defeating the |
| make is that you constantly top the golf ball, that | | | | purpose of the driver. The driver’s swing is |
| isn’t always the answer. You could fix your | | | | a sweeping swing. And you want to catch the |
| posture and bend over a little bit and that would | | | | golf ball at the bottom of the arc. |
| fix topping the golf ball. | | | | At worst, you want to catch it on the way up |
| If you always hit underneath the golf ball, this | | | | but not too much on the way up. |
| isn’t always the answer, where you tee it | | | | Experiment with your tee shots. Play a whole |
| down so low. Maybe you simply need to get your | | | | round of golf where you tee it a lot lower than |
| chin up. | | | | normal, then the next round a little bit lower than |
| So, a great rule of thumb is that the golf ball | | | | normal. |
| should be slightly higher than the center of the | | | | |