LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Why tee up the ball at all? Thread: Why tee up the ball at all? View Single Post #19 07-31-2006, 11:25 PM Mike O Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oceanside CA Posts: 1,398 Bigwill wins the Bigprize Originally Posted by Bigwill In order to achieve maximum distance, you need high launch and (appropriately)low spin. A lot of pros, and long drive pros in particular, position the ball in such a way that they can contact the ball on the upswing, in order to produce this condition. Could that be a "special effect" that Homer is referring to? Bigwill wins the Bigprize! Mike O View Public Profile Send a private message to Mike O Find all posts by Mike O