TEE IT HIGH TO LET IT FLY
Scot Tommy Armour, the last European to win the USPGA, always used to say “The average player tees the ball too low for the drive.
Scot Tommy Armour, the last European to win the US PGA Championship some 80 odd years ago, always used to say “The average player tees the ball too low for the drive.
“The fine player tees the ball high, usually with about the half the ball being above the top of the driver when it is soled behind the ball.”
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