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Garland Bayley

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Re: Lefties at Augusta
« Reply #25 on: April 14, 2014, 01:48:34 PM »
Quote from: Jim Nugent on April 13, 2014, 11:51:45 PM
Quote from: Ronald Montesano on April 13, 2014, 10:57:35 PM
Augusta is an easy course for a righty with a controlled draw. #news

Especially one who hits the ball 365 yards off the tee, and has wedges into par 5s with his second shot. 

Say everything about Bubba's game was the same -- length, creativity, flight path (right to left) -- but he was a righty.  So instead of fading the ball, he drew it, albeit from the right side.  Would he not do as well at Augusta? 

Fade flies higher than draw.
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jeffwarne

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Re: Lefties at Augusta
« Reply #26 on: April 14, 2014, 10:02:34 PM »
Quote from: Ronald Montesano on April 13, 2014, 10:57:35 PM
I think this lefty thing is a product of a mass media grasping at straws for something new to write. Shame on us, supposed golf experts, for falling for it.

Augusta is an easy course for a righty with a controlled draw. #news

years ago a righty had an advantage because he could hit a draw powerfully around the corners

It is much harder to hit a controlled draw than it used to be with lower spinning equipment, and most players will use a 3 wood to hit a draw/hook which goes shorter than a fading driver by a lefty.
a fade now does not lose the power it used to with higher spinning equipment
Doesn't hurt that 2 of the lefties are Phil and Bubba ;D

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Mike Hendren

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Re: Lefties at Augusta
« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2014, 01:03:44 PM »
"You can talk to a fade, but a hook just won't listen."
- Lee Buck Trevino
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Zack Molnar

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Re: Lefties at Augusta
« Reply #28 on: April 15, 2014, 01:18:38 PM »
The issue with the modern ball as stated is that the strong draw just doesn't spin enough to let the ball stay in the air as long as it would with a fade. So the golfer cant get the normal hang-time to the allow the ball to actually move. So the right-hander has to hit a 3-wood to get the spin necessary to get this shot to stay in the air, as opposed to a lefty, who who can hit the high fade on the right to left holes and allow the ball to hang in the air, see Bubba on 13 on Sunday. Scott McCarron and Rich Beem repeatedly made this point on the online broadcasts on Sunday and I think it is a very valid point.

The question is, will some righties begin to switch to a slightly higher spinning ball for The Masters to allow them to draw the ball around the course more?
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