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Originally Posted by jamesh Alright I sent an email to Golf Digest, lets see what happens.
I just came back from the driving range - it is getting cold here in Toronto - and I remembered in Jim McLean's video on Ben Hogan there was a well known golfer who was talking about golfers during his era who deliberetly teed the ball close to the heel of their driver. Arising from this they got long straight drives, I forgot about it until the Golf Digest cover. So, I teed the ball, just as it is on the cover and I can tell you my jaw dropped at the result. I am not sure what happened but I hit some very long and straight drives. I am not sure that I will do this all of the time, but next time I am out I will bring some impact tape and see what is going on.
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Teeing the ball off the heel of club as has rightly been said should make the hands and arms work closer to the body on the downswing and create and inside approach to the ball hence straighter shots.
In the case of the McClean's Hogan DVD and that Hogan actually addressed tha ball on the heel of the club, I think or I interpreted that Hogan actually hit the ball off the heel of the driver, so he could fade the ball, as earlier in his career he was a notorious hooker.