Sean Foley Professional Golfers Career College in Orlando 27 9 10 Part 4

[mazdaspeedmx512lbs]

He most likely got his information on face & path angles effect the flight of the ball from stack & tilt & stack & tilt got it from a book call The Physics of Golf from 1994.

The path used to be where the ball started when the balls were made of feathers & later rubber but the hard modern ball changed that. & still the ball does not start where the face points due to the ball not being perfectly elastic.

[f0cusen]

He has to say a proper draw is hit with an open clubface relative to the targetline and a proper cut is hit with an closed face relative to the targetline but the clubface is closed relative to the swingpath when you are hitting a draw and the clubface is open in relatin to the swingpath when you are trying to fade it.

[splitopennmelt]

I have since done just that and yes the old laws are wrong! Hard to believe more people (like me) dont know this

[splitopennmelt]

The initial start of ball flight is controlled by the path the club is traveling on...not the clubface angle (unless its EXTREMLY open or closed which is very rare).

The curvature of the ball is caused by the club face angle in relation to the path its traveling on. 

Foley is twisting his words around by referring to both target line or path line to make it sound like he's got something new for us all.....he doesn't!

[kyernst]

@splitopennmelt You should look up the new ball flight laws - they will prove the point to you that the "old" laws are a bit misrepresented.