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Originally Posted by leonjacky
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"Make contact on the right spot
One of the biggest misconceptions in shotmaking is that to hit a draw, you need to make contact on the inside-back portion of the ball (if you divided the ball into quarters, the quadrant closest to your right foot). This simply is not true. You need to hit the outside-back part of the ball. The inside-back quadrant actually is the right spot for a fade. To hit a draw, the leading edge has to be pointing down and to the left of the target when the clubface contacts the ball (exaggerated image, above right). For a fade, it has to point up and to the right. "
link:http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio...reaking80.html
I am new to TGM!
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You might be new to TGM, but it's obvious that you are THINKING about what you are reading, which is GREAT. As was pointed out earlier, the relationship between the face angle and the direction of the shaft travel at impact are what create any kind of spin on the ball. The 9 ball flight laws are physics and physics doesn't lie. We get to the right physics through the correct geometry (TGM).
Anyway, the other thing about this article that I really object to is the implication that working the ball is necessary to "break 80" It's possibly a necessary skill for those who want to play to a 2 or 3 or lower, but you can break 80 on any course in the US if you can hit a driver in the fairway and hit it 200 yards. 98% of the people who don't break 80 on a regular basis can't do so because their short game sucks scissors, not because they can't "work the ball". If you want to lower your handicap (assuming you have basically good mechanics), work on your game from 100 yds in. You score on the card the way you play from the red 100 yard dot on the fairway and in, pure and simple.
Obi WunPutt