[6bmike]

I would wager that most of us aren't pros with the natural talent they bring to the game. My experience finds little distance difference with either stroke. I prefer to Swing my longer clubs but not because of the distance but I have a harder time bringing the longer shaft into impact with a cross line approach. My 6i down to my PWs are absolutely mashed and have been consistently longer and straighter. I, like many pros, my guess here too, naturally pull the club in line and “Hitting” isn’t their first stroke language.

As I posted, a Swing with HH and its purest of impact will produce a longer shot then an AH, but an AH with a Hit stroke and the added right arm muscle can compensate any distance loss.

Some can crush it with a Hit stroke -- Ted. And some can't -- me. But my guess is that Ted could crush it Swinging too.

A student of TGM will find no reason to think one stroke will produce a shorter inferior shot.