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Physics also explains why the same swing can produce different results. The heads of the longer clubs will be traveling at higher speeds because they are farther away from center of the radius of the swing arc. No additional effort is necessary on the golfer's part to produce this higher swing speed. This additional club-head speed will produce additional distance.

The faces of the clubs have different lofts. The lofts on the clubfaces cause the balls to rise and the dimples cause them to spin, which also causes them to rise. This loft, combined with a shorter club, controls the distance. You make the same swing, and yet your ball does something totally different with an 8 iron than it does with a 3 wood.

Physics also explains why we hit balls that hook and slice. When you cut across the ball-target line with your swing path you put side spin on the ball, which makes the ball either hook or slice.

Physics provides us the answer to an age-old problem, the out-to-in swing path. You can avoid this problem from the start if you understand the swing and how it works. The arc of the arm pendulum is controlled by your left