HYTON Golf Videos

A ½-inch tee and a 1½-inch tee measured from the ground: in MyGolfSpy's 2021 test of 120 drives off each, the taller tee carried about 14 yards farther
Does Teeing It Higher Add Distance?
Does teeing it higher add distance? In two tests, 12 to 14 more yards of carry. Where the ball meets the face, attack angle, spin loft, a 27-golfer study, accuracy... Read more...
How far past the hole: Pelz's 17 inches sits just short of the 1.5-foot mark where the hole plays about 25% smaller; 5 feet past, 63% smaller
How Hard Should You Hit a Putt?
How hard to hit a putt, from physics papers and putting data: the speed the hole can catch, how a faster ball shrinks the hole, two kinds of lip out,... Read more...
Bar chart of a PGA Tour 6-iron's carry in five winds: 143 yards into 20 mph, 166 into 10 mph, 184 calm, 198 with 10 mph and 207 with 20 mph
Why Does a Headwind Hurt More Than a Tailwind Helps?
Why a 20 mph headwind costs a Tour 6-iron 41 yards while the same tailwind adds only 23: airspeed, drag and lift, the curve, and the stronger wind higher up. Read more...
Bar chart of driver carry by air temperature: 242 yards at 35°F up to 254 yards at 95°F, about 2 yards per 10 degrees
Why Does Your Golf Ball Go Shorter in the Cold?
How much distance cold air and cold golf balls cost, from launch monitor and robot tests, what cold does to wedge spin, and when the rules let you warm your... Read more...
Robot test carry by impact height on a driver face
Where Should You Hit Your Driver Face? The Robot Data
Where to hit the driver face, from robot tests and player studies: just above center carried farthest, low strikes and heel misses cost the most, and tee height moves your... Read more...
Cages of golf balls on a pond bottom in the lake ball study
Are Lake Balls Any Good? What a Year in a Pond Did
Are lake balls any good? New tour balls kept in ponds for up to a year lost no significant distance in a robot test. Refinished balls flew up to 13... Read more...
Side view of a wedge at impact, with friction spinning the ball backward
Why Won't Your Wedge Shot Stop? Wedge Spin, Explained
How a wedge makes backspin: spin loft and friction, why the ball's cover matters, what grooves are really for, the 2010 groove rule, and what rough and rain take away. Read more...
Top view of a driver head twisting open on a toe hit while the ball spins the other way
Why Does a Mishit Curve Back? Gear Effect, Explained
Why a toe hit starts right and curves back: the head twists around its center of gravity, the face spins the ball like a gear, and the driver's curved face... Read more...
Cutaway illustration of a golf driver head showing the thin hollow shell
What's Inside a Driver Head? Mostly Air, and Here's Why
A 3D cutaway of a golf driver head: the 460 cc rule box, why the head is a hollow shell, the 0.830 COR limit and the 239 microsecond pendulum test. Read more...
Cutaway of a USGA putting green showing root zone, gravel, subgrade and a drain pipe
What's Under a Putting Green? The Layers That Make It Drain
A 3D cutaway of a USGA putting green: 12 inches of sand root zone, a gravel layer, drain pipes, and the perched water table that holds water for the roots. Read more...
Top view of a driver at impact with the club path and face angle arrows
Why Does Your Golf Ball Slice? Face Angle vs. Club Path
A slice is decided at impact, when the clubface points right of the club path. How face to path tilts the spin axis, and what one degree costs. Read more...
3D cutaway of a multi-layer golf ball showing core, mantle layers and cover
What's Inside a Golf Ball? A 3D Cutaway, Layer by Layer
A 3D cutaway of a golf ball: the core, mantle and cover, the 0.0004-second impact with a driver, and why dimples cut drag. Read more...