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School of Golf

Science of The Open: Optimal Driver Launch

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Instructors Martin Hall, Steve Otto

Martin Hall and Steve Otto, the Chief Technology Officer of The R&A, give a cutting edge lesson on launch and spin then teach a drill used by Jack Nicklaus.

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