The ideal launch angle to get the most distance is 45 degrees, so why does a 20 degree club go further?
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Everyone is missing a critical piece here.
Lower lofted clubs aren’t just lower loft, the club is also longer and that has a huge impact on the distance.
A driver is almost a foot longer than a 9 iron. That allows it to generate much much more energy than the shorter club resulting in much longer travel distances. In simple terms, if you hit the ball with a bigger stick, of course it goes further.
The loft helps, but the number one reason why lower loft golf clubs go further is because they are longer and thus transfer more energy.
The only clubs where you have the same length but different lifts are wedges. All of those wedges have angles greater than 45 degrees because you don’t want them to go further, you want them to go way in the air then drop straight down.
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