Golf question....not grounding your driver

I'd say it's just a tick. Kucher has probably been doing that his whole life

It's a conscious effort to keep the swing from being too upright. People who do it are trying to make sure they're swing is flatter, most likely because they have a tendency to get upright.

To promote a sweeping motion needed for maximum distance.

It also helps players from getting too steep (Bubba does this as well).

If you address with the head on the ground, you might have a tendency to deliver the club to that same point, which can kill your distance.

Jack says it's about getting your plane to be exact from the start of takeaway, through contact and into the follow through.

Leaving it on the deck would mean you're bringing the club back there, which of course you don't want to do with a tee'd up shot with a driver.

That was one of the tips on a recent Golf Fix episode. The email asked how to get more run on the driver once it lands and they said to not ground the driver, for the reasons stated above. I've started doing it and my flight is flatter and faster.

I've never even thought about this but now I will thanks