Well, this discussion need the insight of a newbie golfer:P

First of all, I think there are many ways to Rome as they say.
Regarding the driver. There is no doubt that the driver has to ascend and hit the ball on the uppercut so that the ball will go up in the air and roll to get distance. I think we all agree on that.
But, how do you want to do that? You could as someone said place the ball further in front of your stance and still keeping the club in the center and take your normal swing from there. But ofcourse you will have to make your stance whider and change your posture a bit to get balance but you still swing around the arc your are girving yourself. The swing will naturally look different because the arc is more upright but the swing is still the same in your head.

Tiger bottoms out the club in a different way, he changes his spine angel away from the target in the downswing and keeping his lag so that the driver will flatten out earlier. I guess if you don`t do this and put the ball further in front of your stance you will have to open your clubface more since your club will not meet the ball at the same time as with an iron, but it`s stil the same swing mechanics, although not the same allignment and hitting purpose.

When it comes to irons, I agree, a descending blow would be prefered if you have the chance of hitting the green. It`s much easier to land on the green with backspin (which comes natural with a descending blow) and not rolling of, than hitting the ball in front of the green and get the right roll onto the green(which would happen with not such a descending hit).
But I believe there are exceptions to the rule of descending even with the irons. For instance. If your are in the wind I believe the best shot would be to have the club bottom out just when it hits the ball or slightly before the ball. This will give it less loft and more roll.

So it has to be concidered the situation, do you want the ball to roll abit on the ground or loft and to stop when it hits the ground? Ofcourse, golf is already difficult enough, so learning two different ways of releasing your wrists would ofcourse be a problem, then I would always try to descend,as I believe that will be most benefitial on a regular basis.



If anyone dissagree with my thoughts, please let me know, as I try to learn the game as well as I can