Mastering the swing depends on both stance and swing mechanics. A high rate of backspin is the enemy of hitting good shots with your driver. The driver is a highrisk, highreward club for many golfers. By bankquant, april 22, 2015 in instruction and playing tips. Another way you can add control to your driving game is by slowing down the transition that you. Proper driver setup is essential to success on the tee. How to make a consistent golf swing with your driver. For example, if my driver is tending to fade or slice i go down to my 3 wood or. Learn how to hit a driver with our videos filled with tips and techniques from certified pga instructors. Improve your ability to control, adapt, feel and create the strike. Nothing is better than hitting balls farther and more precise off the tee. If you are hitting down with the driver, you simply arent using the driver the way it was designed, and that is why you struggle.
A good tee shot is often the leadin to a good golf score. All else being equal, youll hit the ball farther with a driver than any other club in your bag. Theres nothing like standing over the ball on the first tee and hitting a drive that whistles 285 to 290 yards down the fairway while staying in the center cut. If you are an average golfer in need of a driver, or an above average golfer looking for a driver that increases your distance, i dont think youll be disappointed with the options. The volume would automatically and randomly change from low to high. The consistent habits of the inconsistent golfer golf made simple. That means your fundamentals must be spoton to make good contact time after time.
This was primarily due to the fact that the pga tour average for attack angle hitting up or down was 1. Using realtek high definition audio driver with logitech speakers going in through 3. Well help you correct the infamous slice or hook, ensuring a nice setup for an iron shot or fairway wood. Next time before you purchase a new driver, make sure to get. Among other things, it leaves you with a longer second shot, and it deals a blow to your confidence. Youve heard the phrase lead by example, so here is a sample of some drives i hit this evening. Being able to swing a driver properly leads to tee shots that land with distance and accuracy on the fairway. The higher you tee it up, the more you can increase your launch angle. If you notice its falling abruptly from its peak, find a driver that launches it higher with less spin. Could hitting the ball thin not be because you lift your head up, but because your eyes are looking at the top of the ball. Golfers looking for a quality hybrid driver may be looking for a consistent handicap hitting like the cleveland halo and the cleveland launcher drivers. They are trying to find consistency in an inconsistent game.
Those who suffer from pull hooks, on the other hand, often find. As a 6 handicap is going to hit 3 or 4 bad tee shots in a round. Maintain your arm speed to the finish if youre feeling totally lost on the tee, you need a swing key that combats a lot of potential problems. Free golf tips videos, tutorials and lessons for golfers what is the highest handicap a golfer can. I see the loft is different, but by call a 3 wood strong degree vs just a 3 wood 15degree. Consider that the driver is the longest, least lofted club in your bag. Hitting the driver straight duke university golf course. If you are searching for more consistency with your driver and you are hitting the ball all over the club face, start working on your strike. If you cant hit the driver, the first thing to do is to catch the ball in the middle of the clubface. Visit our website where we have over 1200 blog posts and over 900 daily videos from here on youtube.
Not only do you feel great about hitting a nearperfect shot, you get looks of admiration from your playing partners. Want to learn more about the vertical golf swing and my peak performance golf swing. Recently i came across this article written by sean foley, hitting down with a driver promotes greater consistency like tiger and hunter mahan do. Most courses are built with a little extra room to the right to accommodate them, because the slice is the most common miss in golf. A consistent golf swing is often unattainable by golfers trying to takeaway. Practice your swing as often as possible, then adjust your. The main cause of senior golfers playing inconsistent golf.
The cleveland halo may not be as valued in the top 10 easiest drivers to hit straight list with its shaft, it is valued for its ability to clearly outdistance most driver hybrids with consistency. I hit my driver fairly straight and range anywhere from 240 to 270 yards with it. Whats truly maddening is a driving game thats solid one round, soso the next. The arc that the clubhead traces will have a lowest point to it just as every circular motion does.
When you hit your driver on the range, watch how the ball behaves toward the end of its flight. While some backspin is needed to keep the ball in the air and on line, too much backspin will generate a weak shot that floats high in the air and falls short of its distance potential. I know that in the past i have made it known that it is okay to hit down on the ball with the driver. How to correct inconsistent golf drives golf info guide. Problems with hitting the driver in golf healthy living. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Take your golf posture and hold as normal but now pull your arms and hands in close to your chest. The reason the gap is so big is because i tend to hit the ball higher than i would like. When you do hit the sweet spot, you will know it right away both from the feeling that you get in your hands, and from the way the ball launches off the face and. The very nature of a driver and its designed purpose makes it a very individualistic golf club requiring its own swing, etc.
Strike the golf ball better understanding low point control. What this means is that golfers should learn their swing in slow motion. Golf funny sayings golf lessons 20 funny golf sayings and inspirational golf quotes haggin oaks here is a collection of 20 golf quotes some are inspirational and others are golf sayings that will hopefully bring a smile to your face. The definition of inconsistency marc solomon october 16, 2016 0 comments consistency as most golfers make the same swing mistakes over and over. You will notice that the image of me over swinging has forced the. He agreed, and when i noted how empty the short game facilities were compared to the driving range. They have certainly helped me get a better golf swing with my driver. A golf shaft that is too weak will flex excessively throughout the golf swing, creating an inconsistent release point. Wind up your torso over a stable lower body with your main focus on leaning your upper body away from the target.
Lets look at the example of the two top of back swing images we have here. Hitting the sweet spot on your driver is always going to be a challenge, but the tips included in this article can help you take a step toward doing so with increased regularity. If you implement these effective keys for hitting with a driver i guarantee you will see improvement in your distance and accuracy. The main cause of senior golfers playing inconsistent golf shots video by dean butler so are you playing inconsistent golf shots, well i suppose we could all be guilty of it, yes, of course we do it at some stage because we are only human beings at the end of. Wildly inconsistent driver is biggest problem sign in to follow this. But because its the longest and leastlofted club other than your putter the driver also can be the most. So i hit a few balls with trackman and realised that i do hit down on driver, attack angle was like 0. How to measure and adjust driver lie angle flat vs. Zoomed in around the hitting area, it would look something like this. I got some chalk and a dry erase marker because i thought i might be hitting the ball in the wrong spots but i discovered that im mostly hitting it dead center or slightly high center, which should be perfect for a driver. You cant hit the sweet spot because you are swinging too hard. What scares the devil out of me is hitting a driver from a tree lined, narrow space tee box in order to get the ball to the fairway.
Nike tried that a few years ago, and it was a failure an why not talk about the driver length. Drivers today have sweet spots larger than the ball itself, but ive had a. So to hit it higher, tee the ball higher with more than 12 or the ball visible above the driver head. Theyll look at it and know that they hit 10 or 11 good drives so they must be doing something well in their golf swing. If you are like average players, i dont recommend anything less than 9 degrees. Correct grip pressure how tight to hold the golf club size and shape of ball markers and the rules of golf. Rather than searching for the next big swing secret, you should be consistently working on the fundamentals, just like i do every day. The consistent habits of the inconsistent golfer golf. Windows 10 volume problem volume randomly changes so, there appears to be a problem with my computer. As with most golfers, my garage is a cemetery for irons of all shapes and sizes. Due to the fact that it is the only club in the bag that does not make contact with the ground through impact, has the lowest loft. Stop hitting shots off the toe with these four easy moves. Swinging with a weak shaft flex can hurt you in both windy and wet conditions. Im just wondering how many of you guys hit down to the ball with your driver.
The reverse spine swing fault is a killer when it comes to hitting your driver as well as causing injuries. By emily stumhofer countless center consulting clients and affiliate members list safety safety incidents at a nonprofit can result in the loss of life or permanent injury, plummeting employee morale, reputational damage, insurance claims and costly financial and human resource burdens for the nonprofit. If you purchase one of the options listed above, please leave a comment below and let me know what you think. Gary gilchrist right talks with one of his past pro clients,yani tseng. Imprints left on the toe side of the centerline mean trouble.
Yet, 3 or 4 bad swings out of the 14 driver shots you take isnt that bad. The thing about golf that is so hard to deal with is how inconsistent our results. The driver lie angle will either be in the standard, flat or upright position. How to hit your driver with more consistency adam young golf. If you want to stop slicing your driver you need to watch this swing video to. For maximum distance, find out how to properly set up for the driver and how the driver setup differs from the irons. The black line represents the lowest point in the swing before this point in a normal golf swing, the club is travelling downwards. But, the 6 handicap isnt going to do something stupid such as try to completely change their golf swing because of it. Discussion in general golf talk started by mikeyworm, sep 30.
Because the spin is so high when you hit it with a weaker flex, the wind will magnify the spin and decrease your distance and accuracy. Beyond an inconsistent driver, inconsistent chipping game and an inconsistent putter my iron striking has been a source of great frustration as a golfer. I tend to struggle off of the tee because my driver can send the ball in both directions slice and hook. I just want to hit my driver with more consistency. Lots of players start swinging harder if they couldnt hit it far. Hitting your driver straighter and longer, and doing it more often, is one. The easiest driver to hit best driver for average golfer. The driver slice might be the most discouraging shot in golf. Brent kelley is an awardwinning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism.
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