Your driver is constantly finding the rough. Second tee
shots are a common hood in your game. Frustration with the driver makes the
game irritating.
Maybe you have even taken a lessons on the driver yet still
struggle with it. Perhaps you hit it well on the range, but can’t produce it on
the course. There are a few keys that you are most likely missing to finding
the fairway more often.
Tempo is the most common major issue amateurs face to hit
the driver straight.
Imagine Niagara
Falls for a moment. (Go on, close your eyes, imagine
it…)
See the water flowing over the top of the edge of the cliff.
This is the point in time that the water is at the slowest speed in comparison
with when the water is in free-fall. The water is moving the fastest by the time
it hits the rocks down below. The same is true for a golf swing with good tempo.
The driver should move the fastest at impact and the slowest
from the top of the swing down into impact.
Commonly though, the driver head moves the fastest from the
top, not at impact. (Oops!)
Work on improving your driver tempo by feeling a slight pause at the
top of your swing.
Additionally, set up keys for the driver are critical. Focus on ball position, weight distribution, and spine tilt.
The ball position should be in line with your left heel (for
a right handed golfer).
Your weight should be approximately 60% on your right foot
(for a right handed golfer).
Your spine tilt should not be perfectly vertical but
actually leaning slightly to the right (for a right handed golfer). Perhaps the
thought of the Leaning Tower of Pisa rings a bell. From your hips up you should
be leaning to your right with your spine for the driver (look at any tour pro’s
set up with the driver).
Finally, have a solid consistent, repeatable, pre-shot routine. Make sure you get behind the ball in line with your target to see the shot you want to have happen. Then, execute a few practice swings for tempo.
Finally, have a solid consistent, repeatable, pre-shot routine. Make sure you get behind the ball in line with your target to see the shot you want to have happen. Then, execute a few practice swings for tempo.
Once fundamentally set up, look at your target one more time
and swing. Don’t delay.
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