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Hey Shawn – I am not 100% sure where to post this so here goes.I have recently changed drivers – same brand but slightly different model. The new one is much more central for me – I can finally work the ball either way. I have been a drawer of the ball my whole golfing life and I am lost as to how to transition to playing it both ways or a fade on the course.
What is happening is some double crosses, that do not work out so well. This past weekend I hit about 50 drivers pre-round (I hit so many because I was fascinated with how it went). I was hitting any shot I wanted to with the driver.
Then on the course I got bound up in my head and topped the first driver and while playing 36 holes I was less than stellar off the tee when the range session would have suggested otherwise.
The question is – how do I take the driver shot shaping to the course? How do I get that confidence. Is the answer the obvious one – that I just have to jump in the pool and I will get used to the temperature? 🙂
THe reason I want to do this is that the fade is a very easy shot for me to hit and control.
Thanks,
Andy
Hey Andy! Just like Dustin, when his drives don’t do well, it is because he sends it left for the fade and it stays straight. See “open the machine on the golf course” video! 😀👍
This left foot forward idea is huge. Because I find that , on a regular stance, when you hit the ball on the way up the club face also starts facing left and slightly away from the ball. than I have to correct by reaching out further and opening my club face. This sometimes resulting In a slice. Does that make sense to you?
Completely correct!! This is the exact reason for this video! 😀👍👌💪
Hi Shawn, in your working the ball vid, you talk about placing the ball forward and open stance for fade and a bit back for a draw and adjust club as needed. Now in this vid with driver the ball stays a bit forward (traditional driver ball position) and you open and close your stance for draws and fades? Why not just do this with all clubs and their particular ball positions? Why just driver? What about 3 wood? Great vid……..
Tried this at the range,i really like the feel of it. Really felt like the ball was compressed . However the only way i didnt pull hook the ball was to open the club face. i would say that in normal driver stance(WIG set up) my face is 5 to the hour. When i used this stance, which i like my club face was on the hour.
Is this the a reaction you would expect from such adjustment?
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thank you
Very good! Sounds like you are on track!
You can go to “draw fine tuning” and “fade fine tuning” to fine tune how open the face should be.
Shawn
This is massively helpful! As one who has fought a slice for several decades 🙂 and, following your instructional videos am finally hitting a draw much of the time, it seems this may explain why I feel like I’m set up square with the driver, yet still get anything from a fade to a hard slice, depending on the club face at impact. Would you think that could be the cause (that is, I need to be sure the face is closed enough, plus close my stance a bit more)?
As to the clubface, is there a rule of thumb for how closed it should be to hit a draw? I use a strong grip (at least 3 knuckles showing, and sometimes 4 – much like your recent YouTube videos with Savy).
Thanks Shawn!
You bet! If you see the other comments, you can see how much this video is helping others with the same issue as you; I was watching a couple guys on the asian tour and one Korean player had a 3-4 knuckle grip and a closed face! There is another action needed though; and this is the release feel that also needs to be polished so see “lead hand release” and “trail hand release” and release fine tuning;
Shawn