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The Driver

How To Hit the Woods
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If you have a good grip and a fundamental understanding of the basic swing, wood shots should not give you too much trouble. The full swing is employed in hitting both the fairway woods and the driver, but there is a distinct difference and, as a result, a different feeling between hitting a ball off a grassy lie and hitting off a tee.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAIRWAY WOODS AND DRIVER

The best way that I can describe the difference is this: When playing your fairway woods, you must have the feeling that you are hitting slightly down on the ball, just as you do iron shots, whereas in driving a ball from a tee, where you are striving for as much distance as possible, you must feel that you are hitting slightly up on the ball at impact. Tests have shown that, to hit a ball with maximum distance and carry, the ball must fly on a 45-degree trajectory. Since most drivers are constructed with 10 to 12 degrees loft, this would mean that the driver must be slightly inclined upward at impact in order to achieve this 45-degree trajectory.

This does not mean that you must perform a lifting action with your hands and arms in the hitting area in order to get the ball into the air. On the contrary, the arms are merely extended fully in the hitting area, thus forcing the hands into a whipping action which creates a wide, low arc with the clubhead as it smashes into and through the ball. Assuming that you have positioned yourself over the ball correctly (it should be slightly inside your left heel) at the address and that you are in correct position coming into the hitting area, the clubhead will automatically be coming slightly up as it contacts the ball.

I do not believe you should consciously strive to hit up on the ball; rather, you should create the feeling of sweeping the ball off the tee with the clubhead.

DRIVING FOR DISTANCE AND ACCURACY THE DRIVER. Driving with controlled power is one of the greatest achievements in golf. If you have the physical ability to swing hard and can still control the ball, the game can be infinitely easier for you. However, distance doesn't mean a thing if you do not have control to go with it. It is far better to hit the ball 225 yards down the middle of the fairway than 250 yards and be in the trees or rough off the fairway.

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Pitch shot #3
Chip shot #1
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Golf Lesson Driver
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Golf Swing Review
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