re: Draw or Fade

Draw and I wish that I could hit a cut fade.

Until an amateur can own a fade they will always be inconsistent IMHO. Too much can go wrong with a draw to rely on as a weekend amateur golfer

Always played a draw, especially off the tee. Sometimes that turns into a block right.

The past year I have been messing with a fade, and it just seems so much easier for my body to naturally play that shot shape. Have been integrating it slowly.

Exactly what I typed There is way more timing involved with a draw, therefore more to go wrong

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Until an amateur can own a fade they will always be inconsistent IMHO. Too much can go wrong with a draw to rely on as a weekend amateur golfer

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Here's the problem. They own the wrong fade. You must draw first. There's really no getting around that.

Used to play a draw growing up, then went a decade where I couldn't hit a draw to save my life which meant fades and subsequently slices if I went after one. Finally started hitting a draw/straight shot again that's longer and more consistent than my fade/slice by focusing on where and how to finish as opposed to back and downswing stuff all the time.

Still remember how to take out the left side by making sure my ball fades when necessary though, so best of both worlds right now.

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There is way more timing involved with a draw, therefore more to go wrong

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That's the thing though, I don't time anything. I don't always intend to hit draws. It just happens. I can hit it straight, I can draw it, but I can't hit reliable fades to save my life. I've tried everything up to & including shitloads of youtube & magazine tips. So for me, the opposite is true.

Not meaning to argue, just pointing out: it's what happens naturally

Draw with all fairway woods and irons.

Driver is usually a draw, but if I swing too hard I’ll sometimes chicken wing it, get stuck and hit a nasty push slice.

I’ve played a 3-5 yard fade ever since I picked up the game. Just sort of a natural thing. Eventually I figured out how to work a draw and I love when I get that feeling of compressing the ball and seeing it turnover to the left. That said, if I put a nice swing on the ball and just hit naturally not trying to work it, the fade comes right back.

I think this is a grass is always greener type situation. I’ve had lots of folks ask me how I hit a consistent fade as they try to work overdrawing the ball out of their game. I wish I could give good advice other than saying, I swing and the ball fades a few yards. At least it’s consistent and controlled, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

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