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Driver tips
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:45 pm
What is your swing feel when you hit driver? I keep struggling. I’ve worked on the over the top move etc. Majorly inconsistent. I played 18 today. First hole nice drive, straight and long . Rest of the day a struggle save about 3 other holes. I’m not getting enough power, hitting it about 180. I know it’s impossible to say without a video of said swing, but I guess I’m asking did anybody have a light bulb go off on the feel in the swing?
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:15 pm to Jiggy Moondust
A few drills that I have found helpful for learning a true swing.
1. Feet together drill: you’d be surprised how your body can self organize and you can strike the ball with your feet close together.
LINK
2. Reverse the loop: Jess Frank has a good video of this.
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3. Work with a teaching pro once a quarter just to have a pro look at your swing.
1. Feet together drill: you’d be surprised how your body can self organize and you can strike the ball with your feet close together.
LINK
2. Reverse the loop: Jess Frank has a good video of this.
LINK
3. Work with a teaching pro once a quarter just to have a pro look at your swing.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:15 pm to Jiggy Moondust
quote:
I’m asking did anybody have a light bulb go off
There are 13 other clubs. Use one of those
When my left arm gets parallel to the ground at the end of the takeaway, I’m shifting my pressure left and hitting the ball. Video shows the swing being much longer but that’s what I have to feel.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 11:02 pm to Jiggy Moondust
I'm old and my driver swing keys have changed so much over the years. As you age, you will lose some strength, some dexterity, some flexibility and your golf swing will have to adapt as well.
To clear my hips now, I use a more open stance. Hopefully, others will respond with some tips that will fit you for now. In the meantime, here's some golf inspiration.
Freddie's swing is by no means textbook, but it's like watching golf poetry. The other two links (to the KLPGA golfers), appear to do everything right.
Fred Couples
Youmin Hwang
Jihyo Jung
To clear my hips now, I use a more open stance. Hopefully, others will respond with some tips that will fit you for now. In the meantime, here's some golf inspiration.
Freddie's swing is by no means textbook, but it's like watching golf poetry. The other two links (to the KLPGA golfers), appear to do everything right.
Fred Couples
Youmin Hwang
Jihyo Jung
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 6/28/26 at 1:16 am to Jiggy Moondust
Wide as possible backswing. I also like to tuck my left shoulder underneath my chin on the backswing. Just make sure the first foot or so of your back swing, the club goes straight back vs whipping it immediately inside and getting stuck.
Downswing: Feel like you are keeping your back to the target for as long as possible, vs trying to rush the downswing with arms.
Downswing should be started with the lower body, generating ground force, and if it's sequenced correctly, you should create a ton of lag and barely feel like you are swinging the club/releasing the club, etc. The ball should just be getting in the way vs trying to actively hit it and steer it down a fairway.
Downswing: Feel like you are keeping your back to the target for as long as possible, vs trying to rush the downswing with arms.
Downswing should be started with the lower body, generating ground force, and if it's sequenced correctly, you should create a ton of lag and barely feel like you are swinging the club/releasing the club, etc. The ball should just be getting in the way vs trying to actively hit it and steer it down a fairway.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 1:19 am
Posted on 6/28/26 at 4:59 am to SenGooner
90% of driver is setup. Grip, ball position. Ball position actually changes a little based on tee height, with a really high tee, the ball may be on your toe instead of heel. For normal height, on your forward heel. After that, i keep my eyes on the ball until after contact, one piece take way which means i rotate my lower body and upper body at the same time to ensure I’m actually rotating lower body. On the take away, i keep the club as close to the ground as i can for as long as i can. This creates width in my swing and i will typically return the club on the same path giving a positive AoA. Lastly you need release the club through impact.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 5:05 am
Posted on 6/28/26 at 5:27 am to LSUStjames
quote:
Lastly you need release the club through impact.
That is where I always struggled. Finally learned to keep my left wrist loose and collapse my left elbow in the follow through.
Proper release will add big distance. I was dragging the handle for years, and then I figured out release and boom +25 yards.
Posted on 6/28/26 at 7:56 am to SECSolomonGrundy
For me I describe it as staying connected.. others might call it something else? The drill where you put the driver head cover in your right arm pit ( I’m right handed) and complete the swing without the cover falling out. My right arm can get out of wack causing every shot except straight!
There is no better feeling than hitting a good straight shot when playing!
There is no better feeling than hitting a good straight shot when playing!
Posted on 6/28/26 at 10:32 am to Jiggy Moondust
Get a shorter shaft
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:25 pm to LSUStjames
Great advice!
ETA: TIL what “release” means.
ETA: TIL what “release” means.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:41 pm to Jiggy Moondust
A cheap grip trainer has helped me more than anything my else. Constantly felt like I was moving my hands during my backswing. Trainer has pretty much eliminated that.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:36 pm to BamaFan5833
I feel like I don’t turn my upper body enough in the backswing so I end up steep, but if I turn more deep I tend to chicken wing ugh
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:18 am to Jiggy Moondust
Drop your hands into your pocket and then turn into the ball. Do it slow, learn to trust it.
Will change your life.
Will change your life.
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 7:39 am
Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:20 am to Jiggy Moondust
quote:
Driver tips
For me, timing the driver is easier when the grip pressure is consistent and you can feel the head throughout the swing.
I didn't improve consistency with the driver until I concisely gripped it with the right amount of grip pressure that let me time it up.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:38 am to Jiggy Moondust
quote:
hitting it about 180.
How old are you?
What driver are you using?
Posted on 7/2/26 at 7:40 am to Jiggy Moondust
Hit the gym baw
Posted on 7/3/26 at 7:46 pm to CoachChappy
I’m 47. I found that the fastest to swing the more apt it is to slice bad
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:05 pm to Jiggy Moondust
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47. I found that the fastest to swing the more apt it is to slice bad
That means you arent rotating your body properly. Do you have any physical limitations? Busted knees or shoulders?
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:21 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Nah, just normal aches and pains. Nothing hindering my swing yet.. I’m playing in the am. I’m gonna try to rotate more deeply and see if that helps . Maybe I’m not rotating enough and coming down steep…
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:41 am to Jiggy Moondust
My slice was fixed almost instantly when I started being diligent about making a full backswing. Everything synced up for me when I did that. I think full backswing and look through the ball to imagine hitting the top of the tee on an imaginary line toward my target.
Slicers tend to shorten their backswing for control which makes it worse because you then overcompensate to get club head speed. Results in an over the top strike.
Slicers tend to shorten their backswing for control which makes it worse because you then overcompensate to get club head speed. Results in an over the top strike.
This post was edited on 7/5/26 at 6:48 am
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