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I Need some Driver tips
Posted on 7/5/25 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 7/5/25 at 10:00 pm
I’ve spent a lot of time on the range working on my ball striking with my irons & wedges and I’ve got to the point where I’m making crisp contact pretty consistently. But now I’m finding that I’m striking down with my driver too much. It’s the most inconsistent club in my bag and I struggle to make good clean contact off the tee. I’m either pulling it left or skying it due to the down striking.
A couple of other considerations…
I have a pretty strong grip. I play it off the inside of my lead foot. I try to get some tilt in my shoulders before swinging to generate an upward stroke. I’ve played around with various tee heights. Every driver strike is different. I go from heel to toe to sky to worm burner.
Looking for more consistency and a good clean strike that I can depend on when I’m on the course. Any tips are appreciated
A couple of other considerations…
I have a pretty strong grip. I play it off the inside of my lead foot. I try to get some tilt in my shoulders before swinging to generate an upward stroke. I’ve played around with various tee heights. Every driver strike is different. I go from heel to toe to sky to worm burner.
Looking for more consistency and a good clean strike that I can depend on when I’m on the course. Any tips are appreciated
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Posted on 7/5/25 at 10:19 pm to TXGunslinger10
Take some practice swings thinking about your hands dropping down from,the top and your right shoulder staying back just a split second longer. Doing this with a weighted club or orange whip would be optimal.
Posted on 7/5/25 at 11:24 pm to TXGunslinger10
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But now I’m finding that I’m striking down with my driver too much
How do you know, are you taking video and reviewing it or is it just a feeling? What you feel and what you actually do can be quite different.
Take an alignment stick, you can get them at home depot for less than $5, they are reflectors that are used to mark edges of driveways/culvert. Put one down on the ground and straddle it, put the ball on the tee a couple inches from the end of the stick and place your left foot right beside the stick that way you know for sure the ball is forward right on the inside of your left foot. You'd be surprised that your eyes can fool you here too.
Its not terrible to hit down on your driver, lots of tour pros do it but everything has to sync up right and they are good at doing that as opposed to us amateurs. You'd think it can't be that hard, I mean the ball is just sitting there, not moving, no one throwing it at you 100mph, just sitting there. Its just incredibly hard for us to replicate our swing because we just don't play as much as them, don't practice as much and they have a God given talent to do it. Its such a stupid game, I sometimes wonder why I keep playing, getting frustrated, losing balls, chunking chips, hooking it left, slicing it right. As Tin Cup said, sometimes my swing feels like an unfolded lawn chair but I love it!
Posted on 7/6/25 at 9:13 am to dek81572
Mostly just a feeling. I’m post analyzing my shot.
I gotta get to where I can at least flush the ball regardless of what it wants to do that particular day. Inconsistent face contact is the real culprit here
I gotta get to where I can at least flush the ball regardless of what it wants to do that particular day. Inconsistent face contact is the real culprit here
Posted on 7/6/25 at 9:30 am to TXGunslinger10
Hold your turn at the start of the downswing. Put the butt of the club in your right pocket while pushing off right foot.
Posted on 7/6/25 at 3:28 pm to TXGunslinger10
KEEP THE TRIANGLE is the #1 advice I can give. Basically keeping your hands in front at all time.
Posted on 7/6/25 at 7:12 pm to LSUlefty
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Basically keeping your hands in front at all time.
I’ve heard this reference a lot. Honest question…what does it mean? Keep your hands in front of your body?
Posted on 7/7/25 at 11:21 am to BabyTac
I’m not one to just say buy new clubs. But I’m getting significant more distance (30+ yards) and very improved straight ball flight switching from a TM M1 to the new Ping G430 Max 10k. Like it’s stupid and makes no sense but I’m glad I bought it.
It doesn’t answer your question but changing clubs just completely fixed my issue which was hitting slices.
You can maybe work on swinging up on the ball with a driver, put the head cover in front of the ball and try not to hit it
It doesn’t answer your question but changing clubs just completely fixed my issue which was hitting slices.
You can maybe work on swinging up on the ball with a driver, put the head cover in front of the ball and try not to hit it
This post was edited on 7/7/25 at 11:23 am
Posted on 7/7/25 at 12:18 pm to TXGunslinger10
I struggled with this very thing. I was swinging my driver like a iron, Too upright. I flattened my swing plane a bit and added more rotation and it helped me a lot. I did not trust my driver swing and wouldn't complete my backswing and that led to all sorts of horrible things. Slowed my tempo and started relaxing more.
Posted on 7/9/25 at 12:04 am to BabyTac
If I’m understanding correctly, poster is talking about keeping your hands in front of club head and compressing the ball
If you let the club head get out in front of your hands, that promotes being “wrist flippy” and leads to inconsistent ball striking
If you let the club head get out in front of your hands, that promotes being “wrist flippy” and leads to inconsistent ball striking
Posted on 7/9/25 at 11:39 am to TXGunslinger10
arms lift on the backswing while the body turns. Do not suck your arms back with your turn they have to lift up and stay in front that way the arms have room to swing coming down and do not slam into your chest.
This video, the arm swing illusion, by Jim Waldron explains this perfectly.
Youtube Link
This video by Steve Bann also explains this perfectly
This video, the arm swing illusion, by Jim Waldron explains this perfectly.
Youtube Link
This video by Steve Bann also explains this perfectly
Posted on 7/9/25 at 11:44 am to BabyTac
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what does it mean? Keep your hands in front of your body?
your arms cannot get sucked back while you take the club back. The arms hardly move at all, they just lift up while your body turns and coils.
Its basically doing two motions at the same time:
You have to lift your arms while you turn, you dont turn everything together back and through, your arms would be sucked back with no where to go but over the top and around.
watch this video
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