Illustrated guide to Put a Lead Tape on a Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

By using and changing lead tape placement, you can change your ball flight.   This might be a quick cure for most golfers. But there are players who started to hit much better driver shots after putting lead tape.   Putting lead tape on yo

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Can't Hit the Driver?

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Drivers may be the hardest club to hit in your bag. Many players do well from the wedge to 3 wood but can't hit the driver.   They may be doing something different with a driver. So try to think what you are doing differently with a driver compared to your 3 wood.   The common faults

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How to Make Solid Contact with a Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

When your shoulders open too early on the downswing, the clubhead will approach the ball from outside the target line.   In other words, you will be cutting across the ball. It's very hard to make solid contact with this type of swing path.   To fix swinging from outside in, swing ba

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How to Hit the Driver off the Deck

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

I had the opportunity to watch Tiger Woods when he was in his 20's hit his second shot on the par 5 that's well over 600 yards.   He had about 300 yards left for his second shot. I thought he would lay up.   But he took his driver and hit it off the deck. His shot ended up in the bun

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How to Hit a Power Fade with a Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

A power fade is the left to right ball that flies longer than normal fade. When you need distance and accuracy at the same time, a power fade will be your strong weapon.   A regular fade has more backspin than a draw or straight shot, so it flies little higher and cause slight loss of dista

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The Position of the Right Knee at Address

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The common mistake when hitting a driver is sliding on your hips during the backswing which leads to the reverse pivot.   When players try to hit it longer, they try to swing their arms and hands. But when you do this, you will lose distance.   So when you need extra distance off the

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How to Hit a Draw with Your Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

I have studied the pros who changed from hitting a fade to a draw. We can learn a lot from them.   One of the things most of them did was to change their ball position. Players who hit a fade usually position the ball forward with their driver. Some position the ball in line with their heel

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How to Release the Club to Hit it Straight with the Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Almost all the slicers fail tp release the clubhead through imapact. If you don't release the clubhead, your clubface will be open at impct slice or if you try not to slice it to the right, you tend to pull it to the left. Driver only has little loft so that if your faceis open at impact even a li

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How to Sweep the Ball Off the Tee with Your Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

To hit your driver solid off the tee, you need to sweep the ball or hit it slightly on the upswing.   Golfers who slice the ball tend to swing down to the ball with a steep angle of attack impact. When you do this with your driver, it makes it easier to cut across the ball. This will produc

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How to Fix a Slice with Your Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

  The best way to fix your slice with your driver is to try to hit a draw. Unless you can hit a draw, you probably can't hit a straight shot.   Hitting a strong draw are as follows:   1. Change Your Grip First, let's change your grip. When you look down to see your grip, make

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Hitting the Ball off the Heel with Your Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The heel hits will cause distance loss the slice with your driver.   The reason why you hit your driver off the heel may be the outside-in swing or soming over the top.   When you come over the top, this will push your driver head away from your body causing the heel hits.   A

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How to Avoid the Hook Shot with Your Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Anthony Kim is known as one of the long hitters on the PGA Tour. He is famous for gripping down the driver. He said by gripping down on it, he plays his driver around 42 inches.   That's about the length of a normal 5 wood. But he hit it over 300 yards easily.   There are more than a

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How to Fix a Push-Slice and Hook with a Driver

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Years ago, I was asked for an advice to fix a push-slice with a driver.   I asked him what kind of shots he was hitting with his irons and fairway woods. He told me that he was hitting a draw that curved a lot.   You could call this kind of shot  a hook. But he was hitting it on

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