The distance is important for your spike shotsbut all those yards are worthless if you can’t keep the ball in play. This is why rejecting precision in the pursuit of distance is such a dangerous game. You need a healthy dose of both skills to be truly effective.
Clubface control is essential in the pursuit of accuracy. While a face that is a few degrees open or closed may not hurt you too much with shorter clubs, with a driver in your hands it can be quite damaging.
Sometimes, when you’re really trying to follow through with a driver, your hands and wrists will become very active during the swing. And while this may generate a few extra mph on the radar, it can make it difficult to control the clubface through the swing.
If this sounds like you, there’s an easy, polite solution GOLF Top 100 Teachers Joe Hallett.
Use a split handle
When you’re standing in the box and you’re looking at a tight moving hole, don’t make your practice swing like you normally would. Instead, grab the club and take a split grip, then take a practice swing.
It will feel strange at first, but you’ll notice that as you go back, the look of the club is much more consistent.
“It’s going to be really hard to invert your wrists and hand a lot through the stroke,” says Hallett.
Instead of relying solely on your hands and wrists to generate speed, the split grip forces the club to synchronize with your body. Now, the big muscles are doing the work – and keeping the clubface much more stable through impact.
“Share the control and you share the freeway,” says Hallett.
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