Hitting the driver can seem impossible some days. Even though the big club is the most forgiving club in the bag, it can still give to golfers.
Last winter, I found myself in an argument with the driver. While I was gaining speed (and distance)my accuracy suffered. The lack of freeways with little added distance isn’t the worst thing in the world, but when you start introducing big Miss, things can get ugly in a hurry.
The absence I feared most was the high, spinning right ball. It’s the one that comes off the face weak and floats in the air forever, leaving me miles from the green.
If you are someone who struggles with the correct error with your driver, don’t worry. The fix is ​​simpler than you might think.
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Correct your correct error
After missing a few right-hand drives during the Driving Accuracy Bootcamp with GOLF Top 100 Teachers Jason Baile, he explained to me a simple feeling that he teaches his students to help them fix it.
First, he hit a second ball about a long club behind my ball and just inside my target line. He then told me that when I swing, I need to feel like I’m getting the clubface square to that ball as quickly as possible.
“I call it ‘Turn 4 at Talladega,'” Jason said. “If the face is open in Turn 4, you’re going to have to twist the steering quite a bit. If I can get the bonnet trim — which is the sweet spot — square on the bow early, then I don’t have to turn the axle at the end.”
When your clubface is open to the arc just past P6 on the downswing (club shaft parallel to the ground), one of two things happens. Either you leave the face open and hit the ball to the right or you turn the face closed by bumping, resulting in a bad shot.
Once you begin to visualize the secondary ball in that swing arc, try to feel yourself aligning the clubface with it as quickly as possible. If you can do this, you won’t need to make any compensation through the area of ​​impact. You’ll just have to turn your body and the clubface will be square with your target.
“Any ball that starts too far right, mark it early,” Jason said.
Remember that key and you’ll stop missing the ball to the right—and start hitting more fairways.
