If breaking 80’s the objective, you have to be robust off the tee first, says this high trainer.
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As I proceed on my quest in the direction of breaking 80 for the primary time, I’m continually dissecting my recreation and asking as many questions as attainable, attempting to grasp the “why” for each shot.
However to be blunt, my journey has hit a wall, and my scores haven’t been all that nice currently.
As a brand new dad, it’s been arduous to get to the driving vary or play 18, which causes me to play catch-up every time I choose up a membership. So as an alternative of implementing new methods and swing changes, I’m falling again into the identical dangerous habits I had years in the past.
That doesn’t imply the grind stops, although, so I’m nonetheless slowly working my method in the direction of breaking 80 and celebrating accordingly (most likely with a six-pack of Natty tall boys when it occurs, if I’m being sincere).
The largest space of concern for me currently? My driving, which has been so inconsistent that it’s really led me to query, properly, all the things off the tee.
From my membership choice (ought to I take advantage of 3-wood as an alternative of driver?) to my grip and my setup, I really feel so misplaced standing on the tee field — which isn’t an excellent place to be, so I wanted some assist in a giant method!
That’s why I tapped in GOLF High 100 Instructor Jason Birnbaum to get his suggestions — and to elucidate why an excellent tee shot is so necessary when attempting to interrupt 80.
Attempting to interrupt 80? Dial in your drives first
Because the video above exhibits, Birnbaum and I headed to the driving vary to attempt to determine what the hell has been happening with my driver currently.
“I’m on a quest to interrupt 80,” I inform him. “What’s one shot that each participant has to grasp?”
Birnbaum really responds by describing the shot a participant can’t hit in the event you’re hoping to interrupt 80 — which is a slice off the tee.
This straightforward anti-slice drill fixes your dangerous over-the-top behavior
“It’s typically extra concerning the shot you possibly can’t hit, which, on this case, is the slice,” he replies. “When you’re a slicer, it’s going to be actually arduous to interrupt 80 as a result of, probably, you’re going to have a pair balls exit of bounds.”
The No. 1 wrongdoer for slicing the ball with a driver? An over-the-top swing sample, which causes the clubface to open up a bit because it impacts the golf ball.
“More often than not, an over-the-top or out-to-in swing path is what causes the golf ball to chop an excessive amount of,” Birnbaum says. “The extra the golfer sees the ball go to the proper, the extra they attempt to struggle that [swing path] by attempting to swing extra to the left.”
So what can a participant who’s struggling off the tee like I’m do? Birnbaum shares an easy-fix for extra success with the driving force.
“One drill that I’ve discovered actually useful is to attract a line on the golf ball — much like what you’d do for a putt, mainly,” he explains. “As an alternative of pointing this inexperienced line straight on the goal such as you would assume, I’m really going to level it a bit of out to the proper. That is the trail that I would like you to swing on.”
The photograph under exhibits how this could look.
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Birnbaum then walks me by how this could really feel as I come by affect.
“I would like you to really feel such as you’re having your shoulders according to that inexperienced line as you come into the ball,” he says. “That’s going to maintain your higher physique closed to the goal and get you to swing a bit of bit extra to the within.”
Birnbaum then has me take a number of gradual backswings to get the feeling he described, all with the hope of placing a extra pure draw on my tee shot.
After hitting my shot, he jogs my memory that, with a view to break 80, it’s going to take hitting extra fairways to offer myself a greater method shot.
“When you get your tee shot in play, it makes life a bit of simpler from there,” he says.
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