Battle Any Gust Situation With All These Tee Shots

Project X HZRDUS Yellow I've come to accept I'm not really one of the longest people on tour, so if I'm going to beat lads who are 20 to 30 yards longer off the tee - like I did at the 2015 RSM Classic and the 2017 Dean & DeLuca Invitational with Project X HZRDUS Yellow shafts - I have to try to keep the ball in the fairway. My stats establish that. Heading into the British Open in July, I was 35 underneath par on approaches from the fairway between 50 and 175 yards. In the same range from the rough, I was certainly 14 over. That's a big difference. Being a solid driver means having more than one way to find the fairway. I'm going to teach you four, one for each type of wind condition. Pair the correct play with that wind, and you'll be hitting your next shot from the short grass.

SLICE THE WIND: TAKE IT ONWARD Project X HZRDUS Yellow

With most tee shots, I start by lining up my  Project X HZRDUS Yellow driver shaftworking out where I need to drive it to leave the best position into the green. I check out to see how the wind might impact that plan of action and readjust for it. I struggle the most with a slice wind (coming from the left for right-handers), but my modifications are to play the ball way up, off my left toe (below), and aim even farther left than ordinary. The ball position and arrangement help me start the ball on a path left of the fairway and, subsequently, let the airflow push it back into the fairway in the perfect spot.

Everyone loves a hole where the wind is at your back. To take advantage of that, I tee the ball higher than normal-- with half of it sitting above the driver when I sole it. All of this promotes a higher launch angle, which gets the ball up and riding the wind.We're lucky we play mostly on firm fairways on tour; at least the ball will roll when the hole is into the wind. I play for that, trying to hit it 20 feet off the ground and chase it out there. At address, I tee the ball only an inch off the grass, play it about two inches back of my left heel and grip down a little on the driver (below). I also aim slightly left of the target, because the tendency is for the shot to squirt right as a result of the ball position-- it's harder to square the face. The swing keys: Keep your weight centered between your feet, and make a short-but-smooth swing back and through. The mistake is to lean forward and hit down on it to keep the shot low. That creates extra spin, killing distance.

Pair the correct play with that wind, and you'll be hitting your next shot from the short grass.I battle the most with a piece wind (coming from the left for right-handers), yet my changes are to play the ball means up, off my left toe (listed below), as well as goal further left than typical. Everyone likes a hole where the wind is at your back. Every one of this promotes a greater launch angle for Project X Yellow Shafts your, which gets the sphere up and riding the wind. When the hole is into the wind, we're lucky we play primarily on company fairways on scenic tour; at least the ball will roll.