Contest Any Blowing Wind Issue With All Of These Tee Shots

Project X HZRDUS Yellow I've come to accept I'm not one of the longest guys on tour, so if I'm going to beat guys who are 20 to 30 yards longer off the tee-- like I did at the 2015 RSM Classic and the 2017 Dean & DeLuca Invitational-- I have to keep the ball in the fairway with my Project X HZRDUS Yellow graphite shafts. I'm going to demonstrate 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.

CUT WIND: PLAY IT FORWARD Project X HZRDUS Yellow

With most tee shots, I start by lining up my  Project X HZRDUS Yellow driver shaftdiscovering where I need to drive it to keep the best direction into the green. I check to see how the wind might influence that plan of action and adjust 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 alignment help me start the ball on a path left of the fairway and, preferably, let the breeze push it back into the fairway in the fitting 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. 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.

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), however my modifications are to play the ball method up, off my left toe (below), as well as objective further left than normal. Everyone enjoys an opening where the wind is at your back. We're fortunate we play mainly on company fairways on trip; at the very least the ball will roll when the hole is into the wind.