Fray Any Wind Power Issue With All Of These Tee Shots

Project X HZRDUS Yellow I've come to acknowledge I'm not actually one of the lengthiest blokes on tour, so if I'm going to beat men 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 help keep the ball in the fairway. My numbers demonstrate that. Moving 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 BREEZES: TAKE IT ONWARD Project X HZRDUS Yellow

I check to see how the wind might possibly impact that plan and calibrate for it. I battle the most with a slice wind (coming from the left for right-handers), but my adjustments are to play the ball way up, off my left toe (below), and aim farther left than normal.

Everyone really 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. I also position the ball just off my left heel. The last thing I do at address is tilting my right shoulder slightly down (below) and to the right. All of this promotes a higher launch angle, which gets the ball up and riding the wind. When I swing, I load up on my right side and then fire into the ball from the inside, trying to draw it for even more of a distance boost. If you do this, be careful not to get too much weight on your right side when you take the club back. It makes it harder to hit it solid.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 have a hard time the most with a piece wind (coming from the left for right-handers), but my modifications are to play the sphere method up, off my left toe (listed below), and purpose farther left than normal. Everyone loves a hole where the wind goes to your back. All of this advertises a greater launch angle for Project X Yellow your, which gets the ball up and also riding the wind. We're fortunate we play mainly on company fairways on tour; at the very least the ball will roll when the opening is into the wind.