Driver Problems

[Robbie1089]

Hi all, new here.
So I tend to hit my irons pretty pure they go straight and then the balls drops in a little bit left, I'm fine with this, however when it comes to rescues, woods and driver I'm all over the place, sometimes I can't even get the ball off the floor 😕

I don't have a handicap as I've never joined a club, however I'd play off 18 I reckon!

Anyway any advice would be welcomed

Cheers

Rob

 

[duncan mackie]

Welcome to the forum.

Your situation is pretty common. In part it's because you are taking the woods to hit them further; the rest is often a matter of longer shaft and lower loft meet poor technique.

 

[Robbie1089]

But I can put my 4 iron out 200 +
It's very frustrating

 

[Face breaker]

Hi all, new here.
So I tend to hit my irons pretty pure they go straight and then the balls drops in a little bit left, I'm fine with this, however when it comes to rescues, woods and driver I'm all over the place, sometimes I can't even get the ball off the floor 

I don't have a handicap as I've never joined a club, however I'd play off 18 I reckon!

Anyway any advice would be welcomed

Cheers

Rob

Crickey, are you from a parallel universe cos your golf sounds an awful lot like mine, I'm struggling with the driver/3-wood at the moment (3-wood not so bad though) so I've taken to using my '18* Adams XTDti' off the T's/fairways/rough and I'm getting an average of around 200yds off the T's which is more than ample for our course, most of our members would kill for 200yds with the driver so high 190's to low 200's with a rescue ain't to bad me thinks...:thup:

 

[guest100718]

But I can put my 4 iron out 200 +
It's very frustrating

Then just hit a 4 Iron. 200 plus is pretty much the average driver distance for man.

 

[Robbie1089]

Not really the advice I'm looking for!

 

[guest100718]

Not really the advice I'm looking for!

Well all over the place isn't much to go on......

 

[guest100718]

Post a video in the experts forum. You'll get some good comments.

 

[Trojan615]

I would suggest your using the same ball position comparable to the left foot.. Hitting down on driver and woods.try moving it forward to line up with diff toes for woods and hybrids

 

[Oohmeoldbacksknackered]

If that doesn't work try using a 3/4 swing on the longer clubs and see what difference that makes.

 

[Ross61]

In the nicest possible way, the biggest problem is between the ears. You are expecting it to go wrong ... So then it does. I am presently going through a similar problem with my driver on 3 holes at my club.
I start tensing up on the tee and either don't relax my grip or arms properly or am trying to make sure I hit it down the other side of the fairway to where I have been getting it trouble in the past. So I end up with my swing path going all-a-cock and making the situation worse.

 

[351DRIVER]

I think it is quite possible to HIT irons and get away with it, due to club length and loft especially if you can swing at a decent speed

A 9 degree driver on a 45 inch shaft is not an easy thing for a beginner to hit, you cannot just try and whack it, you need to set up correctly and retain control to even begin to get consistent an iron you can just give it a whack and knock it out there.

Swinging hit v hitting swing, the driver is the first the irons the latter and a single lesson would give you a sound platform to improve from (If you do not know what to work on then why do work)

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Simple answer (and boring) but if you don't want to be hitting a 4 iron 200+ yards and getting it in play and want to hit driver, then go get a lesson with a good PGA pro and then work on what you're shown

 

[Yer Maw]

One lesson with a decent pro will get you on the right path. I personally don't think it is possible to give advice with seeing your swing in action. However, all over the place suggests all you need is a pro to get on the right path and set up.

 

[Capella]

I agree that getting a lesson with a pro is probably the best way to sort out your problems. If for some reason you cannnot or don't want to take a lesson, maybe have a look at some driver fundamentals and make sure, your setup and general concept on how the driver swing works (it is slightly different from an iron swing).

For example Rick Shiels and Peter Finch did a very good video series on driver basics for the Golf Monthly Youtube channel about a year ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_huk-Ck1fzc

I found those videos very helpful when I started to hit driver.