Jensen
Tour Rookie
How do you keep a Driver down (ball flight that is) when hitting into the wind. Need to learn a technique to keep it lower.
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Hitting Driver into the wind
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One Planer
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I would imagine the same as any other club. Tee it lower, ball back a little in your stance more than usual and swing smooth.
Happy to be corrected though :thup:
Happy to be corrected though :thup:
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Gareth, I was on the understanding that teeing it lower means you hit down on it causing it to spin and balloon, from what I've read actually tee it slightly higher so you hit with an accessing swing. Also don't try to smash it as this can also create excessive spin thus causing the ball to climb in the wind.....
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
That's my take on it but don't often get it right! I think ball back in the stance a bit too??
"When it's breezy, swing easy"
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
yes - and not back in the stance either because that will result in a more downward strike through the ball etc
however, you can hit specific low shots this way with 'hooded' irons where the reduction in loft outweighs the increased spin effect of hitting down a little more.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Never really considered that I got the hang of Driving into the wind, though others considered I was 'significantly above average' at it. The 'Breezy, Easy' definitely works, more so than any adjustment to ball position or tee height - I kept my tee height quite high. On other shots, I tended to take 2 clubs more than the 'standard' distance and hit with a little punch - little follow through.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I just tend to play it as any other shot and accept I'll just have a longer shot in. If it is on the margin's on my length I'll lay up and try and get up and down for a par or use my shot to make a safe net par
I just thin it then say I played a low stinger and watch it bounce down the fairway 😝
bobmac
Major Champion
Hit the ball with a lower launch angle and less spin
Tee it high and let it fly..
Don't try to smash it, swing it a bit slower than normal.
Don't try to smash it, swing it a bit slower than normal.
triple_bogey
Tour Rookie
Did you just happen to get this info from the Mizuno Luke Donald video you posted earlier?
One Planer
Global Moderator
You'd have thought.
If you look what time they were posted, there's 2 hours in between :thup:
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Snelly
Guest
Three quarter swing off a lower tee will keep it a bit lower. Easy to hook with this though.
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
please explain the contribution of the 'lower tee' - I am afraid it makes no logical sense whatsoever.
m10johnson
Head Pro
My mate does this to good effect, however he does play off 0.1! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSJzlfUhx-Y
I'd go with the 3 wood low draw if the ground is saturated.
I'd go with the 3 wood low draw if the ground is saturated.
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Snelly
Guest
I am afraid I can't. I am not a swing expert. Just a bloke that can hit a lower ball off a lower tee when required. If you can't, then practice until you can. I am sorry that I can't be more helpful.
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Snelly
Guest
I also was told as a kid that to help hit a lower shot, angle the tee into the ground, pointing towards the target as it helps. I always thought it was pretty unbelievable but have done it since without ever questioning the validity of the advice. This wasn't during a lesson by the way before anyone gets clever!
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Same as Snelly for me, slightly lower tee and normal ball position. Just aim to hit it slightly lower on the face and that helps to keep the spin and flight down a bit. Still won't go as far as a normal shot and like Homer says, just accept a longer 2nd shot.
Trevino (master) always said...
"Into the wind swing easier to reduce spin"
"Downwind hit it harder than normal as the wind will knock the ball down quicker"
"Into the wind swing easier to reduce spin"
"Downwind hit it harder than normal as the wind will knock the ball down quicker"
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
if you are aiming to hit it thin, as advocated by Drive4show, then I understand, but I wouldn't expect to hit the ball either as accurately, or as far, as a cleanly hit ball from the middle of the face - I guess I do 'practice it' when using the driver off the mat;but it's defintialy not controlled!
if I was god enough to deliberately hit a driver thin I still think I would just hit a low draw from the middle :whoo:
your comment regarding the angled tee I can relate to (on a psycological level) - setting it like that encourages the mental thought of hitting on the upstroke, and therefore with lower spin and a lower overall trajectory.
