IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE, HIT MORE DRIVES WITH THE CENTRE OF THE FACE
you make centreface contact. When you can do this drill on autopilot with your wedges, start hitting full iron shots through the gate. Eventually work up to your driver, and monitor your success. If you can hit five clean drives in a row, I’m guessing you’ll get your handicap down to about 10. Do 10 in a row and you’re moving into low single figures. If you can routinely do it by making a full backswing, slotting that right elbow into your side and moving your body and club on an in-to-out path, you’ve just mastered all the elements to my power draw. Enjoy your new home way down the fairway!
Your ability to hit the ball in the centre of the clubface is a huge power component. I don’t care how fast the club is moving – if you can’t do that, you’re
losing a huge amount of energy you could be transferring into the ball. My advice, especially for players who struggle with consistency, is that the brunt of your range work should be on finding the sweet spot. One of my favourite YouTube videos is a drill that can help with this. Take two tees and set them on both sides of a wedge and place a ball between them ( above ). Now hit some chips with the goal of missing the tees. That will help
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