How to Hit a Golf Ball in the Fairway

Video Transcript

"JOHNNY MILES: In this clip, what I'd like to talk about is the fairway positioning after the set tee shot that we went over in the last clip. You'll notice looking back at the tee, I'm at the far-right hand side of this fairway, but I've got the perfect angle into this green. I get too far left and this green kinda sits funny and runs away from you right into the water. Here, I'm going straight on. It's a perfect straight-in shot and the rough is only 10 yards away. But even if I was in the first cutter in the winter time in the rough itself, I have a much better angle from here to hit at any pin, be it front left, in the middle like it is today, or in the back. It might be slightly longer than if I was down the left side, but the angle makes it so much easier. From over here, you can see the oak tree kinda gets in my way. To avoid that, I have to aim it a little out to the right. To the right is water. I'm going to have, you know, the only way to really hit this shot is with a hard draw, and if it doesn't come off, you're in trouble. And the green sits funny, instead of sitting straight at me, it's off to the side. So now that I have an idea, I got about 130-135 yards. I'm going to just take a 9-iron. Pin is right in the center of the green. All my trouble is, well, to the right, so I'm going to hit a 9-iron with a little bit of a draw."