Golf: Drawing with an Eight Iron

Video Transcript

"Okay, we're now going to try to work on drawing the eight iron. Remember, the draw is a controlled hook. So the hook is where the ball goes from right to left. Or if you hit it straight and it just curls to the left dramatically, that's a hook. A hook is uncontrollable, as is a slice. So what we're going to do here is draw the ball, which is a controlled hook. So what you do, and there's a lot of benefits to this shot, whether you're trying to cheat the wind, get some extra distance, get around a tree, so on or so forth. It's very useful to have this as part of your skill set. Hitting the ball straight is the greatest skill, but being able to shape the ball with a draw or a fade is very useful. So here's how I would line it up. Here's the line of my target, so to, if I was going to hit the ball straight, I would line up parallel to that and I would have the club in neutral, and I would be prepared to hit the ball straight. But since I want to draw it, I've got to aim to the right. So I aim over here now. And I might hit the ball more off my back foot. And then I close the club face. So this will help produce a lot of side spin in addition to the back spin that the club will normally produce. And I just try to take a normal swing. Okay, so that is how you hit a draw. It requires a lot of practice, but it's a pretty useful shot. So keep practicing and you'll master this too."