Golf: Drawing with a Seven Iron

Video Transcript

"The seven iron, now this is a club you're normally going to hit anywhere between a hundred and forty and a hundred and seventy yards. We're going to do what's called a draw. So that means the ball's going to go to the right and then it's going gently hook to the left. So it's a way of cheating the wind, it's a way of, you can lengthen your shot. You can usually hit the club a little longer when you draw it. And it also allows you to get around trees and other obstructions, obstacles, impediments to your shot. Or if the green is heavily bunkered and the pin is on the left side, this allows you to come from the left and use the large part of the green safely. So a lot of times if the pin is in the left side and you go at it straight, if you're a little off, you're in the trap on the left, or you're, you may just hit through the green, or you may have a long, long putt. So if you execute the shot well, it allows you to track right toward the pin and you can use it to avoid all types of obstructions. So if I was going to hit the ball straight, if this is my line of target, I'm going to be parallel to that, and I'm going to line up about like this. But to hit the ball with a draw, I'm going to aim to the right, I'm going to close the club face. This will make sure I get some good draw on it. Then I'm just totally relaxed and I take a normal swing. And if you could only see that, that was well executed. So keep practicing the shot and you'll find it's quite valuable."