Golf Driver Tips

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm PGA member Jay Golden and here are a few tips on hitting a driver. The first tip is keep your ball in play. The first 3 or 400 years of golf a driver was not called a driver, it was called a play club, a play club which meant keep the ball in play. So when you're on the tee you're number one goal is to keep the ball in play. It really doesn't matter that much if you have a 7 iron to the green or a 6 or a 4 iron but if you're in the woods or in the water or in a fairway bunker, that does make a big difference. So number one goal is keep the ball in play. And sometimes that might even mean teeing off with something other than a driver like a 3 wood or a hybrid or a long iron, keep the ball in play and that's the first tip. The second tip is play your natural shot. Don't invent a different swing or a different ball flight if you play normally a hook, don't go for a straight ball, play your hook. If you have a fade or even a small slice, don't give yourself a lesson on the tee and try to improve your driver swing right then and there. I have a saying, if you slice on the first 17 holes, don't play a hook on number 18. And the third tip is the height of your tee. That could make a tremendous difference when you hit a drive. Try low tee, middle tee, high tee because that changed your swing plane, your angle of attack and it really can make a tremendous difference in how well you hit your drives. If that ball is too low on a low tee, you might stay down and hit down and hit a slice. If it's too high, you might stay behind it and hit a big hook. Experiment with tee heights to find out which one is best for you. So the three tips, number one keep the ball in play. Number two, play your natural shot and number three get a tee height that's going to work for you."