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Combat Any Strong Wind Situation With These Particular Tee Shots

Project X HZRDUS Yellow I've come to accept I'm not one of the longest guys on tour, so if I'm going to beat guys who are 20 to 30 yards longer off the tee-- like I did at the 2015 RSM Classic and the 2017 Dean & DeLuca Invitational-- I have to keep the ball in the fairway with my Project X HZRDUS Yellow graphite shafts. I'm going to demonstrate you four, one for each type of wind condition. Pair the correct play with that wind, and you'll be hitting your next shot from the short grass.

CUT A BLOWING WIND: SET IT FORWARD Project X HZRDUS Yellow

With most tee shots, I start by lining up my  Project X HZRDUS Yellow driver shaftdetermining where I need to drive it to make the best direction into the green. Then I analyze to see how the wind might crack up that plan and adjust for it. I struggle the most with a slice wind (coming from the left for right-handers), but my modifications are to play the ball way up, off my left toe (below), and aim more distant left than ordinary. The ball position and placement help me start the ball on a path left of the fairway and, with any luck, let the air push it back into the fairway in the fitting spot.

Everyone loves a hole where the wind is at your back. To take advantage of that, I tee the ball higher than normal-- with half of it sitting above the driver when I sole it. All of this promotes a higher launch angle, which gets the ball up and riding the wind.We're lucky we play mostly on firm fairways on tour; at least the ball will roll when the hole is into the wind. At address, I tee the ball only an inch off the grass, play it about two inches back of my left heel and grip down a little on the driver (below). I also aim slightly left of the target, because the tendency is for the shot to squirt right as a result of the ball position-- it's harder to square the face.

Pair the correct play with that wind, and you'll be hitting your next shot from the short grass.

I struggle one of the most with a slice wind (originating from the left for right-handers), but my modifications are to play the sphere means up, off my left toe (listed below), and objective farther left than regular. Everybody enjoys an opening where the wind is at your back. Every one of this advertises a higher launch angle for Project X HZRDUS Yellow Graphite Shafts your, which obtains the round up as well as riding the wind. When the opening is into the wind, we're lucky we play primarily on firm fairways on scenic tour; at least the ball will certainly roll.