Project X HZRDUS Yellow I've come to acknowledge I'm definitely not one of the lengthiest dudes on tour, so if I'm going to beat men who are 20 to 30 yards longer off the tee - like I did at the 2015 RSM Classic and the 2017 Dean & DeLuca Invitational with Project X HZRDUS Yellow shafts - I have to help keep the ball in the fairway. My statistics document that. Preceding into the British Open in July, I was 35 underneath par on approaches from the fairway between 50 and 175 yards. In the same range from the rough, I was actually 14 over. That's a big difference. Being a solid driver means having more than one way to find the fairway. I'm going to teach 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.
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With most tee shots, I start by lining up my Project X HZRDUS Yellow driver shaftdetecting where I need to drive it to make the best position into the green. I examine to see how the wind might influence that scheme and adjust for it. I struggle the most with a slice wind (coming from the left for right-handers), but my changes are to play the ball way up, off my left toe (below), and aim even farther left than ordinary. The ball position and placement help me start the ball on a path left of the fairway and, subsequently, let the airflow push it back into the fairway in the optimal spot.
Everyone loves a hole where the wind is at your backside. To take advantage of that, I tee the ball higher than normal-- with half of it sitting above the driver when I sole it. I also position the ball just off my left heel. The last thing I do at address is tilting my right shoulder slightly down (below) and to the right. All of this promotes a higher launch angle, which gets the ball up and riding the wind. When I swing, I load up on my right side and then fire into the ball from the inside, trying to draw it for even more of a distance boost. If you do this, be careful not to get too much weight on your right side when you take the club back. It makes it harder to hit it solid.We're lucky we play mostly on firm fairways on tour; at least the ball will roll when the hole is into the wind. I play for that, trying to hit it 20 feet off the ground and chase it out there. 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. The swing keys: Keep your weight centered between your feet, and make a short-but-smooth swing back and through. The mistake is to lean forward and hit down on it to keep the shot low. That creates extra spin, killing distance.
Pair the correct play with that wind, and you'll be hitting your next shot from the short grass.
I struggle the most with a slice wind (coming from the left for right-handers), yet my modifications are to play the sphere means up, off my left toe (listed below), as well as purpose farther left than regular. Everyone likes an opening where the wind is at your back. All of this promotes a greater launch angle for Project X Yellow Shafts your, which obtains the ball up as well as riding the wind. When the opening is right into the wind, we're fortunate we play mostly on firm fairways on scenic tour; at the very least the round will certainly roll.
