Getting The Most From Your Driver

Summary: Other than your putter, the club in your golf bag that exerts the most influence on your golf game is your driver. As you well know, a good drive sets the tone for the hole (as does the inverse). Once off the tee box, will you be 'taking your medicine' as you chip out of the woods and back into play for your second shot? Or, will you have a really long iron into the green with the odds not really in your favor? At this early point in this article, I have opened up way ...

Other than your putter, the club in your golf bag that exerts the most influence on your golf game is your driver. As you well know, a good drive sets the tone for the hole (as does the inverse). Once off the tee box, will you be 'taking your medicine' as you chip out of the woods and back into play for your second shot? Or, will you have a really long iron into the green with the odds not really in your favor? At this early point in this article, I have opened up way more possible avenues for discussion on the driver, so I'd like to narrow the focus to getting the most out of your driver. The conventional wisdom is that you would rather be long and crooked than short and crooked when it comes to golf and your relationship with your driver. In fact, when it comes to working with people and hitting their driver; I try to get people to first get good distance on their drive. If you are getting your drive 'out there' a good distance, that at least tells me that you are doing some things correctly in your golf swing mechanics that allows for such distance. For those of you who fall into this category