Golf Tis for Driving

The drive is a very important element to the game. Increase the distance and accuracy on your drive and you’ll find it easier to control your short game. Try these driving golf tips to get that extra bit of distance you may be looking for.

The crucial thing when trying to hit the ball further with the driver is to get altitude with as low a spin rate as possible. In other words we want to get the spin to lift the ball and get rid of all the drag. Obviously that makes sense, but how to do that? Here are four basic tips to boost your launch and minimise the spin rate, hopefully getting you further.

1. Try teeing the ball higher. The saying goes that you should be teeing up so that the top of the driver is halfway up the ball. With the 460cc driver it may help you more though to get the ball a little higher up. So that top of the driver is about a third of the way up the ball. Standard tees will not be able to get this height.

2.In your stance, move the ball forward. Since our aim is to hit the ball on the upswing (we’ll get to that later) and increase the angle whilst minimising spin rate, you no longer have to play the ball off your left heel. In fact you should move the ball forward in your stance. In other words, for a right-handed golfer it should move closer to the left foot. There are different degrees and levels of moving the ball. For some next to the big toe may be enough whilst others may need to move it further. Whatever the case, it is very important that you experiment for yourself what position best suits you, as long as you’re moving it forward.

3. You aim is to hit the ball in the centre of the face. So set up for it. When addressing the ball at first, most golfers tend to set their driver on the ground. Because of this a lot of balls are being hit with the heel-side of the face. To check if you are doing this, test yourself next time you go to the range. In the address position stretch out your arms. Now check where the ball is going to make contact with your driver by moving the club up to the ball’s height. Try it and see what happens. Naturally to change this is going to be very difficult and quite an adjustment to make. It takes practice. Normally you place the centre of the driver next to the ball, so next time try moving the driver back a little (towards you) to put the driver’s toe next to the ball. Stretch the arms and pick up the driver to the ball’s height. Keep moving back until you find that the centre of the driver is next to the ball. Even if the club doesn’t sit next to the ball when you set it down on the ground, it doesn’t matter, because you’re hitting it on a tee and not on the ground.

4. Here’s the key to really getting that distance you want. The base to the golf tips for driving well. As mentioned, you have to get the ball on the upswing. Because the driver is a very unique club unlike any other in your bag you need to treat the shot the same. Like when putting you don’t set up like any other shot either. All the other clubs are designed for you to hit the ball right at the peak of your swing. If however you strike the ball with your driver on the upswing, you’ll find you get the desired launch with minimum spin rate. All in all it will give you the distance and accuracy you may be looking for.