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**enfoires** · 06-28-2012, 06:54 PM

Honestly, I hope the pro wasn't trying to get you to try this from now on and maybe he was just trying to let you know his logic and where you could be someday in the future. I personally tend to hit a fade and now for some reason tend to hit a draw with my driver. I've been playing for a long time and decided that I want to hit it straight. That's it. Sure, I will mess around at the driving range or maybe even on some dog legs, but it takes some real skill to be able to draw/fade the ball and land remotely where you want it to land. If it's not natural and you can't normally hit it straight with some accuracy then I wouldn't try anything fancy.

He's basically right but, way too early. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a pro on tv line up for a draw/fade and then you see them leaning and groaning after the shot. They missed it and they're professionals that get paid tons of money. It's really tough to do even for the pros.

It was a drill to help me learn to flip my wrists more. I never used to do that before our first lesson and I still have a tendency to not close the club face on my bad shots. He said that when I don't hit the ball straight, he'd rather I draw/pull then slice.

We just got to talking about that theory since I was interested in what he was saying. He wasn't trying to have me do that on all shots on the golf course.

When trying to hit it straight, when I would miss, I would fade/slice sometimes and draw/hook others. When I was trying to draw and I would miss, I would hit it straight or hook. I can see his logic that at least when I miss, I know which way I will most likely miss. It's something that I will consider doing once I am able to strike the ball more consistently.

06-28-2012, 06:54 PM	#23
enfoires Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 527 Senior Member	Honestly, I hope the pro wasn't trying to get you to try this from now on and maybe he was just trying to let you know his logic and where you could be someday in the future. I personally tend to hit a fade and now for some reason tend to hit a draw with my driver. I've been playing for a long time and decided that I want to hit it straight. That's it. Sure, I will mess around at the driving range or maybe even on some dog legs, but it takes some real skill to be able to draw/fade the ball and land remotely where you want it to land. If it's not natural and you can't normally hit it straight with some accuracy then I wouldn't try anything fancy. He's basically right but, way too early. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a pro on tv line up for a draw/fade and then you see them leaning and groaning after the shot. They missed it and they're professionals that get paid tons of money. It's really tough to do even for the pros. It was a drill to help me learn to flip my wrists more. I never used to do that before our first lesson and I still have a tendency to not close the club face on my bad shots. He said that when I don't hit the ball straight, he'd rather I draw/pull then slice. We just got to talking about that theory since I was interested in what he was saying. He wasn't trying to have me do that on all shots on the golf course. When trying to hit it straight, when I would miss, I would fade/slice sometimes and draw/hook others. When I was trying to draw and I would miss, I would hit it straight or hook. I can see his logic that at least when I miss, I know which way I will most likely miss. It's something that I will consider doing once I am able to strike the ball more consistently.
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