HItting a draw???

[zebrasinamerica]

I've always heard that if you strengthen your grip with your left hand and keep your right hand the same as before (assuming you're right handed) that this will create a draw. However I was at the range last night and tried this with no success at all if anyone could give me some pointers on this I would really appreciate it. I'm really looking for a draw swing to help me out off of the Tee Box.

thanks

ZEBRA

[BeRight]

I have a natural draw which if anything is as a result of a weak left hand and a strong right.. Plus a slightly flat left arm plane. The best way to see if you're getting you club face to close is to experiment with your grip and take a full power practice shot, Then return to the centre and see what your clubface has done.. if it's closed then it should stay closed...

[iacas]

I believe two things:

1) The purpose of a grip is to deliver the clubface square to the target line.
2) The purpose of your swing path is to swing the club on the proper path. For a draw, that's from the inside. For a cut, that's from the outside.

I'm not a big fan of changing my grip to hit different shots. It's much easier to change your stance and thus your swing path, I believe.

[Rafcin]

...It's much easier to change your stance and thus your swing path, I believe.

that's exactly how my teaching pro had me try to work the ball - just with open and closed stands... Problem is - draw works for me about 3 out of 10 times

[cdriver]

If, and that is one BIG word, if I don't try to swing so hard I unlace my shoes, just bringing the clubhead from an inside path with a slightly closed stance will get that nice 5 yard draw. Once I swing too hard, I either get a dead block or a smothered duck hook. Neither of those is very pretty. My best advice is to swing in to out slightly and close your stance slightly. Too much in the way of changes and you will get too far out of whack to hit anything.

[Finn07]

I saw something on the Golf Channel and Fuzzy Zoeller was explaining how he hits a draw on the course when he wants. Say your at address and looking at the golf ball. Look at something on the ground about two inches in front of the ball and at 2 O'Clock. Now when you swing take your normal swing but just aim the ball over that thing on the ground. Your ball should draw, ive tried it and it does work.

[iacas]

I saw something on the Golf Channel and Fuzzy Zoeller was explaining how he hits a draw on the course when he wants. Say your at address and looking at the golf ball. Look at something on the ground about two inches in front of the ball and at 2 O'Clock. Now when you swing take your normal swing but just aim the ball over that thing on the ground. Your ball should draw, ive tried it and it does work.

Yes, that's just affecting your swing path to come from the inside more.

If I'm helping someone fight a slice (by hitting a draw or coming more from the inside) I'll often put the ball's logo on the ball on the back, inside quadrant and tell them to try to hit the logo. That also forces you to come from the inside. Same idea as the Fuzzy tip.

Personally, I hesitate to take advice from a guy who addresses the ball off the hosel of his driver.

[prutkows]

it's been a few months since ive seen my former teaching pro, but he taught me two different ways to purposely play a draw/fade.

the first is just to focus on either slightly closing or opening the clubface at impact using your hands. of course, slightly closed will produce a draw, open a fade.

the other had something to do with ball position and hip/shoulder turn. i dont quite remember how to do it that way, but 9 times out of 10 i can shape the shot how i want to.

the problem with changing your swingplane is if you try to hit a fade by coming from the outside, i've found you lose a lot more distance than if you hit a fade by just leaving the clubface a little open while staying on a proper swingplane.

all that said, however, im about a 13 handicap so i dont know how accurate any of that is, haha. i just know it works for me.

[You're Away]

One quick tip I learned a while back was to take your normal stance then drop your right foot back 6-8", which creates more of an in-to-out path and assuming you don't change the club position you should hit a draw. This isn't a replacement for a proper swing but it helps if you're needing to draw around a tree or something.

Personally, I hesitate to take advice from a guy who addresses the ball off the hosel of his driver.

Off topic, but I've noticed a few pros do this and it seems strange to me. The only reason I can come up with is that they are compensating for the downward flex of the club at impact. Obviously it works for them but I'd hit hosel shots all day...assuming I even hit the ball .

Chris