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  1. 1. On your tee shots are you more likely to . . .

    • Slice the ball
      11
    • Hook the ball
      2
    • Hit the ball straight
      8
    • Draw the ball
      12
    • Hit a fade
      15
    • Other?
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On your tee shots . . .

Are you more likely to  . . .

1. Slice the ball

2. Hook the ball

3. Hit it straight

Secondly . . .

Are you able to shape your tee shots so that they are . . .

1. A draw

2. A fade

4. Other?

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I fade the ball on most drives and of course can hit a slice easily by over swinging.  A few drives are dead straight or pulled but I have never had a consistent draw. 

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I am all over the place still.  My partner once told me "whatever you do, DO NOT hit that house on the left (a hook for me), the guy is a crazy commando type. I usually slice or put it out on the right hand side far, but sometimes I over correct and it is amusing to see.  I will aim left so as not to slice too much and what happens?  I hit it straight as an arrow that way.  When my partner told me not do that I don't know what happened, evil demons crept into my clubhead and caused me to hit a semi hook shot right at the house.  Fortunately a bush at the edge of his property caught the ball but my arse puckered a little watching that ball take off like a guided missile right at his house.

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Push -  have improved downswing rotation, sequence, and tempo.

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Draw most of the time.

I can fade it about 2 out of 3 when I want to, but it isn't something I'd try in a competition unless it's a do or die shot.

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On the range and on the course are two very different things for me.  I typically, when all in going well in the world, hit a nice draw off the tee.  I'm consistent with it on the range, but on the tee box I can be a bit of a head case - I'll stare at that stupid ball and forget everything I ever knew, lose my elbow and swing outside in. I am so much better with any other club other than the driver.  Drives me nuts.

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Poll needs an all of the above, but I selected other.  I have a mix of slight draws, slices and usually a random hook thrown in.

My drives are like a box of chocolates you never know what you're going to get. 

Joe Paradiso

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Straight or a slight fade is my standard tee shot.  I can draw the ball but typically I am straight enough to cut a dogleg rather than attempt to work the ball around the corner.  Like most people, when I try to work the ball there is a higher tendency to not carry off the shot versus hitting my stock straight/fade.  There has to be strong reward before I will take the risk of working the ball around the corner.

Brian Kuehn

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Most of my tee shots with the driver go absolutely in a straight line, but on a bad day I will be pushing them to the right, often ending up on the parallel fairway. It's not a slice, but a straight push, and doesn't lose distance. When I'm playing well, they go the same distance straight down the middle. I just wish I could identify what makes the difference, but I helped increase the probability of a good drive by switching from an S to an X (extra stiff) shaft, and by consciously shortening by backswing to the point where my left arm is parallel to the ground and straight. With the new shaft, I probably sacrifice 10-20 yards of distance, but the chances of being on the fairway increased by about 25%.

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Made huge improvements with driver since the last time I played. Typically my OOB shot was a huge pull, and my in play but terrible drives were pull slices. 

Weirdest thing I have seen with driver was a huge pull slice, that after going right some 30 yards actually curved back in on itself, heading left, and landed right in the middle of the fairway.

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Most common for me is a push. Otherwise it's straight. Then there's the duck hook which is why I don't use the driver on the first tee - it goes 160 yds and in bad shape. Better to use a 4 iron and go out 200 yds and in the happy grass.

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Good shots are straight to slight draw. Pull or pull draw when I'm off.

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95% of my tee shots draw (or hook).  Even my wedge.  My miss is a straight shot down the right side into the trees.  I never hit an unintentional fade.  It's hard for me to hit an intentional one with this Ping K15 driver.  And I even have a bunch of lead tape on the toe to counteract the heel weight.

With my old driver, I could draw and fade at will most of the time.  A straight shot was more difficult.  My St Bernard broke the shaft in my old driver, but I reshafted it with another one I had laying around.  Not the same type.  I bought the K15 before I really tried it out.  I need to break that out this week.  PS, I haven't let my St Barnard use my clubs since!

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My good tee shots are either a slight push to the right or straight, but when my swing mechanics are off then A bit of a slice occurs. There is such a fine line between hitting the ball straight and slicing it.

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