{"id":145,"date":"2004-10-18T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2004-10-18T19:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/sweep_the_driver\/"},"modified":"2004-10-18T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2004-10-18T19:15:46","slug":"sweep_the_driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/playing_tips\/sweep_the_driver","title":{"rendered":"Sweep the Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver remains one of the most important clubs in the bag. Besides your putter, you probably hit your driver more than any other club in your bag. Unfortunately, your driver requires a slightly different swing than your irons. With the driver, you hit the ball while the clubhead is ascending. You &#8220;sweep&#8221; the ball off of the tee, while with the irons you hit down on the back of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Grouchy Golf has Swingvision shots of <a href=\"http:\/\/grouchygolf.blogspot.com\/2004\/10\/swingvision-els-driver.html\" title=\"Ernie Hitting Driver\" class=\"external external_icon\">Ernie Els&#8217; hitting the driver<\/a> and, for comparison, <a href=\"http:\/\/grouchygolf.blogspot.com\/2004\/07\/cbs-swingvision-rules.html\" title=\"Woods with an Iron\" class=\"external external_icon\">Tiger Woods hitting an iron<\/a>. Notice how high on the clubface both shots are struck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woods and irons require different kinds of shots. 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