Driving with my ball from Center

[pittpanther]

I've had many problems with topping of the ball when using my driver. I've been frustrated by trying everything I know to stay down, including teeing it up way high, but nothing seemed to work consistently.

Recently, I decided to move the ball back in my stance, from near my left foot to basically centered. This has made all the difference. More than half my swings result in good contact and straight flight - love the sound my Hibore makes on good contact. Probably 10% of my swings hit the toe of the club, and almost none are topped.

My question is, as a newbie to golf, is this an OK thing to do, or am I setting myself up for problems later on? Believe me, I feel much more confident approaching the tee now, than I ever have before. But should I continue to try to move my ball more towards my left foot? Or just go with what works?

[FlopShotArtist]

Do whatever your comfortable with. It should hurt you later on, because you shouldn't change it.

Some people play with it centered...I'll do it occasionally.

[QWKDTSN]

Avid Golfer... calling Avid Golfer... One of your awesome images showing 20 different pros at address with a driver would be great here!

pittpanther, a lot of pros do not tee the ball off their front foot, but in the middle of their stance... I tee it off the front because that's what I need to do to get good contact and ball flight (predictable high fade).... The key is to do what works consistently so that you can trust yourself to hit a good shot and not wonder what is going to happen.

[CoolBreeze20]

One other thing you can try....I used to top my drives fairly consistently when I started out, and I figured out it was because i bent my knees too much during address....and I was straightening them on my swing through.....causing me to top the ball. Once I started standing with my knees basically not bent at all, I could put the ball down the middle of the fairway much more reliably than before.

[sirshanksalot]

I did this for about a month this season to cure some driving problems. I made some amazing draw shots, but a few other tweaks to improve on my fundamentals, I started drawing the ball too much. I placed the ball back toward the front an inch before or on my left heel and now I'm hitting and slight draw of a straight ball flight. You should be fine... sometimes you just gotta go with what works and more importantly, what you feel most comfortable with.

[bigphil]

If you have the capability, post a video of your swing with the driver....down the line and face on. that way we can critique your swing and point out any flaws we see