Hitting my driver off the toe

[useless149149]

So I normally consider myself pretty good off the tee, i can get it out there 250 consistently, 9ish fairways, and if there was one side of the fairway that was death (OB, hazard, etc.) i could avoid that side 100% of the time. I also am used to hitting a slight fade (which I like). However, the last 2 weeks has been a disaster. 230, way off the toe, typically with a power draw (hook ) and uncontrollable. So my question is how do i keep from hitting my driver so far off the toe? There is no problems w/my irons, so I'm thinking this is either a mental (?trying to hit the ball too far/hard?) or a setup (?too close/far/up in stance/back in stance?) issue. Thanks for the help

[Richie3Jack]

Obviously, you want to check the basics. For starters you could be standing too far away from the ball. Your hands should be directly below your chin. Second, you may have the ball too far forward in the stance.

But more than likely you are not maintaining your spine angle throughout the swing.

Here's an analysis of what I mean through Sergio Garcia's swing (just click on the analysis part.

http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...ol.aspx?id=871

If you go to the impact frame, you will see Sergio's spine angle is at 62 degrees. That's the same exact angle it was at address and througout the swing. With golfers who hit the ball off the toe (and usually you hook the ball when it's hit off the toe), they usually see the spine angle rise throughout the swing. So they may start off with their spine angle at 62 degrees at address, but it winds up being at 80 degrees at impact and thus they are further away from the ball and it gets hit off the toe instead of off the sweetspot.

The reason why you are doing that with the driver over the irons is that golfers tend to swing harder with the driver and trying to horse it usually leads to the spine angle rising.





3JACK