Irons Good... Woods Bad... Help?

[chad1043]

So I have been getting out a lot and am really struggling with my drives. Excepts short Par3s that I use my irons. My short game is pretty good. My go to club is my 6.

I just can't get a quality string of drives going. I either top it, slice it, push it, or hook it... I hardly every hit it fat. I'm working on keeping my swing in plane.

When I get out to the driving range I can hit my 5 really good, but ,my driver and 3 wood have always given me fits. My usual warm up is 6 iron, 5 wood, driver, 9 iron, wedges, back to my 3 wood, driver, 5 wood. If I have any balls left over I tend to practice short chips.

Should I just go and use my driver for a session. I have heard that this can be good and bad. Any suggestions?

[NotAStick]

So I have been getting out a lot and am really struggling with my drives. Excepts short Par3s that I use my irons. My short game is pretty good. My go to club is my 6.

I never "just" use my driver. After 40 or 50 drivers, things go from bad to worse!

I have trouble maintaining a consistent swing. I play 14 holes (or a large bucket of balls) hitting everything absolutely perfect and then something changes and it takes me 20 minutes of working on swing fundamentals to get it fixed. Personally, when i'm struggling, I sit there hitting a wedge, or 8 iron. I almost always hit those well and (most importantly), I don't try to DO TOO MUCH with them. I just swing. I'm not trying to kill it, or draw it or whatever. If I hit 50 balls in a row with a nice smooth 8i swing, I can almost guarantee that my first driver swing will be smooth, pure, straight and long with a little draw. But if I hit 20 more drivers, I start thinking... hmmm... ok... now, a little harder this time... ok now lower and with a fade. And then I have to start all over.

[Kingm91]

One thing that has helped me hitting my driver and 5 wood is position in the stance. If i am hitting it poorly that is the first thing i play around with. Sometimes the ball position in the stance can be the cause of a hook or a slice. In many cases I have my driver too far back in my stance. Also i find it very helpful to slow my swing down. In many clases begin swinging very fast.

Hope that you get it figured it out

[chad1043]

Thanks guys. I think that my biggest problem is that i think way too much... I tend to over think the drive and don't rely on my muscle memory.

[squaddie]

I had an address issue that was causing my driver and woods shots off the tee to be bad (slice-city). Though I had my left heel lined up with the ball, I was placing my hands too far forward of center. As a result I was coming down at the ball and over-the-top, leading to the big slices.

Now at address I position my hands in the center of my stance with the club head slightly forward of center when addressing the ball, and my shots off the tee have been more consistent.

[dansensel]

Can you explain that fix a little more in detail. I think i might have my hands too far forward, but I don't know for sure.

Thanks,