Less distance, more accurate

[dcouz]

I started playing golf 10 years ago and I always wanted to hit 300 yards. Since I managed ... but rarely on Fairway . So I try to hit less hard and put the ball on the Fairway . And it works !
Please share how you put your ball on the Fairway .
Cya !
Dan

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by dcouz

I started playing golf 10 years ago and I always wanted to hit 300 yards. Since I managed... but rarely on Fairway. So I try to hit less hard and put the ball on the Fairway. And it works!

Please share how you put your ball on the Fairway.

Cya!

Dan

I work the ball from the right rough back toward the middle worst case I'm in the first cut of rough on either side. I also tend to use a 3-wood. 2-hybrid, 2-iron, 3-iron, or whatever it takes.

[xmanhockey7]

I hit it

[Parker0065]

As a general thumb rule, any hole I play that is 400 yards or less with a tight landing area I'm hitting 3-Wood or less. At 400 yards I'm hitting 3-Wood, and 8-iron to the green so it's still a scoring oppertunity without forcing myself into a bad situation hitting Driver off the tee.

For me, I am  more comfortable taking less club off the tee and making a normal swing versus backing off on a Driver and swinging easy.

Most good players swing 80%-90% power on the golf course. If you've been swinging 95%-100% trying to hit 300 yard drives it would make a lot of sense that your hitting more fairways with the feeling that you've backed off on power. When you feel like you back off you may be swinging more in that 80%-90% range.

[inthehole]

I just limit my backswing & slow down the tempo of the backswing - results in a morecontrolledswing

[sean_miller]

I had a great "less distance / more accuracy" partial round yesterday (all I had time to play). I was stuck behind a geriatric walker with no etiquette and ahead of him were 2 similar players with even less etiquette. So . . . rather than wait for eons to hit a driver, I was hitting the shortest club that would still give me a decent chance to attack the flag.

7 holes played. +2

4 out of 5 fairways (only driver I hit didn't draw around the bend on #3 and went into right rough - stymied just enough to have to play away from the green - shoulda hit an iron off the tee)

5 out of 7 GIR (long on the par 3 sixth and had to aim away from the green on #3)

Double boget on #6. The pin was at 177 (as per the laser RF) and I landed just past the pin (was trying to play just short of the green but hit it a smidgen too hard and that green doesn't hold a ball worth ****.  Sploosh.

[Mobey]

I blew out both my shoulders 5 years ago so my back swing is very limited....I am FORCED to swing easy and to be honest I have found I hit it much straighter than I ever did before.  Shorter is fine. It changed my game but I think for the better.

[Jimdangles]

I can sometimes take some off my driver and end up with a controlled fade but I have been killing my 3 wood pretty straight playing a baby draw. Im working on controlling that better. SOme shots are dead straight others have a good amount of draw(still playable if I can see it coming) but I started trying to draw the driver and I ended up with 3/4 dead straight shots on saturday but I was aimed right so I need to get out again and work on playing that swing. Didnt take anything off of those drives.

[chilly]

I've been hitting it much straighter lately due to a longer backswing, sort of counter-intuitive.

I had shortened my backswing last year to try to hit it straighter, but generally this made me quick and had an over the top move that would cause a pull.  Thought about it some, I wanted to retain some distance as well, so decided to open up the backswing.  Still don't hit parallel, and it helps me with tempo.  Hips are clearing well, and hitting it much straighter with a little draw. Added benefit is I'm hitting it more solid so distance has increased quite a bit as well, less spin.