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skillzwhogolfs Well Established Member

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Just a general question: are the swing with your driver and your irons supposed to be generally the same?

I have a pretty good iron swing and hit the ball mostly straight with pretty good distance, when I try to do the same swing with my driver it is very inconsistant. So just wondering if you guys have the same swing thoughts going through your head with the driver or different ones.

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Generally yes. The big difference is with the driver you want to hit more up on the ball but still keep your hands in front of the club head at impact.

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BWChuck Established Member

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Originally Posted by xmanhockey7

Generally yes. The big difference is with the driver you want to hit more up on the ball but still keep your hands in front of the club head at impact.

Is this even possible if the swings are the same?  If so, how do you accomplish this?


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The swings are identical. The idea is to catch the ball on the upswing. Drivers are designed with the sweetspot higher on the face for this reason. It is the setup that changes. When setting up for the driver you need more lateral shoulder tilt. You then need to offset that imbalance by sliding your hips forward. Think about streching before going for a run. The hips counterbalance the sideward lean.

At the other end of the scale think about hitting a wedge. Now you are hitting down or trapping the ball. The low point of the swing is in the dirt and ahead of the ball. Its the same swing only the ball position has changed and your stance is narrower. Palmer once said 13 clubs one swing. FWIW.

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A big "lightbulb" for me was IACAS' thread on address posture, basically if you are addressing the ball with your driver in an overly upright stance you are doomed from the "get go". I'm too lazy to link the thread right now but essentially it's about how your inclination to the ground should be "almost" the same with the driver as it is with a PW (or any other club for that matter", this is totally counter-intuitive but has made a big difference in my driver.

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