Finally hit a draw!

[AmazingWhacker]

Not a mat draw, not a pull-hook, but a genuine, bonafide, start to the right of the target and come back to the left, honest to goodness draw . .off the grass.  Not only that, but I hit about 15 of them (played 18 at the par 3).

I went from slicing terribly, to slicing badly to hitting pull-hooks and now I can finally hit a draw.  Woo-hoo.  That is all.  If I never achieve anything else in golf, I can honestly say I cured my slice and it pretty much feels like what I imagine winning The Masters might feel like :)

[geauxforbroke]

That's great, congrats. As long as you can repeat it, draws are great. I just hope it doesn't turn into the snap-hook that often plagues my driver.

[Dave2512]

I'm curious, what changes did you make. Congrats you seem pretty jazzed about it.

[AmazingWhacker]

Originally Posted by Dave2512

I'm curious, what changes did you make. Congrats you seem pretty jazzed about it.

If you sucked at golf as badly as I do, you would be jazzed, too :)

In short, I changed everything.  From over the top, inside-takeaway, outside-in path with an open club face  to coming from the inside, swinging out to the right, releasing the club and closing the club face.

I took some lessons where the instructor used video.  First we fixed my back swing and then he taught me how to release the club.  At first I couldn't understand it and pull-hooked everything.  But I just kept working on it and hitting pull-hooks.  Regardless of what the shot called for or what I thought I could/should do, I tried to hit a draw on every single shot.   Then it finally clicked that, for me at least, I need to use my left arm more than my right - and also choose spot on the ground, a few inches in front of the ball and to the right to swing at.

[dak4n6]

Originally Posted by AmazingWhacker

Not a mat draw, not a pull-hook, but a genuine, bonafide, start to the right of the target and come back to the left, honest to goodness draw . .off the grass.  Not only that, but I hit about 15 of them (played 18 at the par 3).

I went from slicing terribly, to slicing badly to hitting pull-hooks and now I can finally hit a draw.  Woo-hoo.  That is all.  If I never achieve anything else in golf, I can honestly say I cured my slice and it pretty much feels like what I imagine winning The Masters might feel like :)

Congrats - the push draw is the caviar of golf shots, very pretty eh?

But, the ONLY arena where I believe in jinxes is golf, and the underlined above made me go uh-oh...

[Datsyuk]

Originally Posted by dak4n6

Congrats - the push draw is the caviar of golf shots, very pretty eh?

But, the ONLY arena where I believe in jinxes is golf, and the underlined above made me go uh-oh...

Are you suggesting my shank is not cured? Oh noes.

[geauxforbroke]

Originally Posted by Datsyuk

Are you suggesting my shank is not cured? Oh noes.

You said the "S" world. Admin, can we get a permaban?

[meta87]

Congrats man! I know how exciting it is, I felt the same way when I started to be able to hit the draw consistently. (Which was pretty recently :D)

Now you get to worry about it not turning into a hook! At least that's been what I have to watch for.  Especially with my hybrid. But man stepping up to the tee and not worrying about push slicing it OB is a thing of beauty.

[divot dave]

Originally Posted by dak4n6

Congrats - the push draw is the caviar of golf shots, very pretty eh?

But, the ONLY arena where I believe in jinxes is golf, and the underlined above made me go uh-oh...

lol, I thought the same thing when I read that. I just started hitting draws myself, then went so far as to declare I "cured" my slice... days later... sh@nks galore, followed by pull slices. But I may say at least I am capable of diagnosing the problem with a trip or two to the driving range and slowing things down a little bit. But I'm nowhere near the muscle memory needed to say I've cured anything

[BioGolfNebraska]

Originally Posted by AmazingWhacker

Not a mat draw, not a pull-hook, but a genuine, bonafide, start to the right of the target and come back to the left, honest to goodness draw . .off the grass.  Not only that, but I hit about 15 of them (played 18 at the par 3).

I went from slicing terribly, to slicing badly to hitting pull-hooks and now I can finally hit a draw.  Woo-hoo.  That is all.  If I never achieve anything else in golf, I can honestly say I cured my slice and it pretty much feels like what I imagine winning The Masters might feel like :)

I did the same thing recently!  I have been slicing my driver for a while now (not so much other clubs, just the driver).  In the past few months I have gotten it down to a big fade, and then in the past month I have converted it to only hitting slight draws.  I can't hook it if I try, so really putting a big draw swing on the driver results in just a slight right to left and a LOT more distance and roll out.

I don't know if this advice will help anyone, but here is what I did:

1.  I only do about 3/4 of a backswing (not nearly to parallel), and try not to do too much movement on the arms on the backswing (kind of keeping the triangle on the backswing).

2.  Swing behind my back way more than what feels normal (backswing goes behind my back, followthrough more around my back than above my shoulders)

3.  Feel like I am squishing a bug on my left foot as I am swinging through.

This has a pretty predictable driver hit.  I don't hit it incredibly far (~220-250 yards, 270 if I really smash it), but I am hitting 80% of the fairways right now.

[Audaxi]

Congratulations! I know how great that feels, since the slice was one of my biggest issues earlier. When I finally turned it to a draw it felt amazing watching the ball curve nicely the other way, but keep practicing. I had figured out the draw before last winter, and ended up back to my usual fade or slice in the spring again.

[AmazingWhacker]

Originally Posted by divot dave

lol, I thought the same thing when I read that. I just started hitting draws myself, then went so far as to declare I "cured" my slice... days later... sh@nks galore, followed by pull slices. But I may say at least I am capable of diagnosing the problem with a trip or two to the driving range and slowing things down a little bit. But I'm nowhere near the muscle memory needed to say I've cured anything

True - however - I may hit skulls, thins, fats, shanks, snap, duck and pull hooks. . but I havent hit one that went left to right in quite a while - at least not a big-old slicer.  So - while I still have a crappy golf swing . .I feel like I've cured my slice.

[GixxerTed]

Originally Posted by geauxforbroke

That's great, congrats. As long as you can repeat it, draws are great. I just hope it doesn't turn into the snap-hook that often plagues my driver.

Ditto to the snap hook bs dam it lol

[slodsm]

One of these days I shall do the same thing. Right now I've got it down to a push which is better than a slice but if I don't concentrate completely on every swing, it's back to a slice.

[NuclearMike]

I took 10 years off of golf and left as someone with a consistent fade.  I came back to the game last year with a straight ball/ draw.  I like the draw better but have a bit of trouble bringing back the old ball path when I need it.  Go figure.

[chilly]

Congrats, that's a big accomplishment.  Nothing prettier then a 3yd draw on a high 7iron!