Finally Focused on the Driver

[HitAndGiggle]

After many years of playing golf I finally decided to get some instruction to help me hit the driver further. As should be expected, the swing changes I've been working on over the past few weeks have been translated to all my clubs. But, for me I had never really gotten my lower body involved in the swing enough. In my lesson yesterday, after working on mechanics and drills for a while, my instructor had me pull my driver back out and hit it. First hit was a mishit - still doing drills in my head. Second swing was just a full, fluid swing. I was really surprised as the results were much different than anything in the past. I'm 6' and pretty stout. I've always been really strong, constantly having to work on my flexibility to play this game. But, I always got the impression I could/should be longer off the tee. Normal drives for me have been in the 200-240 range, with the occasional over 250. Yet, many of my playing partners can really cream it. So, anyway...At my lesson yesterday I wind up with my new "legs-included" swing and just smashed a drive. After impact my instructor said, "How far was that?" and my answer was, "It hasn't come down yet." It carried 300. Carried. I just looked at him and said, "I've never hit a drive like that." and calmly put my driver back in the bag, pulling an iron to continue my drills. Kind of feels like I'm starting a new chapter in the game for me.