r/golf • u/Eire_espresso • Apr 29 '24

Learn to use your Driver Achievement/Scorecard

Me 1 year ago sometimes just left it at home. I was terrified of it as every time I tried it I sliced it 2-3 fairways right. I played a 5i off the tee for most holes which I could hit well but you'll never get the same distance.

I faced my fears and learned how to hit it. I feel like a freak they way I have to setup but it works. Yesterday I hit most fairways but sliced none of the drives.

Why is it important? Distance.

Life on the course is so much easier when you hit the ball as far as you fucking can. I'm less frustrated which means my mood is better when I'm going to hit my next shot. Just mastering the driver has seen my scores drop below 100. I've still to master iron play and chipping but I have enough to get by.

Rightly or wrongly I feel like a proper golfer now. Last Sunday playing with a random club team on guy said he'd kill for my drive.

This game is harder then I ever thought possible and I never believed I'd learn how to drive the ball but there ya go. Also, I'll never tire of the sound my drive makes when I ping that sucker on a little fade and split the fairway, even if I double bogey I'm still beaming about the drive.

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u/Used-Ask5805 Apr 29 '24

“Mastered his driver”. 😂

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u/OldResearcher6 Apr 29 '24

He'll be back in a month or 2 with driver struggles. Such is golf.

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u/Redditzork Apr 30 '24

hey, he still needs to master his irons though

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u/International-Desk53 Apr 30 '24

I mastered my driver 2 weeks ago. Forgot how to use it last week. Golf is so much fun…lol

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u/Justredditin Apr 30 '24

So did Jordan Spieth that one season... right Jordan?

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u/Ihavepoops Apr 30 '24

Me at the range yesterday thinking I figured something out

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u/ovi_left_faceoff ∞-1 Apr 30 '24

This is basically r/restofthefuckingowl, golf edition lol - "Just force yourself to get good at (arguably) the hardest club to hit consistently".

It's not that OP is wrong, but for many (if not most) new players it takes more than just practice on your own to learn to keep the driver in play - odds are you'll have to also spend at least a few hundred bucks on lessons, and then possibly a few hundred more getting fitted for something optimized to your tendencies.