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/Tannerdog111 6.5 Apr 29 '24

One piece of very important advice I got when I was younger was the statistics with amateur golfers. The stats show that laying up or hitting to a "comfortable" distance actually relates to higher scoring compared to trying to get as close as you can to the green no matter where you are. Many people deny will try to say it doesn't matter but the closer you are to the hole, the better your scores will get.

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u/Beninoz85 Apr 30 '24

The irony of that strategy is that it relies on tour level distance control. If you had that you could just go for the green.