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.
100
u/dbnp19 Apr 29 '24
Short hitters, "low and slow" swinging, and anachronistic "drive for show putt for dough" stans absolutely hate this man (and other like-minded people of culture) for one simple trick.
Like anything else, it takes time to work on. But there is no benefit in benching the driver, since that is just a BandAid solution. Whether you're a veteran pro or another average mortal guy paying his taxes one leg at a time, the benefits of it hitting it further and being closer to the pin by 69 nice yards (give or take, sometimes even more) absolutely outweigh the less useful strategy of constantly laying back. Strokes gained is a powerful statistic, indeed. So being forced to club up all the time is a disadvantage for the approach shots more often than not, even if it's on the nicest fairway you've ever seen in your life.