How to hit Golf driver Long & Straight
8 golfers recommended it · ✓ 5 said it fixed their problem · 2022–2024
Explainer · Beginner
Covers driver basics for distance and accuracy, including ball position, posture and setup.
Part of Hit your driver longer in 6 videos · step 1 of 6
Why golfers recommend it
- Series helped my game a ton
- Ball position video helped
- Driver setup forward press
- Good driver setup guide
- Driver tips
- Truly helped driver swing
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
8 comments from Reddit
u/MardyBum25 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Is my ball position bad or do I suck at golf?”
Bro. The ball is in the middle of your stance. With Driver, the ball should be way up, I would say aligned with the tip of your left shoe if not just a bit inside of that. If you pause where you're about to hit the ball that thing is going low as fuck. Driver you should think of it as a pendulum and you're hitting the ball when the club face is on its way up which is how you get distance and height. Where you have …
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u/dubbletime 2024 · r/golftips · in “Just looking to get better. ”
▶ this video Easiest thing that helped me from this series is hitting up on the ball and aligning the right shoulder further right for a more upward swing. You hit down on irons, swing up on driver (more like a baseball swing, although I know dudes hate this comparison).
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u/illdecide 2022 · r/golftips · in “re adjusted my grip and i’m trying to swing back farther. getting lessons soon but still want feedback from y’”
A lot of great tips here but if you're anything like me, I am a visual learner and this is the next best thing to taking lessons IMO. Rick has helped my game a ton and this series goes through the entire process of hitting driver, including the follow through which others have pointed out how your weight is not following through to your left side. Cheers and good luck! ▶ this video
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u/Brennan_Schwartz 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “New to golf, super inconsistent golf drives. 4 back-to-back swings, can anyone tell me what's causing the inco”
▶ this video Rick Shiels videos helped me mitigate a lot of the issues I had starting out. The thing that helped me a lot was slowing my swing down and focusing on my posture as mentioned in the video above. I would only increase my swing speed once I wasn't slicing, hooking or topping my ball constantly.
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u/Seasick_Sailor 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Been golfing for around 6 months, driver is consistently right. Looking for tips”
I saw someone link this on another post. It truly helped my driver swing. ▶ this video Good luck!
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u/daslog 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “6 months playing/practice often. Mostly self-taught. Very inconsistent driver.”
Your setup needs some work. The ball should be on the inside of your heel when setting up for the driver. Rick Shiels has a good guide. ▶ this video
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u/Mufasasalad 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Issues on the downswing ”
It’s more than just your downswing. Here are some driver tips that might help: ▶ this video
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u/ExchangeReady2946 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Feel like the ball should be a little farther up in my stance and I feel like my follow through looks like an ”
Cheese? Too much forward press and weight forward for driver swing. Gonna make it hard to have a upward angle of attack. Also want the ball off the front heel. Looks closer to middle in the video but could be due to camera angle. ▶ this video
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