Driver iron swing

Your hands should be right underneath your chin line. Improper weight shift. Many golfers only shift their weight during the backswing to the back leg, and then fail to shift enough weight back to the lead or front leg. This results in reverse pivot and a lifting or scooping action in the downswing that makes it hard to achieve a consistent iron swing.

Too much secondary axis tilt means that your right shoulder tilts back too much from the target during the downswing. This causes you to lose lag and the ability to strike the irons flush. Why do I hit my driver far but not my irons? Here are 3 tried-and-true tips to improve your irons: Tip 1: An iron swing is supposed to catch the ball on a descending motion. To do that, you should always make sure the ball is positioned in the center of your stance.

Tip 2: You need to shift your pressure weight back and forth during your swing. Start with extra pressure on the front foot, shift it to the rear foot during the backswing, and then shift it back to the front foot during the downswing.

Tip 3: Refrain from pulling on the handle during the downswing instead of letting it swing outwards. While this does create some lag, it makes it hard to control distance. Is a driving iron easier to hit than a driver? They make it easier to keep the ball below tree branches and other obstacles without having to sacrifice swing distance.

The good news is that all we need to do is change the setup. I always struggled with slicing my driver and a lot of the reason was not hitting on the upswing. There were other factors but as soon as I fixed this, my shots were much straighter. The only thing you need to change is the setup and the angle of your body. Put in the time and practice as much as you can and see your game improve.

Let me know your thoughts and any questions you have. It is worth mentioning that a longer swing, greater speed, and less loft implies more misses.

With all other factors constant, the margin for error is greater when using your driver versus your irons. A significant difference also comes in that you hit your driver off the tee. Though it is possible to hit it off the deck, it is not something I would recommend for you as an amateur golfer.

Very few pro golfers even think of using a driver off the turf. Hitting off the tee is important since your position of impact is completely different. With irons, woods, and wedges, to create a divot, you want to hit down on the ball. However, as you might be aware, you do not want a divot with your driver. With the driver, you instead want to hit the ball during the upswing. The aspect of teeing up your drive allows the club to approach the ball in a sweeping upward motion.

Simply put, attack angle is a measure of the alignment of your club head during impact in relation to the horizon. A shot where the head of the club hits the ball completely perpendicular to the horizon is zero degrees. Shots with the club head slightly facing towards the ground, on the other hand, have a negative attack angle.

Shots where the club head faces slightly towards the sky have a positive attack angle. The result of this are the divots you get with irons and wedges, and almost zero divots with fairway woods. How well you strike each shot is determined by your attack angle. With a driver, your tee shot should have a positive attack angle.

This helps in launching the ball into the air off the tee. Between attack angle and handicap, there exists a direct correlation in amateur golfers driving the ball.

On drives off the tee, scratch golfers are near zero whereas bogey golfers have an angle of attack of minus 2. Essentially, players with fewer skills hit down on the ball, whereas those who shoot in the 70s strike directly on the ball. The target is hitting the driver during upswing, as this results in maximum ball flight, which translates to more carry and distance.

As a matter of fact, all you need are a few adjustments in your setup that will account for the teed-up ball and the length. With few exceptions, the average golfer tends to make better shots when they use an iron as opposed to andriver. Problems arise when you, as a golfer, try to drive using the same swing that was used for your irons. Significant improvements can be realized in your strokes by understanding how an iron swing differs from a driver swing.

If you want to bomb your drives, no other club in the bag can rival the big stick in terms of preference. From its longer length and much less loft, a considerable number of changes are needed compared to other clubs, even more so during setup.

Many amateur golfers make the mistake of not teeing it up high enough. Bear in mind, hitting a drive pure and deep requires you to hit up slightly under it. This is significantly harder with the ball teed up too low.

Teeing it high will not lead to sky balls. A bad sky ball is the result of hitting down on the ball.