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“Little adjustments are all you need to move

the ball any way you want.”

▶ if you’re like almost every
golfer I play with, you want to be
able to hit a big, high draw off
the tee. That’s the shot for right-
ies that starts a little right of the
target but curves back toward it.
It’s a nice ball flight to look at,
and it has a lot of utility if you
can do it on command. It’s my
stock shot on tour.

▶ there are a lot of ways to
get the ball to draw, but it hap-
pens for only one reason: At im-
pact, the clubface is open to the
target but closed to the swing
path. So the first thing you need
to do is make sure your swing
path comes from inside the
target line on the downswing.
If your clubface is closed to

this path but open to the target

when it meets the ball, you’ll get

that draw (right).

▶ to help swing down from

the inside, set up with the align-

ment of your shoulders pointing

right of the target line while your

hips and feet are still in line with

it. Then swing along your shoul-

der line, and the ball should

draw. One more note: Only tee

the ball so about half of it is

above the top of the driver. Any

higher and you risk popping the

ball up and losing distance.

▶ i hope the tips for these

three drives sound simple. Why

would you want to make it any

harder to hit them on command?

if you’re going to curve it, you have to control it