FAIRWAY WOODS AND METALS
BEST TIP: Keep the club low on takeaway
and low through impact.
Swing fairway woods with the same tempo used for a
seven-iron.
Avoid trying to lift the ball with the club by either
collapsing the left arm or straightening up.
Position the ball opposite your left heel, which should
be the bottom of your swing arc.
Keep your head steady throughout the swing.
Keep the club low on takeaway and low through
impact, creating the feeling of hitting the ball forward --
not up.
Ball should be hit with a slightly descending blow.
Make an aggressive swing and follow-through without
steering the ball.
Brush the grass rather than taking a divot.
Seven woods should be played in the middle of the
stance, with hands in front of ball at address.
BEST TIP: Keep the club low on takeaway
and low through impact.
Swing fairway woods with the same tempo used for a
seven-iron.
Avoid trying to lift the ball with the club by either
collapsing the left arm or straightening up.
Position the ball opposite your left heel, which should
be the bottom of your swing arc.
Keep your head steady throughout the swing.
Keep the club low on takeaway and low through
impact, creating the feeling of hitting the ball forward --
not up.
Ball should be hit with a slightly descending blow.
Make an aggressive swing and follow-through without
steering the ball.
Brush the grass rather than taking a divot.
Seven woods should be played in the middle of the
stance, with hands in front of ball at address.
| XXXXXXXXXX When hitting your fairway woods you want to sweep them away, XXXXXXXXXX and you definitely don't want to come down too steep on these XXXXXXXXXX shots. Here's a great way to feel the sweeping motion with a XXXXXXXXXX fairway wood. On your backswing try to move the club back on a wide arc by extending your left arm away from the target. Then on the follow-through do the opposite, which is to extend the right arm. When you widen your arc on the backswing and follow-through, you'll find it a lot easier to sweep the fairway woods away. Plus you'll increase the distance you hit these shots, because the wider the arc the more clubhead speed -- and the more clubhead speed the farther the ball goes. Nick Bayley, author, The Draw System |
Tom's Golf Tips
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| I play in the 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play -- Joe E. Lewis |
