Golf Tips - Drivers and Irons

Do you need help with your driver or irons? Here are some full swing golf tips that might help you improve your play with the driver or irons.

Note: A bold-faced "A" preceeding a title indicates that tip is an audio tip.

Video: Driver fundamentals - hitting long, straight drives

• Ball Flight Tip Sheets

• Mis-hit Tip Sheets

• Diagnosing and Fixing a Hook
Video: How to correct a hook

• Diagnosing and Fixing a Slice
• To fix a slice, learn how to hook
Video: How to correct a slice

Video: Sources of power in the swing

• Choke up, shorten backswing to regain feel with irons

• Clubhead lag: what it is and how to improve yours

Video: Causes of a push shot
Video: Causes of a pull shot

Video: Three ways to hit a draw

• Keep your head still? Drill to create stable, centered swing from address until impact

• Fighting the shanks? Improve your set-up position

• Quick Tip: Close your eyes on some practice swings

• Quick Tip: Work on proper impact position with one-handed pitch shots

• How to hit a punch shot

• Quick Tip: the Knockdown Shot (from Fuzzy Zoeller)

• Quick Tip: If pulling irons, check ball position

• Quick Tip: Keep your chin up for a full turn

• How to hit out of a divot

• How to hit driver off the fairway

• Four keys to hitting a 460cc driver

• More power for recreational golfers relies on swing mechanics, golf strength and equipment

• How to make club-throwing a part of your practice

(A) Play safe or go for the pin? A prescription for course management

(A) What we can learn from Ben Hogan's "No Hands" takeaway

(A) Make your pre-shot routine a good one by incorporating these ideas

• Low trajectory? Focus on impact position

• Improve your fundamentals by using a mirror

(A) Warming up fast when you arrive just prior to your tee time

• How a longer backswing might be causing your shorter shots

• The "Hitman Drill" for hip turn

• Explaining the concept of hitting down to make the ball go up

• Tee it high to hit it farther

• Balance and rhythm in the golf swing

• Drills to improve your balance and rhythm

• Try this wrist exercise to improve distance, accuracy

• Chi Chi Rodriguez: Practicing recovery shots out of deep trouble

• Chi Chi Rodriguez: A golf game to improve your fairways percentage

• The proper setup position

• Fighting the slice, the block and the open clubface

• Go "up the hill" to groove inside-out swing path

• Dispelling some distance myths

• How to use a quarter to improve balance, swing plane

• Develop a pre-shot routine to help alignment

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