Be An Excellent Hitter (Ii)

To square the golf club up at impact, impact is actually about three degrees closed with a driver you need to start rolling your forearms over earlier. Why, because the golf club head is further away from you. If you're having trouble squaring up the club face first try choking up a little on the golf clubs. My opinion is golf club manufacturers make the modern drivers too long anyway. Most are about 45 to 46 inches. I prefer 44 inches. Tiger Woods only hits a 43 ½ inch driver.

 

I also prefer the smaller club heads. Everyone is raving about the hybrid woods that are replacing three irons. Golfers rave about how easy the hybrids are to hit. The heads are small and have a low center of gravity. In contrast the new Drivers like TaylorMade 09 Burner Driver that have a head the size of a basketball and golfers wonder why they can't square it up. I recommend the 395cc head as the largest acceptable size, not the 460cc style which is actually more difficult to square up at impact.

 

Some golfers try to keep their head still or over the top of the golf ball. To make a full turn on a swing with your taylormade r9 driver your head might move a little towards your back foot. That's fine if not desired. You need to be well behind the golf ball at impact. One should have a straight line from the front shoulder to the ball at impact.

 

Another thing I noticed is that most golfers tend to hit their driver out on the toe. Use some face tape on your driver and witness for yourself where you are making contact with the face of your driver. Usually the best place to make contact is high on the face and just a little inside of center.

 

Different drivers have difference centers of gravity. But the r9 driver, for you can change the face angle of it, this driver may be a good choice to fit you style.