If you want to take advantage of that fancy new driver you spent half your pay cheque on, you’ve got to learn to make contact with the ball in the sweet spot more often. Many golfers I teach tend to hit the ball out on the toe of the clubface (the spot furthest from you). This typically happens when you lose your posture in the downswing, spin out or use a shaft that’s too flexible and droopy.
A lot of faults in golf can be corrected by trying to do the opposite. It’s the, “You can’t find the middle if you don’t know where the ends are” adage. In this case, you can find the sweet spot more often if you try to hit the ball in the heel of your driver’s clubface [above]. This helps keep you from spinning out and/or losing your address posture, as you have to stay down a beat or two longer to try to achieve that heel impact. More often than not, you won’t find the heel, but you will move your contact closer to
centre – which is the goal.
Jason Guss is one of Golf Digest’s Best Teachers in Illinois. The Jason Guss Golf Academy is at Naperville Country Club.
