Archive for June, 2009

Do you have a club that draws, fades or slices more that you would like?

If you do, or if you purchase one in the future, I’ll show you the simple and cheap way to make that club do just exactly what you want. Now, before we start, this is not going to cure a huge slice that is caused by inherent swing flaws. But, it will tone it down.

All you need is some lead tape and a litte time on the range. You can get lead tape for golf clubs for just a few dollars.

By applying the tape to the back of your club, you can affect the amount of hook/fade and flight of your ball flight. Let’s take a look at the hook and fade adjustments.

I recently bought a new driver and adjusted the internal weights to get my optimum trajectory. But, that left me with a dead straight ball flight and I wanted to draw the ball a bit. (Hey, I’m getting older, ya know, and I could use the draw to pick up a few more yards).

By the way, last year’s drivers can be had really cheap now that it’s a new season and stores want to unload some inventory.

Anyway, what I did next was apply three strips of lead tape to the heel of the driver and, wallah, I had a nice little hook. Now, I could put more tape on for more hook or less on to get just a slight draw.

And it took all of about two minutes to do.

Now, you can do the opposite to reduce or eliminate a hook. In fact, I did just that with one of my hybrid clubs.

My Taylor-Made Rescue club was great in every way except this particular club hooked too much. And I want this club to go dead straight.

So, a little tape on the TOE of the club, and, all of a sudden, I had the perfect club… dead straight shots that felt awesome.

To sum up where to place the tape…

You put the tape on the heel to promote a draw (or reduce a slice) as this helps close the clubhead during impact.

And you place the tape on the toe to promote a fade (or reduce a hook) as this slows the closing of the clubhead during impact.

If you’ve ever looked closely in the bag of most professional golfers, you’ll see lead tape on numerous, if not all of their clubs.  This is how they fine tune their clubs to get precisely the right ball flight pattern they desire… as well as the feel they are looking for.

While they may be much more gifted than you and I are, you can use this same adjustment to help your game and get instantaneous results without even having to alter your swing.

Try using this on any “problem” clubs you may have. You’ll be astonished at how well it works.

Dave

If you would like to add 10, 20 or even 30 yards to your drives… and who doesn’t want to… there is a free report that may be just what you are looking for.

It covers 17 tips and strategies that’ll get you that’ll have you booming your drives in no time at all.

All of these tips are easy to do and can quickly be incorporated into your game… whether you are a beginner or an experienced tournament player.  Just make sure you don’t try and do them all at the same time - you could just confuse yourself.

To paraphrase what Harvey Penick, the great golf coach of Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw, once said… just because I tell you to take 2 aspirin… don’t take the whole bottle. Or something like that.

Best bet is to see which ones work best for you… and just use those. You only need one or two tips to make a huge difference in your distance. The report is 20 pages long - so it’s like an entire chapter of a golf instruction book. Worth checking out.

You’ll find the free report “17 Easiest-Ever Ways You Can Hit Longer Tee Shots by clicking here.

Good luck with them.