A golf instructor argues kids should learn to hit a reliable draw instead of aiming straight. He points out PGA and LPGA pros curve the ball routinely, and a predictable draw gives you more room to miss without going out of bounds.
I told you I was gonna give you 3 of these. Okay, penalties off the tee, huge one. You can hit as many good tee shots as you want, you hit 2 balls out of bounds, that's gonna crush your scores. It's also going to crush your greens regulation, but it's going to crush your scores. So getting that under control— primarily the place where I see a lot of players get killed with this one is they just try and hit the ball straight. And most swing coaches tolerate the idea of hitting the ball straight. A lot of swing coaches even push back on the idea that you should curve the golf ball and substantial amount. I completely reject that. I think that's completely crazy. I think if you watch any of the shot tracer videos on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, you see them curving the golf ball. So we need to have a reliable curve, right? Doesn't mean it's going to curve a ton every single time. So I'm saying— not saying we're Bubba Watson here trying to, you know, sling the golf ball 50 yards, but I am saying that ball should be curving in a predictable way where you can aim down, you know, let's say right-handed player, they're getting a draw off the tee, should be able to aim down the right rough and know that ball is going to draw, and know the farthest right you're going to hit that is just high block right, and know, hey, if I'm going to miss this thing left, I've got to hook this thing 60 yards before it's gone. Just make that adjustment instead of trying to hit the ball straight where you cut your literal margin for error in half. You're going to cut down your penalties, especially if you train that in practice. It's a whole another topic.
