Golf Instruction – Shaping Your Golf Shot – Playing a Fade or Draw on Purpose

Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 8:59 am

The ability to shape your golf shot when playing a round of golf can make all the difference in the world.

How many of us would like know how to draw the golf ball, hook the golf ball, or fade or slice the golf ball on purpose?

If you are facing a shot that is a dogleg right or a dogleg left, or the wind’s blowing from the left or wind’s blowing from the right, you want to be able to shape your golf shot.

These shots are not as hard as they may seem. Follow these 3 tips the next time you play golf to shape your golf shots.

Let’s say you are playing a hole that has a big dogleg left and you want to can get it out and around the corner. Here are a couple of ideas on how to draw the golf ball.

After you go through your pre-shot routine, aim the golf ball further right than you normally would.

Turn your grip a little bit to the right to encourage the face of the golf club to curve over.

Aim your shoulders, knees and hips to the right. If it will make you feel comfortable, you can put the right foot back a little bit.

This will encourage the golf club to swing a little bit more underneath you from the inside.

Let’s talk about when you are facing a golf shot where you need to shape the golf ball to fade around a corner or obstruction.

After you have gone through your pre-shot routine, aim the golf ball further left than you normally would.

Turn your grip a little bit to the left to encourage the face of the golf club to stay open a bit longer than normal.

Then swing away and this will help the golf ball fade naturally.

Next time you are on the golf course and need to shape your golf shot, give these simple golf tips a try.

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