Hit Your Golf Tee Shots Long And Straight

The golf tee shot is your first shot on each hole out on the golf course. Typically, on par 4s and par 5s, you'll hit your driver for your tee shot. Many golfers want to be able to hit the ball farther off the tee. Added distance with your driver will allow you to hit shorter irons into greens and generally help you score better.

One helpful tip for driving the golf ball farther off the tee is to setup up with your spine angle tilted slightly to the right. With the driver, you want to hit the ball sligtly on the upswing. Setting up with your spine tilted back will help you launch the golf ball high and give you more distance off the tee.

Setting up with your weight a touch more on your back foot can also be helpful with your driver. Play the ball all the way off of your left or front heel for best results. If you play the ball too far back in your stance with your driver, you'll end up de-lofting the club even more and may have trouble getting it up into the air.

The pros on tour average 61% driving accuracy with hitting the fairways. So even the pros aren't hitting every fairway. The key with your tee shots is to hit it relatively close to the fairway so you are still in play and can manage a decent approach shot to the green.

Some players are naturally able to hit their drivers better than others. Golfers who drive the ball well tend to have certain fundamentals in common. A slightly flatter golf swing will tend to promote a straighter ball flight.

Having a good golf swing path will promote hitting straighter golf shots and this will definitely apply to your tee shots.

Some people struggle with their driver off the tee and are even afraid to hit it. The reason the driver tends to be a harder club to hit is because it is longer and there is the least amount of loft with this clubhead. The more loft the golf club has, the higher it will go but it the golf ball won't go as far.

However, master your driver and you'll take tons of pressure off the rest of your golf game. It's a whole lot easier playing from the fairways than it is playing from in the trees. When you're hitting from the fairways, you'll tend to hit more greens than you would from out of the rough or not in the fairway. Get some basic driver fundamentals worked into your golf swing and start playing better golf today.