How to Hit Driver from the Fairway


Hitting driver from the fairway - a k a, hitting driver off the deck - is a specialized shot that you don't see much anymore even among the best golfers, and is a shot that mid- and high-handicappers have a lower chance of pulling off successfully. TaylorMade Rossa Corza Ghost Putter

The reasons we say that are these:

1. Driver is the toughest club in the bag to hit for mid- and high-handicappers, even when the ball is teed up. It's much, much more difficult to successfully hit a driver when the ball is sitting on the ground.

2. And driver clubheads have gotten much larger. Back when driver clubheads were below 200cc in size, the odds of making good contact with a driver off the fairway were much better. Remember that the original Big Bertha driver was only 190cc in size. Today, most drivers are 450cc or higher. That huge size makes putting the face of the driver onto the golfbest golf clubs


So, as that intro should tell you, hitting driver off the deck is a very difficult shot and one that recreational golfers should probably stay away from. But, hey, we all enjoy trying to pull off those high-degree-of-difficulty shots, we all want to "take a shot" at those shots, so to speak. So what's the technique?