choke down?

micky radigan

I decided today to choke down on my driver to see if i could hit more fairways and it work a dream.Ithought id lose a lot of yardage but actually seemed to hit it further because i was hitting it more in the centre of the club.Do any of u guys us a shortened driver and how has it worked for u.

alxmorgan

Anthony Kim does

http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/article/0,28242,1862275-2,00.html

I do on occasion too and it definitely helps to hit fairways

Waesfjord

micky radigan wrote: »

I decided today to choke down on my driver to see if i could hit more fairways and it work a dream.Ithought id lose a lot of yardage but actually seemed to hit it further because i was hitting it more in the centre of the club.Do any of u guys us a shortened driver and how has it worked for u.

always go down a coiuple of inches.

As you say, just allows me to hit sweet spot more accuratrely. I'm longer than many, so certainly distance has not been impacted by me.

shame about teh rest of my game thogh

NapoleonInRags

brian1976 wrote: »

always go down a coiuple of inches.

As you say, just allows me to hit sweet spot more accuratrely. I'm longer than many, so certainly distance has not been impacted by me.

shame about teh rest of my game thogh

Same here - although if I choke down too much I get a horrible hook. A couple of inches from the top of the grip is spot on.

GreeBo

Deffo, if I need to hit a fairway then its down an inch or so.

VikingG

Actually was reading an article over the weekend about Rickie Fowler .. who described 2 different drive swings .. one for power and one for accuracy... for accuracy he gripped down about 2 inches... teed the ball up a little lower and moved the ball more to the centre .. about 2 - 3 inches to the right of his left foot...
so I was planning to try this out at some stage...as I am about 50% in FIR at the moment (at best )

ssbob

Have tried choking down but seem to get a bad hook when I do, not sure what I am doing wrong, just more practice needed.

alxmorgan

Interestingly (well i think so) Sergio plays a 43 and 1/2 inch driver.
Whereas most off the shelf these days are what ? ....45 plus?
Tempted to get my backup driver cut down to 43 and 1/2 and see what difference it makes as I am never fully comfortable gripping down on the club and this way I wouldn't have to.

ssbob

alxmorgan wrote: »

Interestingly (well i think so) Sergio plays a 43 and 1/2 inch driver.
Whereas most off the shelf these days are what ? ....45 plus?
Tempted to get my backup driver cut down to 43 and 1/2 and see what difference it makes as I am never fully comfortable gripping down on the club and this way I wouldn't have to.

Isn't it strange that in hurling we use either 32,33,34,35,36 etc....but this never comes into play from what I have heard in golf, surely your height etc should make a difference?!