95% of Golfers Do This WRONG with their Driver! 

Thanks for putting in all those extra camera angles while explaining the technique I'm sure it takes you extra time but helps understanding what your saying so much easier... This guy really does love us.😂

Thankyou so much your driver video helped me so much. Simple instructions easy to apply on course. Bingo. Just what I needed. Golf is fun again.!!can’t Thankyou enough

You are a great coach...lm literally binging your lessons..

I've been losing my mind lately with this issue so this video has arrived at the perfect time. I've been playing the face far to open causing an extreme hook, the occasional slice and not enough fairways lol. Thanks!

Nice as always but I'm not sure about your claim that most amateurs miss left with a hook--I would say it is OVERWHELMINGLY the opposite--missing right with a slice.

Awesome video. Thanks 👍

Excellent.

So true... I almost have to feel like it looks one then hit a draw swing. At least that's my perception but the result is dead straight when I do that.

95% of Golfers address the ball with a shut face - because 95% of golfers slice the ball - because 95% of golfers have an open club face and swing across the ball. People aren't stupid - they know they suck, so they're doing what is required to have a gameable shot that hits the fairway. What is not 'seeming' natural for 95% of golfers is to maintain what feels like an extremely closed face on the backswing so it returns to square - so they do what they can do.

Always scares me you have no protection for mishits in that room!

Im guilty of shut club face, try to compensate for my slice.

Why do draw drivers have a closed toed in face them?

See I've been telling myself the face angle at setup and the face angle at impact are completely different things because of the dynamic nature of the swing.

I swear, Matt single handedly fixed my game. Explains everything so well and is right on with what we weekend warriors do wrong. Best golf tips/instructor on RU-vid hands down ❤

Oh my god dude, this is exactly what im struggling with. As always, thanks for the video and coaching. Cheers!

This is exactly how my golf buddy sets up, lol. He never hits the range so I don't mention it. I really wish all golfers got driver sorted with lessons. It's a great feeling to hit a perfect drive more than once or twice a round. 😅

The point about however the club sits is square is not accurate when it comes to adjustable drivers. Depending on if the club is in its neutral setting, set more upright or flat, lofted up or down, this will change how the club wants to sit if you just let it fall in connection with the turf. IF, and ONLY IF, your club is in its most neutral setting, can the club be allowed to just sit on the turf. If the club has been adjusted at all, it will need to be returned to square at address. This video explains it all excellently: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U3JUSHDmJ00.html

Why do you speak in certainties? You tell me what i do, but you dont know 95 percent of golfers

I know that you 100% understand the game and your teachings are great but you need to talk a lot less. You say entirely too much about the negative so just get to the point and then teach us how to hit the ball correctly. Please? lol Thanks for your lessons!

Thank you for this video, I cut off 7 shots on one round because of how much better I was off the tee, following this.

Haha, 95 percent again. This is exact science fellow golfers!

Manipulating the club face at address is something that creeps into my game from time to time. This is a great explanation of what most people have issues with. I generally am too much on the open face side but most people I see usually have face too closed at set up.

What’s with the TM SIM 2 driver? Haven’t seen that one. I used to hood my driver to fight my slice but figured out that wasn’t the correct method. Thanks Matt.

Wonder how much this man would charge for in person lessons👀👀

Excellent instruction man, but there’s no way you’re hooking or slicing your drives lol.

I do not understand at all...watching for 3 minutes

Let’s play. You’re the GOAT

Perfect timing, I literally realized how closed I was holding my club to my target line only a few weeks back. My game has literally changed dramatically from this simple fix. Golfers, we want the face of the club square to our target line which is parallel to our foot line. I held it closed for so long, contact has improved drastically, distance, ball speed, accuracy. The swing now feels effortless. What a world of difference

If only we all had an in house launch monitor so we could work on our paths and club face, one of your better video's in a while MSG, thanks

Excellent information, thank you for your time posting this content, very helpful.

Pros never do this? Im sure a pro doea it once in a while?

All my troubles in one video😅

End of season match between me and my other amateur buddies. Progressed so much this summer with my irons and my short game, yet recently have developed a nasty slice. This came just in time for the range in the morning before the match.

I just find it funny that people like you, who are not pros, are so eager to talk about what the pros do. Or don't do. And then of course it depends on what "pros" you're talking about. But why do you think that something is a good idea to do, or not to do, just because the pros do it, or don't do it? Look. In all objectiveness, the pros are the pros because of their scoring. Not how the do any one of the many little things that make a round. So say you have 25 things they have to do to play, there's probably at least some percentage of those 25 things that they do "wrong". But it's the degree, the timing, and exactly how they do it wrong that matters. It all plays together. I'm quite sure that they do some things wrong "intentonally" because it helps them do other things "right"..."better". It's the end-result that counts. And as such we should only care about what they do in terms of something like a "strokes gained on average" factor. Just as baseball players are judge on "runs gained on average" (over replacement player) by having them in the game. They may or may not know this exactly. But we sure as hell can look at their score. So it's not just a question of what they do or don't do, it's also a question of how well they score. You're not looking at that at all. All that you are doing is grouping them all together and looking for common-factors and discrepancies. And the more alike they are, the more their average scoring should be the same, right? So exactly what sort of statistical analysis have you done to find correlations between your opinion and their scoring?

Good morning!

For real. What shoes are those?

What simulator is this?

Great video. Thanks

I take back my previous comment. Got fooled for a fake parody account. Your political views on LIV are great! Kudos my good sir!!!!

This is correct, if it was the case. Most golfers line up wiry the club face open and the ball not forward in their stance enough. They swing inside out and slice it up in the air to the right, as a righty [They give it way too much loft and the ball has to much loft. The second part of this video. They also don't look at the ball and pick their head up before impact.]

Face was technically open? Open to what though? It’s open to the path which is an important distinction that maybe not all will understand. Also saying “face closed” is going to result in low hooks it’s important to add the context of closed to path. If you’re a fade/slicer you’re going to want the face closed to the target line, otherwise the ball is going to start right of target and finish further right of target. I don’t think I’m being picky here. These are key concepts people need to understand. The part about the toe ball going right, and then being surprised the ball went left after you hit it out on the toe, that’s gear effect at play.

My driver has an adjustable hozel. If i add or subtract on it it changes the face angle, do you make adjustments for this ?

Unfortunately, some drivers do not sit square. You'll need to align it square and then go thru the process...not too hard.

@MrShortGame Golf will you also add Turn the Screw to the swing?

When I used my R9 with 8° loft, I would rarely hit it well, or high. I then started "opening" the face to my eye, turns out I was literally just squaring the face to the target. It looks open from above, but from behind it's definitely square. I now use a different driver, one that's actually much, much older, but still use the same setup.

Even though you are a bit verbose, you made some great points. I think the whole thing could have been summarized in less than 2 minutes. I have really been digging RU-vid shorts for that

I just got a set of golf clubs after not playing since middle school 15+ years ago. I've been binging these videos and learning so much. Ready to play this weekend!

Son of a gun. So simple, so easy not to screw up, but its almost never talked about or it's blown over in a video like a "duh" moment. He's 100% right. It works.

Pros close the driver face all the time. In fact, I was shocked to see how many players closed their face on many of their clubs. I was at quail hollow a few weeks back up close and personal on the tee boxes. Your broad point is accurate but don’t assume pros are not manipulating the driver face at address.

My 8 thru Pitching Wedge shots are off to the left of my target line a good 6 yards. Any thoughts are appreciated. 14 Handicap!

That was me today. I've been driving the ball well and today was bizarre lol. I'll think about this tomorrow.

95% seems a little high. I use the Jack Nicklaus method of picking a spot on my target line & aligning the CF to that spot. ( I then setup the CF & my feet slightly right for a draw, but it always starts out with a CF that points straight down the target line).

Everything you say explains everything I’ve been doing wrong in every aspect of my game.

I always start the driver with the club head in the centre of my stance besides squaring the club head to the intended line it keeps your shoulders square to the line. Pushing your club up against your teed up ball off your left instep can cause the shoulders to open and consequently a slice. Nice video. Thanks.

Brilliant Video Matt!! Well explained🤝 Just yesterday I was losing my mind with the driver!! I'm a low hcp and usually have an on course mid-round fix but not yesterday!! Thanks!!

Thank you for this video this is exactly what I do. Low hook or great drive to the right.

To add my 2p. 75% of us move the ball to the right (if right handed) some of us with a controlled fade and some with a slice. So how do you hit a fade. Stand open. Aim left. The clubface at impact must be open to the path. The path is left and the clubface is also left. Just not as much as the path. A clubface that points at the middle of the fairway misses in the right rough. For most of us the clubface HAS to point at the left hand 150 yard marker.

I’d swear my Maverick sits a bit open if I just lay it down. I will try this next time I play. Could you do a video on how to reduce spin on drivers.

thank u, thank u! u must have saw me at the driving range yesterday! I hit left and low 99%, so this was very helpful.

Great video!! I like these “pros do this and you don’t” vodeos

This is soooo logical! Thanks for this. I’m going to try this next practice.

mhm I know a few that set up with a closed face and still manage to hit a massive slice lol

I must be a pro because I never miss left 🍕🍕🍕🍕

great stuff, didnt realize that i was moving my hands too much instead of tilting. Thanx!

Another great video well explained as usual

You are spot on with this. I do get my driver a little bit closed

FYI, someone is using Mr. Shortgame logos for a scam. They tell you that you won a prize. Then it ends up as a financial scam. They state you won Perry Ellis clubs. I asked what MrSG calls his chipping method. They said higher fighter. They also use no punctuation on communication. It looks real, but beware.

That was me all day, didn’t know what I was doing wrong

Are you using a trackman?

Thanks Matt, heading to the range to day!

Sounds great buddy

95% is a bit of an exaggeration

I wish it were this easy.....

Awesome tip. Can’t wait to try this

Those shoes, tho! 🔥

Great tip!

Excellent instruction

That makes sense!

Nice vlog.

Tons of drivers are sold with draw bias but i get your point

👍👍

Going to have to add balancing it on the ground to my routine. Slicing still a big issue for me most swings.

Always wondered how tall is mr. Short?

Now wait a minute .. I thought the hands have to be ahead of the clubface through impact? (the pros always have this lag thing going on). If the hands are leading through impact, isn't it changing the club's loft or angle from the original setup?

Another great video, thank you. I noticed on this video you look like you have gained some muscle or at least some muscle tone. Can you put out a video that shows your fitness routine? I am at a point in my game where I have plateaued and I realize the only way I can get better is to be in better shape. Thank you

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Thought a closed face adds loft.

I can't get my driver to draw to save my life...does anyone have any tips to help create this action??? TIA

This soooo me! Thanks!

Majority of amateur golfers hit a slice, not a hook, so "95%" doing this seems like a wildly inaccurate number

Since I am struggeling so hard with my Slice, I always close the face, aim left and hope for my slice to carry it in the middle of the fairway. It works quite fine but I loose massive yardage (180 yards carry)

everytime you talk about a direct left shot, driver or short iron video, I feel personally attacked lol. Thanks for the solid tips.

Mr Short game is talking to us amateurs mostly, He knows the pros are changing the loft with every club. Yes even their drivers. I love all the amateurs that watch his videos and then try and correct him. Unless you are on the PGA Tour. stfu. You are never going to hit it like a pro.

Isn't Mr SG usually or at least sometimes another guy, or am I dreaming?