HITTING DRAWS AND FADES | Paddy's Golf Tip #11 | Padraig Harrington 

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Just pure logic to get instruction from a tour champion. He is the definition of application under pressure.

I played with him in a pro-am and asked him how to curve the ball. Basically, he gave me the same lesson as in this video. Very helpful! He was very gracious giving us tips to improve our game. It was an unforgettable experience. He is a gentleman and a class act. This is the best online lessons series by a champion. Keep it up Paddy!

Paddy I want PUTTING period. Tour putting drills, distance control drills, and basic understanding of greens reading. Getting these insights from you are gold.

A legend volunteering his time to help others learn the game. Great golfer and an even better person. Thanks Paddy!

Just keep them coming paddy . Excellent no nonsense videos with plenty of helpful advice in them is always appreciated. Many thanks.

How does he not have as many subscribers as some youtube golfers? The man has the best instruction videos from a true champion of the game. And his lessons work!

Such an excellent golf instructor . A three times major winner who has played many times in South East Asia . Nobody , nobody has ever given such clear golf tips . Thank You

A rare gem on RU-vid. Quality quality content

Paddy Harrington always seemed like such a laid back guy.. No shock that his RU-vid tips are 💯

Had the pleasure of having him join us for an after round snack. He’s one of the best golfers I’ve ever met

He Tells it Plain and Simple!! U Gotta Love Him 👍

Genius Paddy. Pure genius.

LOVE how you explain it Paddy!!! So simple, no nonsense. 👏👏

Paddy as a PGA Pro for 20 years, I LOVE your videos and the messages you get across!!! A lot of content on YT etc actually makes Golf far more complicated than it really is - and it makes Golfers worse!! You are the total opposite, great, logical teaching with your usual passion and energy - keep it up.

mr Harrington,your a natural teacher. thank you, loved all your vids

Paddy, thank you for doing these videos. You do a wonderful job of taking the “world of teaching swing mechanics” and distilling it down into how to actually play golf. Coming from one of the greatest to ever play, provides insights to us trying to connect the dots between learning what makes a good shot on the range become a good shot under pressure. Again, thank you for essentially giving away your intellectual property behind how you’ve won at the highest level. Fantastic!!

Love the lessons Paddy 👍👍👍

Thanks Padraig enjoyed it wishing you the best on tour

Video for someone who is constantly pulling everything left. Thanks for all the great content Paddy!

One of my favourite golfers. I love the lessons. Proving longevity is possible!

Paddy I’m sending you positive vibes for the weekend players Championships. You are only 5 behind after Friday’s play, and with the wind anything is possible. I’m backing you all the way. Go get em champ.

I tried this exercise today at the range. Unbelievable, I had so much control, I nearly cried. One to the left, one to the right. Best tip ever Paddy.

Brilliant. Keep them coming.

great encouragement, very enabling teaching. same method as tiger as well, glad to see this is the way after being taught something else

This is fantastic. So apt. The residue of the exaggerated practice swings left over and bingo.

Love this guy!

Video for someone who is constantly pulling everything left. Thanks for all the great content Paddy!

Best ever draw and fade video. So simple and it works!! 👏👏👏

The videos are great. I struggle with a wood off the fairway, I'd like to see a video on that.

I learned to shape shots in in the mid-1980s after reading Golf My Way by Nicklaus. What helped me a lot was his explanation that the cause and effect was a swiping action across the ball tilting the spin axis like and airplane wing \ for fade / for draw. The more you swipe across the back of the ball outside-in our inside-out with face still pointing at the target the more it curves in the air and bounces to right or left when landing. Off the tee you shape shots to control path in air to miss things. Hitting to the green you shape to control where ball goes after landing. My hang up when learning from a ‘hit it dead straight’ baseline was adjusting stance and face in grip but then subconsciously steering face into dead center of ball + instead of inside of center >+ for draw across ball / for draw and outside + < across \ for fade. Another was twisting to look at the landing target | instead of letting eye come up looking left \ | for fade or right | / for draw. To teach others how to hit I have them warm up hitting straight forward to target flag on range | then first only change stance to face left and hit 10 or so balls straight left \. until grooving the path, then change the other variable face angle in via grip in 5° increments until ball curves back to target. That programs the reflexive brain to commit to the swing line not looking at the target spot until swing completed. I call it ‘faith based golf’ joking that if you have faith in your set-up and your swing why do you even need to look? 😂 Something Jack suggested I adopted was to always have a mental image of what the shot would look like as a baseline for comparing what actually happens. That creates a point of reference for making adjustment until visualized shape and actual results match. It makes it easier to remember how to do it the same the next time.

Love it Paddy. Thanks

This content is absolute gold , im watching everyone and put it into practice

Nick Faldo said, for a fade you should finish with your hands high and with a draw, your hands should finish lower. That thought also helps me with these shots. I think Padraig''s finish is a little higher with his hands on the fade.

Your credibility is huge! Really like your ability to say what’s going to happen without any possibility of variation! Do this, and that is the result...please keep putting these vlogs out, thanks!

Wow. Makes it sound so much easier then other people

Genius, thanks Padraig

Thank's a lot Paddy, fabulous tuition.

Thanks so much for these tips. You cut through all the confusion to make it simple and repeatable for us mortals. I've got a playing partner playing off 37 who is on the range 3 times a week just repeating his poor technique. I've begged him to watch your tips as I'm sure there's a 20 handicapper inside him!

So So Enjoyable to Listen to a Man Who Tells everything In Simple Explanations In Explaining How things Work and Don’t Work So Refreshing Thanks 🙏🏻

Excellent paddy👍

Pure Gold!!! Thank you so much for this, greetings from Germany

All your instruction is top notch! Glad to get pointers from the one of the best, and clears up a lot of the golf voices in my head. Thanks!

The good old KISS method of golf, Keep It Simple Stupid, too many people trying to make it harder than it is, great advice Padraig as usual. i am trying to forget all the crap i was told in the past about the golf swing and advice like this makes it easier.

The bit about hitting off the side slope to practice drawing is phenomenal. You are dead right that my best holes have been a hanging slope

Enjoy your lessons! As to your request, seniors are always interested in advice on how to pivot when they are faced with inflexibility issues. Thx. Tom

Thank you, Paddy! These videos, coming from a proven expert, are invaluable to us amatures who really want to improve.

Love these videos !!

Cracking round today, well done and best of luck. Thanks for the tips, great insight.

Many thanks for the sound advice. Good luck with ths rest of the tournament!

Pure genius 👍🇦🇺⛳️

I wear this polo too💚

Very practical ,very good..

Paddy's a fantastic coach!

Congratulations Padraig on your great performance in the PGA. 😊😊😊

This has simplified the golf swing for me , 👍👏👏👏

Tried the method actually on course, and it worked so well, moreso the fade!! Fantastic tip Paddy

Dang, I love me some Paddy!

Pure Gold. Thank you for producing fantastic instructuction content gained by actually "doing it" at the very highest level possible. Top Man.

I am so encouraged by this. I like that you don’t suggest massive open and close positions. Swing in and out for draw. Out and in for fades.

Always admired your game even though you are across the pond! Now I have to say thank you! Your channel has been a welcome find and has already helped this hacker get a little bit better. So far I have fixed my grip and improved my chipping. Now I am going to practice these tips to see if I can cure my slice. (typically hit my irons pretty straight but my woods tend to slice more than I would like) You really present things in a much different fashion than I have seen in the past and it is really easy to understand and best of all...it works! Thanks again and please keep putting these videos out.👍🙌

Great advice. In a similar way, waggles during setup, if taken, should waggle in a big way in a direction out to the right. This is because during the setup, the hips are essentially parallel to the target line, while the hips are somewhat to fairly opened during the release and at impact, pointing to the left. If the waggles are along the hip and target lines during setup, the hands may be programmed to also swing along the hip line during the release, which hip lines are pointing to the left during the release, so that the swing will also follow the hip line going out-to-in. Another check point is the angle of the left arm, when it swings down to the horizontal position during the first phase of the downswing. Most PGA Tour pros have the left arm and left hand far away from the target line with the left arm point right of target, when the left arm has swung down to the horizontal position during the downswing. This shows the tour pros have the upper body and shoulders very closed still at that point. A lot of LPGA pros have the left arm about parallel to the target line when the left arm has swung down to the horizontal position, which shows that their upper bodies are not as closed as compared to the PGA pros, but their shoulders are still somewhat closed early in the downswing, but still closed enough to produce draws, and if not draws, producing straight shots.

Padraic, what an incredible achievement coming 4th on the monster course that is Kiawah Island. Amazing performance, we are incredibly proud of you back in Northern Ireland.

Nice Job Mister ...well done

Thanks Padraig your great for doing these vids. Loved your grip advice. It's been five months and I finally am comfortable with it. I'm now starting get more consistent with my ball striking.

Thanks for alll your wisdom. In Badminton, we use adjustments of the wrist to cut and reverse cut the shuttle. Why not use wrist flexion and extension of the lead wrist to modify side spin? It seems like many golfers have different approaches to playing draws and fades?

Great teacher makes it so simple to understand👍🏌🏻‍♀️any putting drills please

Paddy is the best

Genius Paddy rocks

I would like to see suggestions for the Senior golfer (60+) if possible. This series of tips by a well established and loved professional golfer has been brilliant and will surely help golfers of all handicaps with their game. Thanks Padraig.

Wow thnks So clear So easy to understand, will try tomorrow...cheers from Sydney Australia

Great explanation- I like the idea of not thinking so much about manipulating the club face and all. Best advice ever. I am one of those 14 handicap golfers. I went to the range and it actually worked! Not perfectly but better than I expected....

Thanks Paddy. I’ve been waiting for your latest video. Please keep them coming.

mate...you're sooo good...and funny to boot...thanks

Another great video thanks Padrig.

Great tips to use at the range. Being able to hit a fade or draw off the tee is a huge confidence boost, I'm slowly getting there after months of practice on the range but these drills sound great. Had lessons were told to change grip/stance/ball position etc gets very complicated. The path is key I know that now and keeping everything else constant sounds great🤜.

Absolutely brilliant clear instruction, thanks Padraig👍

Best teachers are still the pros....

Brilliant advice!

This is perfect for what I need!.. will definitely practice this on the range this weekend

Just found your channel. became a big Paddy fan.

Great video Padraig, can relate to this video, always played a draw and was told if I wanted to move into elite amateur golf I needed to learn the fade, that was 10 years ago, I'm now stuck with mechanical thoughts and the game has deteriorated. Wish I'd of had this insight back then, thanks Padraig from another Padraig 😉

Absolutely fantastic tip, I will definitely put this into practice. Hitting fairway woods properly would be a great video (especially the dreaded 3 wood) 😱

Interesting take. I have always aimed left or right initially, then turned club face accordingly before taking grip. then take normal swing. I must admit, this feels like it could be more natural, will def give it a go on range

Padraig I believe the secret of a great golf swing lies in great timing and thats God given.How can we mere mortals improve our timing? Robbie Sprague

Love it!!

I love it.. We need your Chipping and picthing tekhnik vid please

Great Job at the PGA Championship. It was incredible to see you out there and kicking butt! I loved seeing how you put your videos instructions into practice on that brutal course. Job Well Done. I'd love to hear your take on the Ben Hogan 5 Steps. Maybe a short series about how the Hogan Steps tie into your skills/experience. Best, PR

Legend!

Another great video! Thank you

i really like the metronome analogy

Padraig you’re a great guy, thanks for the video, very helpful

Gonna practice those 100 balls odds an evens over the weekend love that right hip and left hip visual wish me luck minor league golf event monday at the foumtains cc love your passion for the greatest game ever

hoping for a vid on knock down shots Paddy. Love that ur doing these vids btw

He is the best

Next video? When do you decide to bump and run or hit a higher pitch? What is the maximum distance for a bump and run? I find myself often wavering between the two.

Thanks for the effort to help us Paddy

“Hit your right tie!”😂

Thanks you Padraig... dead simple

Thanks a lot PH.. this is very helpful.