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Shot shapes. Do you change yours or play just one?

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Easy question, do you attempt to play different shot shapes during a round or do you only play your standard shot?
 
I play with what swing I came with that particular day. If I'm hitting a fade on the range .... I play the fade. If I'm hitting the draw (which is pretty much never these days) ... I'm playing that. I don't fight the swing or the shot. I play to my "strengths" HA!
 
El naturale.

Whatever it is on the range that day, I will play it. No stock shape that carries over day to day.
 
Generally try and play a slight fade off the tee, but draw my irons. Just sort of what has become comfortable over the past two-three years. I don't change that during a round unless it's absolutely necessary, ie: go around something.
 
Mostly no, but if I attempt one it’s a draw because my natural shot is a left to right flight and I’ve learned to turn a cut into a fade if the shot requires.
 
I try to play a straight ball but that does lot always happen. The only time I try to move the ball is when i am punching out of trouble etc.
 
golfinnut said:
I play with what swing I came with that particular day. If I'm hitting a fade on the range .... I play the fade. If I'm hitting the draw (which is pretty much never these days) ... I'm playing that. I don't fight the swing or the shot. I play to my "strengths" HA!
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Dance with the girl that got you there. I'm not good enough to shape anything even clay. So depending on what's working or not that's what I run with and pray it works.
 
I usually a play a draw and my miss is a hook, I will try to exagerate the hook if this is needed and if the draw doesn't put me in too much trouble.

I will never try to play a fade, unless we are playing a scramble and I'm trying the hero shot
 
Play a fade with all but if I can't go over something I MAY try to turn an iron over with about a 10% success rate.
 
For irons and hybrids, I play whatever swing shows up on the range that day. I have 4 driver swings that I try to use for differently shaped holes, but usually only 1-2 of them are working for me on any give day.
 
I try to hit it as straight as possible 99% of the time.
 
When I was playing my best, I could move it both ways on demand with 80-90% success. Nowadays, I hit and hope I don't double cross myself.

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Golf Ghost said:
Generally try and play a slight fade off the tee, but draw my irons. Just sort of what has become comfortable over the past two-three years. I don't change that during a round unless it's absolutely necessary, ie: go around something.
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Word for word, exactly my answer
 
I don't move the ball a ton, I can play a fade pretty easy and can control it. I hit a small draw with the driver.
 
i love trying to shape the ball. it rarely works out as well as just hitting it straight, but it's fun.
 
c.a.eleric said:
i love trying to shape the ball. it rarely works out as well as just hitting it straight, but it's fun.
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I always attempt to hit straight... I either hit a fade, or play a fade and the dreaded straight ball into a lake.



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I play my fade for the most-part, mainly because I put a pretty big dent in that BS that you cant hit a fade a long way.

That said, with irons and wedges I will 100% work it both ways.
 
c.a.eleric said:
i love trying to shape the ball. it rarely works out as well as just hitting it straight, but it's fun.
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If it goes right, it's a fade. If it goes left, it's a draw. If it goes straight, it's a miracle.

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Mostly a fade with the driver and draw with everything else. I will usually only hit a fade with an iron if I have to or if a pin is tucked hard right.


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My shot shape is naturally a draw, which I am trying hard to adjust to a fade. I played the latter during my high school years, when I played my best golf. A draw kind of naturally developed over time (for some reason), and I'd love to eliminate the left side of the course.
 
golfunfiltered said:
My shot shape is naturally a draw, which I am trying hard to adjust to a fade. I played the latter during my high school years, when I played my best golf. A draw kind of naturally developed over time (for some reason), and I'd love to eliminate the left side of the course.
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I was in the same situation - I had a draw show up out of nowhere for a year or so. I'm back playing my fade again, and I find it's a much more playable shot. If I get a bit loose and the fade is a bit worse than usual, I find the effects aren't as bad as the over-draws.
 
Snickerdog said:
I don't move the ball a ton, I can play a fade pretty easy and can control it. I hit a small draw with the driver.
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Can I have your swing then? :act-up:
 
Not good enough to play the shot shape I have, let alone try to get fancy and introduce another variable into my game. :p
 
jdtox said:
Easy question, do you attempt to play different shot shapes during a round or do you only play your standard shot?
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Luckily for me, my standard shot consists of every shot shape under the sun so I don't have to choose.
 
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