Tadashi70
Well-known member
When playing a draw, fade or straight ball. What part of the tee box do you peg you ball? Does it matter to you? Do you believe it's the left side for a draw and right side for the fade?
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When playing a draw, fade or straight ball. What part of the tee box do you peg you ball? Does it matter to you? Do you believe it's the left side for a draw and right side for the fade?
I'm generally most comfortable teeing it up on the extreme left side of the tee markers. I'll change depending on the situation though.
I play the "controlled power fade" (<-- new term ).
Therefor I line up on the right side of the teebox and aim for the left side of the fairway (righty). This way it should come into the middle of the fairway, if the fade is not there, hopefully the ball will end up on the left side of the fairway and if the fade is out of control, hopefully it won't be too far off the right side of the fairway.
Conventional teaching woul say left side of tee box for a draw and right side for a fade. The thinking is that it will open the hole up more. If you try to play a draw from the right side it brings more trouble into play as the ball has to travel right then left to find its intended target.Freddie - care to share what the 'right' thing to do is and why? From a teachers perspective, that is.
Conventional teaching woul say left side of tee box for a draw and right side for a fade. The thinking is that it will open the hole up more. If you try to play a draw from the right side it brings more trouble into play as the ball has to travel right then left to find its intended target.
But this is a rule of thumb, som course will dictate the opposite. But if you move the ball off the tee, picking the proper side can be the difference between a good score and a 'I should have played that hole differently' thought process as you walk to the cart.