Make sure to check your distances of your driver when you choke up vs. Choking down on the driver the sand trap golf forum and. So i went to my friends at petes golf shop to find out if using a driver with a shorter. It is ironic that young lpga star brooke henderson plays such a long driver and then chokes up so much on the grip. I am 56 and thinking that perhaps my driver is too long. Does it make sense that choking up will improve keeping the ball in fairway. Choke up on the golf club for better golf shot accuracy video. In efforts to help you understand what choking up does, i hit a few shots on my trackman so we could look at what happens to ball flight when you hit a shot full, choke up 1 inch and choke up 2 inches. The speed of your swing will be reduced when you choke down, which means your spin rate should be reduced as well.
How much distance can you expect to lose in a golf shot if you choke down and take a 34 golf swing. How much distance does choking down in your golf swing cost. If you can simply club down go down a club and go after it to get the desired distance then i recommend that you do that. What to expect when you choke up on the golf club video by. Now with a longer driver, you are able to hit longer golf shots thats because you have. Im relatively short 56, and it goes without saying that i have much more control when i choke up about 12 the shaft on my burner is a bit long at 45. Golf writer steve newell recommends golfers try choking up 1.
You need to keep spin rate down while playing drives into the breeze, so this is the perfect adjustment to make. Imo, if your choking up for accuracy, dont bother getting the shaft cut down, as i am assuming you are trying to get better one day you will be able to hit a full length driver shot. Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, shows how to grip down on your driver to hit more fairways. Choking up on irons and affect on distance golfwrx. Practice your pairs on the range before you try it on the course. Nov 14, 2018 see the effects on contact, strike location, spin rate, launch angle and more to see if gripping down on the club may be a good option for you in certain situations on the golf course. Choking up troubleshooting your golf shots video by pete.
See the effects on contact, strike location, spin rate, launch angle and more to see if gripping down on the club may be a good option for you in certain situations on the golf course. Should you make your golf driver shorter askgolfguru youtube. Talking golf drivers and if you should get them cut. For a total distance amounting to about 75 inches from shoulder to club face, its hard to see why a two percent shortening of effective swing radius cou. Does choking up on the golf club cause you to lose distance. When, where, and why to choke down on the golf club. Jul 17, 20 should you make your golf driver shorter askgolfguru with mark crossfield pga professional askgolfguru. Many golfers get into bad habits when swinging the driver, as they try to swing. Learning how to hit driver well depends on you setting up properly and. Choking down on your driver is also a good method when you need to play a tee shot into the wind. Gripping down with my 4iron reduced the amount of height i could get on the ball, which is why i lost so much distance.
How to hit more fairways with your driver golficity. Im curious on opinions regarding choking up on driver against having a shaft cut down by a bit. Talking golf drivers and if you should get them cut down or can you just choke down the grip fro straighter. Should i grip down on my golf driver to improve accuracy video.
Driver cut it down or choke down with mark crossfield pga professional and steve buzza. Choking up on your driver may not cost you much, if any, distance. Sep 02, 2014 at the higher levels there are a few other options, but choking up is the easiest, most consistent solution. Choking up troubleshooting your golf shots video by pete styles so far it sounds like choking up on the golf club is all win, win, win. You know, we get more control we get a more penetrating ball flight and so on. Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact, golf video by pete styles for most golfers, there isnt much thought put into where they are going to grip the club when making a swing. Choke up on the golf club for better golf shot accuracy video by pete styles one of the key fundamentals to making a good golf shot is to make sure you get really good accurate contact, middle of the ball as close to the middle of the golf club as possible. But when choke is combined with up or down choke up or choke down it refers to the position of a golfers hands on the handle of a golf club. Just like the title says, im thinking of cutting an inch off my driver to improve feel and accuracy. Aug 02, 2016 in this video i cut down a driver to 42. When teed high, the ball is likely to soar up into the air but it is also. What would be the difference between choking down on a club regularly versus just cutting the club down. Because im launching so low with lower spin, the ball did not have a chance to rise up as much.
The downside is that choking down makes the shaft stiffer and you will lose trajectory. Mark answers questions about drivers and the length of your golf club for straighter longer. If only i could drive the ball so well i think i could break par. In golf, choke usually refers to a bad shot caused by a golfers inability to handle the pressure of the moment. This technique isnt just for amateursjim furyk, briny baird and sergio garcia use the drop downchoke down technique. If you are choking down as a way of hitting the ball lower, its a good idea to cut off the finish of the swing.
Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact golf tip. It can give you more control and take distance off of the shot if you need to do so. To hit a more conservative tee ball, i always choke down on the grip a. Im hoping i can find more fairways with a shorter driver. I played an 18 a few days ago and just about every shot off the tee went out of bounds. I loaned a driver to a guy almost two years ago that i just got back. Sep 27, 2008 after watching anthony kim choke down on this clubs and just crush the ball, i decided to play my next round choking down on all my clubs, even the driver.
May 10, 2017 when a shot comes up that requires the best of your accuracy, but you still want to hit your driver, consider choking down on the grip of the club. No need to club down how to hit more fairways with your driver. How will choking down help me improve my golf ball strike. The first way to start for kr to try to figure out if maybe his driver is too long is to start choking up on it, stop at a half inch, then maybe to an inch. I guess either way you are changing the swing weight. May 01, 2015 driver cut it down or choke down with mark crossfield pga professional and steve buzza. To make a long story short, at 67 years old, i am now at a choked up driver. Choking up about 1 inch on my clubs has produced much more solid shots, and choking up about 112 to 2 inches on my driver has allowed me to hit my tee shots more solidly and much farther. Sep, 2010 choking down on the driver helps me make contact closer to the sweet spot. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above.
After a while i went to a 3 wood which was too much. There are many reasons why a golfer would choke down, so lets consider a few. If i were to draw a diagram of where the shots went, it would look like a shotgun shell. What to expect when you choke up on the golf club video by pete styles theres three key elements that we might expect to see within our ball flight if we were to choke up on the club. How to be a great driver of the golf ball golf digest. Im not the tallest person ever 58, and i hit the ball pretty far. At some point in time, at each one, youll probably start hitting the ball more solid, more straight and likely longer. Jul 30, 2015 a number of posters in other forums have claimed that they hit straighter and often farther when they choke down about 1. I take great issue with the industrys extreme, and almost complete focus on distance not just with the driver, but with the irons as well.
Both of which have apparently given me added distance. John richmans choke down for more distance tip golf channel skip to main. Several prominent pros, including anthony kim and sergio garcia, choke up on almost every shot, even with the driver. Apr 25, 2016 in 2003 i was 52, i retired and moved to golf paradise in florida. My dispersion was slightly tighter it both directions while choking down. The club also just feels like its a bit too long and sometimes makes it uncomfortable.
Gripping down on the golf club an inch or more from the butt of the shaft. Rickie fowler offers tips for how to drive the golf ball, saying you dont need to be big to hit the ball far, you just need to set up properly and release correctly. A golfer might choke down on a driver to increase his control during the swing, hoping to improve accuracy. Bygolly, i will have my driver cut down if its better than choking up. Recently, ive been really struggling to hit my driver. Rather than swinging all the way up to a full finish with the club wrapped around your back, cut it off on the way through and finish with the club out in front of your body. Even moving down the grip by just an inch or two can go a long way toward improving your accuracy. Or it might be necessary to choke down due to the golfers stance if the ball is above his feet. Technically, when you choke up, you have made the club more upright and would tend to have the toe dig. Lpga golfer brooke henderson, known for her aggressive driver swing, usually chokes up on her driver for this reason.