How To Hit a Golf Draw or Fade

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How To Hit a Golf Draw or Fade

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How To Hit a Draw or Fade

Hitting specialized shots, such as draws or fades, can be complicated, but these step-by-step instructions (and “shot alignment bar” patented by Thomas Golf) open the door to new accomplishments in shot making.

HOW TO HIT A STRAIGHT SHOT:

1. First, stand behind the ball and visualize a straight line between your ball and your target.

2. Next, pick out a leaf or mark that’s about a foot or so in front of the ball and on this visualized target line.

3. Third, address the ball and aim the club face at the leaf or mark you selected. (This is where the effective shot alignment indicator on Thomas Golf clubs gives you a big advantage. To gain the same alignment advantage found on most putters, Thomas Golf redesigned the top plane of each Iron and Wood to support a shot alignment indicator that is parallel to the ground and in the exact direction of the club face.)

4. Now that the club head is aimed directly at the mark and your target, align your heels, hips and shoulders parallel to your target line. (The alignment indicator will give you an excellent reference for this step.)

HOW TO HIT A FADE SHOT:

1. Do steps 1, 2 and 3 exactly the same as above.

4. Now, instead of aligning your heels, hips and shoulders parallel to your envisioned target line, you want to align them to aim to the left of your target line (for right-handed golfer). Although your body is aimed left, keep the club head and alignment bar aimed along the original target line.

5. Now swing with a normal swing path along your body line instead of the target line. You’ll know you did it correctly when the ball starts out going along the target line, then fades to the right of the target line at the end.

HOW TO HIT A DRAW SHOT:

1. Do steps 1, 2 and 3 exactly the same as above.

4. Now, instead of aligning your heels, hips and shoulders parallel to your envisioned target line, you want to align them to aim to the right of your target line (for right-handed golfer). Although your body is aimed right, keep the club head and alignment bar aimed along the original target line.

5. Now swing with a normal swing path along your body line instead of the target line. You’ll know you did it correctly when the ball starts out going along the target line, then draws to the left of the target line at the end.