Golf Drivers and Fairway Woods Are Supposed to Be Your Friends...And These Golfers Actually Agree

Q, Texas
Handicap: 10-20; age: 18 or younger

The key to good woods is to have the club be flat through impact rather than being choppy or steep.This starts with the backswing which should be low and slow with the wrists only breaking at the hips

Ken, Illinois
Handicap: N/A; age: 50 or older

I started using a longer tee and am having great results germane to distance and accuracy.

Lisa, Florida
Handicap: 10 or below; age: N/A

One of the biggest difference between the driver and all the other clubs is its length. So you have to set up body appropriate for the driver's legnth. Widen your stance and make sure you do not rush the swing (give enough time to complete the full swing).

Jon, Georgia
Handicap: 10 or below; age: 19-49

To add to the tip below from Daniel, I would say that is the best way I've heard it described...torqing (sp) the body around to get coiled a llittle before the downswing is what finally saved my tee shots AND woods off the ground...but be careful not to try and drill it...when you coil up like that and just take a nice easy swing, the club head is going to be moving extremely fast (much more than you would think)...so you don't have to add to it too much to get power, just let physics do it for you.

Daniel, The Woodlands, TX
Handicap: scratch golfer

A lot of golfers talk about turning your body behind the ball. For me, a better swing thought for driving off the tee is to make sure that I TURN MY BACK ON THE TARGET. This is to say, when I finished my back swing, my back would be facing at the target. Try it and chances are you will give the ball a great rip! It worked for me most of the times.

Johnny, San Bernardino, CA
Handicap: 10-20

To tee up with my driver, I always make sure that my two feet aim slightly towards right (I am right-handed). I don't know why but this always helps a little bit.