For my driver fairway wood, hybridi play everything shorter at 44. Choke down definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Im 510 as well and a few days ago i was having a bit of trouble with the driver at the range and i figured id choke down and was pleasantly surprised how well i was hitting the ball. Choking down on the driver instruction and playing tips. Choke up make the longest club in your bag shorter for more control the most obvious quirk in my technique is that i choke way up on the grip about. This is best done at a driving range on grass, sprinkle talc powder on the ball, then hit it. For example, if you usually hit your 7iron 150yards, but you need to hit a 145yard shot, you could choke down an inch or two and make a comfortable swing. That said, most probably wont notice the difference. You need to keep spin rate down while playing drives into the breeze, so this is the perfect adjustment to make. May 10, 2017 choking down on your driver is also a good method when you need to play a tee shot into the wind. A modified stack and tilt swing that encourages upward hit. 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.
Michael breed, host of the golf fix, shows how to grip down on your driver to hit more fairways. John richmans choke down for more distance tip golf channel. How high handicappers can hit driver better business insider. When a shot comes up that requires the best of your accuracy, but you still want to hit your driver, consider choking. Recently had 12 cut off bc i thought why not i choke down anyways. When, where, and why to choke down on the golf club. Stick with the driver but choke down an inch or so. I have found that if i choke down about 11 12 inches on all clubs, i make much better contact and hit the ball further.
The speed of your swing will be reduced when you choke down, which means your spin rate should be reduced as well. Now with a longer driver, you are able to hit longer golf shots thats because you have. A golfer might choke down on a driver to increase his control during the swing, hoping to improve accuracy. Choking up on your driver may not cost you much, if any, distance, simply because having better control of the club can help you to hit the ball on the clubs sweet spot. Its been one of the greatest changes ive made with my clubs. It can give you more control and take distance off of the shot if you need to do so. Cutting driver shaft the 19th hole mygolfspy forum. By choking up youre effectively shortening the clubs length, which lessens your swing arc, reduces your maximum clubhead speed and limits your potential power. My shaft is already shortened down to 44, which is about 1. My dispersion was slightly tighter it both directions while choking down. Talking golf drivers and if you should get them cut. Personally i would just choke down on my irons or have them shortened and swingweighted professionally by a club builder.
Jul 18, 2012 now, knowing you get 10 yards more with shorter driver, it sounds like you are trying to compensate that with harder swing with 46 driver. 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. Gideon explains that if you make a 34 swing, you are going to take some yardage off of the shot, and if you also choke down on the club, you. Anthony kim shows you how to hit your driver straighter than ever. Should i grip down on my golf driver to improve accuracy video. Dont do it played my favorite driver combo of all time at 45 but i always choked down. Gripping down on the golf club an inch or more from the butt of the shaft. It has given me more accuracy off the tee without sacrificing too much distance.
This is a good question from bob campo that weve discussed before about the benefits of using a shorter driver. How much distance does choking down in your golf swing cost. Practice your pairs on the driving range to imprint how well a smooth swing works in producing the same trajectory and distance every time. Lpga golfer brooke henderson, known for her aggressive driver swing, usually chokes up on her driver for this reason. Choke down definition of choke down by merriamwebster.
A number of posters in other forums have claimed that they hit straighter and often farther when they choke down about 1. Even moving down the grip by just an inch or two can go a long way toward improving your accuracy. Pay attention to where on the club face you are contacting the ball. 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. The downside is that choking down makes the shaft stiffer and you will lose trajectory. Personally, i have seen varieties of st players some who easily hit up on the ball with their driver, those who chop down too steeply and those forced to modify their mechanics to hit upwards. You will lose a little distance, but your ball will have a better chance of hitting the middle of the fairway. This is perhaps the mostcommonly cited reason to choke down on the club. With the new trend of shortened driver shafts on tour right now, a question came to my mind. Make sure to check your distances of your driver when you choke up vs. Does choking up on the golf club cause you to lose distance. The reverse spine swing fault is a killer when it comes to hitting your driver as well as causing injuries. I will add i also think it is a good idea to choke down and see how it feels, but some that have a good sense of feel will notice a slight difference after cutting it down, especially 2 inches as there is a counter balanced effect with the extra 2 inches under your hands. Choke down on the club a bit if you feel you need more control of the club on the tee.
Or it might be necessary to choke down due to the golfers stance if the ball is above his feet. Over the past twenty years, golf club manufacturers have been making clubs stronger meaning they have less loft on the face, and longer so that they can sell hopeful golfers the newest hot weapon that will knock the ball unimaginable distances. 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. Driver cut it down or choke down with mark crossfield pga professional and steve buzza. If you choked down so it plays like a 44 inch shaft, would it go further, the same, or shorter than if you had a shaft cut down to 44 inches and didnt choke down at all. 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. How to correct inconsistent drives choke down drill video by. 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. The biggest knock on st is that while its great for iron play, it does not work so well with the driver since it encourages a steeper angle of attack. There is a good chance that your golf clubs are too long. Because im launching so low with lower spin, the ball did not have a chance to rise up as much. If i want to hit a shorter shot, say 240 yards or so off the tee, i simply choke down on my driver, and it.
If however you feel that you really are in between clubs and need to choke down then go ahead, but know that the ball will come out. 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. Anthony kim shows you how to hit your driver straighter. 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. Thinking about cutting my driver shaft down an inch. If you are hitting lower that the sweet spot, tee it. To hit a more conservative tee ball, i always choke down on the grip a full two inches no. Golf channel academy lead coach john richman shows how to increase your ball speed to gain more distance off the tee. Gripping down with my 4iron reduced the amount of height i could get on the ball, which is why i lost so much distance. If you need to take a few yards off the typical distance that you would get from a given club, you can choke down. No need to club down how to hit more fairways with your driver.
Instinct told me to choke down and shorten my swing and i did manage to start hitting drives straight. There is an lpga player that is using a longer than normal driver 47 i think. I take a unique grip and make a shorter backswing than most of the guys on tour. Choke down on your driver english to vietnamese sports.
Based on the success i had going with a shorter driver, i was interested to see what kind of results i would get if i choked down a bit on my irons. Take your golf posture and hold as normal but now pull your arms and hands in close to your chest. Practice your pairs on the range before you try it on the course. Wind up your torso over a stable lower body with your main focus on leaning your upper body away from the target. She chokes down to the point she is only swinging 44 probably. At first i felt like i was cheating myself because i figured i would lose some distance, but i was a lot more consistent. Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact golf tip. I dont understand how its easier to hit a 3 or 5 wood off the tee rather than a driver. My ping rep came down and we looked at a few options and i had. Does choking up on the golf club cause you to lose distance all else being equal, choking up on a golf club will cost you some distance. Choke up on the club for better accuracy and contact golf tip while its true that using the entire length of a golf club produces longer shots, this also hinders control.
Apr 29, 2015 david leadbetters exclusive swing tips for golfwrx. Golf writer steve newell recommends golfers try choking up 1. Meaning of choke up and choke down in golf liveabout. I have a rather high swing speed, and dont care to lose 10 or 20 yards of distance.
This technique isnt just for amateursjim furyk, briny baird and sergio garcia use the drop downchoke down technique. I would butt trim and it will have impact on swing weight to 45, and choke down 12. First the psychology when the metalheaded driver first came out years ago, scientists. However, bob adds a twist here by asking if he can also accomplish the same thing by choking down on the shaft. Switched shafts back to something longer and choke down again. How to be a great driver of the golf ball golf digest. Drivers are hard to hit because the shafts are too long. Choke down an inch when you grip the club and cover the face of your driver with a dry erase marker. Anthony kim does indeed choke down, but he may hit the ball even longer if he did not. Hit a few shots with your normal grip and a few choking down an inch, note where on the face you are hitting the ball and see if you are more consistent at finding the center of the clubface with the shorter length.
If you are too high on the driver, lower the tee a little, or choke down on the shaft a little to get the ball to the sweet spot. I can hit about 250 with my driver if i really nail it good, but on avg. Brooke henderson during a practice round before the 2016 isps handa womens australian open. At some point in time, at each one, youll probably start hitting the ball more solid, more straight and likely longer. Choke down definition is to eat something with difficulty or without enjoyment. I play all of my clubs at standard length with the driver being the only exception. How to hit more fairways with your driver golficity. I am 5 9, so obviously not the tallest guy in the world.