Incredibly, there was a device - nothing more than a tee with a fuzzy top to it really - a few years ago which claimed it could straighten out your banana shots. We all know, though, that only a better swing can do that. There isn't really an easy answer, although drivers with off-set faces can give some assistance.
No, the only solution is lessons from your local PGA pro and subsequently plenty of work on the range.
This is where tees CAN help. Maybe not to devastating effect but, as they say, every little helps.
I was at Wentworth this week with the team who run Power Tee and a very nice day it was too. It's difficult not to have a good day there, if truth be told, but nevertheless mixing with genuine, enthusiastic and sensible people in the golf industry is rather more rare than you might think.
It was instructive as well as enjoyable. We warmed up using Power Tees, which for the uninitiated is an automatic teeing system which is used on driving ranges.
You hit your ball off a tee (which can be adjusted to four different heights) and then within seconds a new one is teed up at exactly the same height.
You never have to touch the ball, you never have to bend over to tee it up and indeed you never have to take your hands off the grip. You swing, you hit the ball, you watch the flight, you wonder what you had done correctly (or not) and then you prepare to hit another.
It is less tiring than teeing it up yourself and enhances muscle memory. So you can stand there for hours doing nothing but repeating the swing your pro has encouraged you to adopt. We all know that is how how cure a slice...
I was at Wentworth this week with the team who run Power Tee and a very nice day it was too. It's difficult not to have a good day there, if truth be told, but nevertheless mixing with genuine, enthusiastic and sensible people in the golf industry is rather more rare than you might think.
It was instructive as well as enjoyable. We warmed up using Power Tees, which for the uninitiated is an automatic teeing system which is used on driving ranges.
You hit your ball off a tee (which can be adjusted to four different heights) and then within seconds a new one is teed up at exactly the same height.
You never have to touch the ball, you never have to bend over to tee it up and indeed you never have to take your hands off the grip. You swing, you hit the ball, you watch the flight, you wonder what you had done correctly (or not) and then you prepare to hit another.
It is less tiring than teeing it up yourself and enhances muscle memory. So you can stand there for hours doing nothing but repeating the swing your pro has encouraged you to adopt. We all know that is how how cure a slice...
Power Tees are being installed at driving ranges up and down the country every day. it's one of those things that you can't help but feeling will become part of the golfing furniture in months and years to come.
If you want to try the system out for yourself, visit www.powertee.co.uk to find your nearest range.
By Chris Bertram
3 comments:
Big fan of PowerTee - got them at my local range, Oulton Hall. Only problem is, when you then go to some cheapo range you are horrified at having to tee your own balls up!
He's right - PowerTees are great. Especially the quality of the mats they use. Hate hitting balls off rock-hard mats. These are not quite like playing off grass, don't get me wrong, but they're not far off.
If the author of this column really does suffer from a horrible slice (and it sounds to me like he or she does) can I respectfully suggest going for a lesson rather than ingraining the fault further into his/her game at the range?
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