Man, YouTube golf has totally revealed some crazy trade secrets that regular golfers just wouldn’t have been able to get before.
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Funny enough, half the golfers on this sub still don’t get the concept and keep hitting 5-iron on every par 4.
Wait… we’re supposed to be using our 5-irons off the tee? No wonder my ball always ends up in the woods. Damn driver…
PGA Tour Hates this one simple trick… 
@FairwayFellow … Look, if a hole doglegs and you can’t make the shot, you should definitely club down and lay up for a better second shot.
All this talk about longer always being better really only applies to good players. It ignores the fact that amateurs have a limited number of reliable shots and need to focus on managing the course. Taking three shots to get within 60 yards of the green on a par 4 is way better than hitting three off the tee.
Yeah, here’s the thing. Bad players usually struggle with all clubs, not just the driver. If a player has a 70-yard left-right dispersion with their driver, they might have a 65-yard dispersion with a 3-wood and a 60-yard dispersion with a long iron. Sometimes, players with major contact issues actually do better with a driver since it has a bigger face and you’re hitting it off a tall tee.
The data just doesn’t support the idea that there are a bunch of golfers out there who can’t keep their driver in play but can nail their fairway woods and long irons like pros. Sure, they might exist, but they’re super rare. The truth is, if you can slice the hell out of a driver, you’re probably going to slice a 3-wood or shorter, too—except you’ve given up 30+ yards with hardly any benefit.
And for those who feel really unreliable with the driver but solid with a long iron, the best thing they can do is start using the driver every chance they get. You can’t get better at it if you keep avoiding it 