Driver Vs. Iron Swing – The Differences

This article will show you the difference between an iron setup and a driver setup and how to address the ball correctly.

 The problem

It is still a problem for recreational golfers to figure out the iron and driver setup difference. Most of them use driver the way they do iron setup, and it just doesn't work.

 The drill

With an iron swing, we want to get a descending blow to hit the golf ball first, and then the ground, and the club should rise after that.

 However, you cannot replicate the same with the driver and adopt the same downward approach where the ball sits on a tee.

 To learn how to use these two clubs, you can do the following drill with an iron club.

1. Place an alignment stick just inside your left foot and use it as a reference to locate the bottom of the swing arc.

2. Hold the club with two hands and extend them as far away from your body as possible and bend down from your hips. Your club head will land on the bottom of the swing arc in line with the stick.

3. You don't need to put the ball right on this spot. Instead, move the golf ball further back from the bottom spot. You can call it one clubhead inside the lead foot. The iron club will hit the ball first, the bottom point, and rise.

Usually, with the driver, we aim to lower the spin on the golf ball and hit it to get a maximum distance. Here are the key steps:

1. Place an alignment stick on the inside of your lead foot.

2. Place the golf ball in line with the reference stick.

3. Now tilt your spine a little in the setup and bring the right shoulder closer to the right hip; it will add an angle to the spine. You can hit the golf ball at this angle, and it will go at a distance, undergoing lesser spin. 

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