If you have been struggling to find fairways off the tee lately then you are probably swinging the club with too much tension and need to free up and make looser swings. More than any other club in your bag, the driver needs to be swung with the most speed and the least amount of thought. Steering your driver and tightening up on holes with narrow fairways is recipe for disaster.

 

In order to swing freely and find more fairways, think about standing on a beach with the main goal of finding the ocean with your golf ball. Sounds easy right? I would certainly hope so! Having an entire ocean as your target frees up your mind of any worry of hitting the ball right or left. Pictured to the left is PGA Tour professional Alexandre Rocha teeing his ball up on the beach and ripping a drive into the ocean during a practice round at the Puerto Rico Open earlier this year. Notice how unwound his body is through impact and how fully released the clubhead is.

If you ever get the opportunity to practice this I highly recommend it during your next vacation. This is obviously not something most of us can do, however using this thought as a mental picture in your mind will help you the next time your are staring down a tough driving hole. Remember, your main thought with the driver should be making an aggressive swing and ripping your ball into an ocean.

 

Keep these simple thoughts in mind the next time your are working on your game.