YankeeJim:
WGTdbloshoe: I can't do it for the life of me though
Yes you can, just like everybody else. What fails is seeing it happen in the air. The rendering of the shot does not show the curve of the ball in the air but the results are proper if you do it right.
Think BPB #2. To draw the drive around the trees on the left, miss your swing early to the first line before the ding. Don't move the aim unless there's a r-to-l wind and then only aim at right edge of fairway.
The ball appears to go through the trees but when you watch it in reverse the ball comes into view from the left side of the tree and curves into the fairway just as a proper draw would. The reason it looks like it went through the tree is because you're seeing the last halve of the actual drive after it curls around said tree.
That pain in the neck drive at Olympic where the tree hangs down and catches the drive if you're not careful is a good example of how to fade a shot. Aim left and miss late and the drive does the opposite of that drive on BPB #2-fades around the tree.
Purists will say baloney but the results are the same as if you really could set the shot up properly with stance and clubface adjustments. Use your imagination and you can use these techniques to add distance to your drives. Miss with the wind and you get the wind to help you, just aim accordingly. It's all in the imagination. ;-)
I've been doing that for months. It's not baloney one bit. It's a necessity to get max distances on certain holes where trees really bottleneck you. I also used to do it on Congressional...I wanna say hole 5? Par 4 with a slight dogleg and a tree in front. If you have a double-digit due left-to-right wind, you may also have to use it there if you don't have a high enough loft driver and want to avoid going into the deep rough.