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• Howeee1 506 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 10:37 AM

  Is it possible to incorporate in a players setup opening or closing the clubface a degree or two so we could hook or fade around trees and hazards. Thanks for a great website....

• 2,840 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 10:40 AM

  Howeee1:

  Is it possible to incorporate in a players setup opening or closing the clubface a degree or two so we could hook or fade around trees and hazards. Thanks for a great website....

  Unfortunately there are no plans to add fade or draw.  Some players say they can do it by missing the ding line, I can't do it for the life of me though.  Hopefully someone can give you some more information on that trick.

   

  - WGTdbloshoe

• hpurey 11,521 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 11:05 AM

  WGTdbloshoe:

  Some players say they can do it by missing the ding line, I can't do it for the life of me though.

   

  Seems to be only with the Driver/fairway woods.  Not sure about when it's not on a tee.

   

  brb..... will set up a low wind practice round and see how much hook I can get with the driver by aiming right and missing 2 lines left of ding.  Must hit inside the hitting area though, if you click before that first line, I think it's a duffed shot lol.

• wbrinston 108 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 11:10 AM

  Hitting early will draw the ball hit late and it will fade! Irons or woods!

• hpurey 11,521 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 11:14 AM

  wbrinston:

  Hitting early will draw the ball hit late and it will fade! Irons or woods!

  Here's a 3 iron from the tee box at BPB #1.  Aimer was right on the flagstick and early clicked 2 lines early before the ding.  

   

  FUN STUFF!

  Next I will try it from the fairway....

• hpurey 11,521 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 11:22 AM

  Nasty hook with driver on BPB #2 tee box 

• gsoup 2,929 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 12:30 PM

  mine will fade and hoo in dead air while hitting the ding

   

   

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• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 12:47 PM

  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.   ;-)

• alosso 21,093 Posts

  Thu, Feb 19 2015 1:06 PM

  100% + YJ!

  It's OLY #5 BTW, years ago so. (you?) told me, don't move the aimer (unless for wind), just click one line late.

  No extra spin, and it will miss the tree!

  Replay - not available after 11 months???