What is a power fade golf driver shot? Now a power fade to some people might seem as a little bit of a contradiction because a faded golf shot normally travels less distance than the straight shot or a draw shot. However, with the advent of modern drivers of modern balls and modern technology some players noticeably players like Bubba Watson, are able to hit a big fade but also hit it a long, long way.

Now to hit a power fade all you need to do is make sure your set up is correct and your swing speed is exceptionally high. So what we need to be doing is with a normal set up your alignment will be square to your target line with a power fade, we want to just open up the stance very slightly, and that’s going to cause the swing path to come from slightly out to it.

Now if it was to come slightly out to in and the club face was to stay square to that path, the ball is just going to be travelling off to the left hand side. So a power fade will need that club face to be slightly open to the path but remain slightly closed to the actual target line. And no matter how much power you put into that ball it will start to the left of the target, and then fade back round.

That’s the physics of the actual golf shot. If you get that path and angle relationship it will start left and then curve back round to the target. And if you get in those positions, you can put a massive back swing onto the ball, put as loads of power – as much power as you want into the down swing, but obviously if you do that you might lose a little bit of control of the club face.

However if you can get those impact factors correct, you can hit a big old fade but you can also put lots of power in do a bit of a Bubba Watson swing. Not too bad at all. So a power fade although a draw and a straight shot can you usually hit the ball straighter and longer a big power fade can increase distance if you know the physics and if you know how to adjust your set up and how to adjust your club face and swing path at the point of impact.