Trevino Pro Golfer: Power Fade - Golf (Video) - by Pete Styles
Trevino Pro Golfer: Power Fade - Golf (Video) - by Pete Styles

So we’re always hearing about how the draw golf shot is the preferred shape of golf’s best players in the world. Well that isn’t strictly true. You look at somebody like Lee Trevino, six time tour winner. He had a fade, he had quite a big fade; he could hit both ways if he wanted but his preferred shot of choice was the fade. So if you’ve got a fade, you’re not a loss cause by any means. You could still have a fade around the golf course and no doubt you could still play to a good score. But let’s make sure we’ve got our fade nicely under control because remember, a fade is just a push slice at the end of the day. A slice is a really big down the left--left to right, and a fade is just a small version of that it finishing on the target line.

So let’s have a look at how Trevino played his fade. He started off by setting up his body quite a bit open to the target line. He knew the ball was going to start from left and go to the right on every shot. He then swings the golf club quite nice and straight down the target line but he doesn’t release the golf club, he doesn’t turn his hands over and whip the club face over this way because with this swing path that would produce quite a big sort of pull or hook. So it’s aiming left with the body including the shoulders, swinging nicely down the target line and then releasing the golf club much more slowly feeling like it’s actually trying to hold the face open a little bit, delivering it slightly open.

Now his ball will move from left to right but as long as you can control the follow through that it would finishes on the fairway. Watch out for the one that starts out too far right when maybe you exaggerate everything a little bit too much. That would finish offline right. So you’re needing to be careful that you’re fading the ball. But remember fade has to finish back towards the target on the fairway or on the green. But if you want to play a fade, a little bit left with the body, a little bit more open with the club faces. But try and make sure that when you do go to the driving range and practice, you’ve got the control to turn that fade off and on when you want. Undoubtedly the better shot in golf is straight if you can and possibly even a draw to get back more distance. But if you want the control to hit the ball nicely from left to right, that’s a great way to play a fade shot.

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So we’re always hearing about how the draw golf shot is the preferred shape of golf’s best players in the world. Well that isn’t strictly true. You look at somebody like Lee Trevino, six time tour winner. He had a fade, he had quite a big fade; he could hit both ways if he wanted but his preferred shot of choice was the fade. So if you’ve got a fade, you’re not a loss cause by any means. You could still have a fade around the golf course and no doubt you could still play to a good score. But let’s make sure we’ve got our fade nicely under control because remember, a fade is just a push slice at the end of the day. A slice is a really big down the left–left to right, and a fade is just a small version of that it finishing on the target line.

So let’s have a look at how Trevino played his fade. He started off by setting up his body quite a bit open to the target line. He knew the ball was going to start from left and go to the right on every shot. He then swings the golf club quite nice and straight down the target line but he doesn’t release the golf club, he doesn’t turn his hands over and whip the club face over this way because with this swing path that would produce quite a big sort of pull or hook. So it’s aiming left with the body including the shoulders, swinging nicely down the target line and then releasing the golf club much more slowly feeling like it’s actually trying to hold the face open a little bit, delivering it slightly open.

Now his ball will move from left to right but as long as you can control the follow through that it would finishes on the fairway. Watch out for the one that starts out too far right when maybe you exaggerate everything a little bit too much. That would finish offline right. So you’re needing to be careful that you’re fading the ball. But remember fade has to finish back towards the target on the fairway or on the green. But if you want to play a fade, a little bit left with the body, a little bit more open with the club faces. But try and make sure that when you do go to the driving range and practice, you’ve got the control to turn that fade off and on when you want. Undoubtedly the better shot in golf is straight if you can and possibly even a draw to get back more distance. But if you want the control to hit the ball nicely from left to right, that’s a great way to play a fade shot.

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