Trust Your Natural Shot in a Crosswind, Golf (Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles
Trust Your Natural Shot in a Crosswind, Golf (Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles

There are times on windy days when I think a lot of amateurs just try and battle the wind a little bit too much, sometimes you will see the professional doing this, there will be a big cross wind and you will see them hit the golf ball on the TV and it doesn’t seem to move or will be affected by the wind and you think well how come they do that yet my ball would be curving off of line. Well actually the professionals are skilled enough to shape the ball against the wind. So from a left to right wind for the right handed golfer we might be able to draw the golf ball in and the wind curves one way, the wind brings it one way the ball curves another way and ultimately the balls flies quite strike, but actually from the club golfer’s perspective and actually rather than just allow the wind to do what it want to do and you play with your natural shape. And the way you would differ your direction is just by your alignment. So on a left to right day if you have normally got a straight shot just aim down the left hand side, let the wind bring the ball back to the fairway. If you have got a left to right shape of shot as well, so your slicer of the golf ball and there is a left to right wind you just have to aim a long, long way left. Aim way left commit to hitting your normal shot and just let the wind do it don’t fight it. And likewise on a right to left wind, if you are right to left draw of the golf ball just aim a long way right and let your ball flight just curve in, so I think the best thing I can give you, the best piece of advice I can give you is on a windy day stick to playing your normal shot adjust the clubs in comparison to the wind adjust your alignment to account for the wind but don’t adjust your stroke, don’t try and hit draws or fades if that’s not natural and comfortable for you to do play within yourself, play a normal game in the wind.

2012-07-12

There are times on windy days when I think a lot of amateurs just try and battle the wind a little bit too much, sometimes you will see the professional doing this, there will be a big cross wind and you will see them hit the golf ball on the TV and it doesn’t seem to move or will be affected by the wind and you think well how come they do that yet my ball would be curving off of line. Well actually the professionals are skilled enough to shape the ball against the wind. So from a left to right wind for the right handed golfer we might be able to draw the golf ball in and the wind curves one way, the wind brings it one way the ball curves another way and ultimately the balls flies quite strike, but actually from the club golfer’s perspective and actually rather than just allow the wind to do what it want to do and you play with your natural shape. And the way you would differ your direction is just by your alignment. So on a left to right day if you have normally got a straight shot just aim down the left hand side, let the wind bring the ball back to the fairway. If you have got a left to right shape of shot as well, so your slicer of the golf ball and there is a left to right wind you just have to aim a long, long way left. Aim way left commit to hitting your normal shot and just let the wind do it don’t fight it. And likewise on a right to left wind, if you are right to left draw of the golf ball just aim a long way right and let your ball flight just curve in, so I think the best thing I can give you, the best piece of advice I can give you is on a windy day stick to playing your normal shot adjust the clubs in comparison to the wind adjust your alignment to account for the wind but don’t adjust your stroke, don’t try and hit draws or fades if that’s not natural and comfortable for you to do play within yourself, play a normal game in the wind.