Why are my golf drives so inconsistent? Now the first thing you need to have a look at when you’re considering the accuracy of your golf drives, is to understand that your driver will by necessity normally be the most inaccurate club. This is because it has the least amount of loft, so it doesn’t have as much back spin as your other clubs which can correct any kind of side spin access, but also it’s the longest club in your bag. It’s the longest point where your hands to the club head. That’s why a sand wedge you can have a lot more control over the direction than you can with a driver. Because the sand wedge in comparison to the driver has much more loft and the shaft is a lot shorter. So that’s the first thing to consider. Your driver will by necessity normally be your most inconsistent club.

When you’re actually considering where the ball is flying, you also need to identify what the problem shot is. Because a lot of people say they have an inconsistent driver swing or an consistent driver shot, but when you actually sit them down, to talk to them and analyze their ball flight, it’s often an inconsistent shot to the right of the fair way, or an inconsistent shot which is topped. Normally there is one kind if underlying issue. So if you are struggling with an inconsistent driver, you still understand that it will be inconsistent more than more so than the other clubs but also try and identify what the problem is. If you’re hitting it left, if you’re hitting right, if you’re hitting it high, if you’re hitting it low, that can be very very inconsistent and that could be underlying deep swing problems. But if you have one particular ball flight to the right or to the left that can help you hone in on what the issue can be.

So make sure you understand that the driver will be inconsistent; try and understand what the inconsistencies in the ball flight are, draw that ball flight back to the ball and work on the problems in your swing from that point on.