Why should Golfers use Different Swings for Driver and Irons (Video) - by Dean Butler
Why should Golfers use Different Swings for Driver and Irons (Video) - by Dean Butler

So why should we have different swings for the driver and for the iron? Well it's probably simple really, but when you look at the difference in the two clubs, so here I have an 8-iron and here I have my driver. So if I put the two clubs next to each other, you can see there is a massive difference in length, there is a huge difference. And what governs really the swing to a huge degree is the length of the club. So if I put this in my hand and setup, because that shaft is much shorter, it's making me stand closer to the ball. Because I am standing closer to the ball, my swing will naturally become much more up and down. So we have to have a much more upright swing and had that club being shorter, that's what we want to do. We want to go up and we want to hit down on that ball and by hitting down on that ball, the club will send the ball up in the air.

So the shorter the length, the close we physically stand to the ball and the more, the upright swing kicks in. But if I put a driver in my hand and I set myself up, all of a sudden, it's like I'm a country mile away from that ball, because this club is now, most probably the best part of 10 inches longer than that club that I have just used. So by standing further away, the swing will naturally come a lot more around my body. So the swing is now a flatter swing, so you can imagine, I couldn't stand with this, driving using that iron shaft swing and go up and down. You can just imagine, you just – you couldn't possibly do it, there is not enough room. And the longer the golf club is, the further we need to stand away from the ball. So there is more space, long club, basically lots of width because we are trying to come in nice and shallow and we are driving through that ball. When we use a typical mid-iron, 7-iron, 8, 9, any that sort of thing, the club is much, much shorter and we're standing much closer to the ball and then from here the swing becomes more up and it becomes down. So you can see the club really dictates the swing, so there are different swings for different clubs, but if the clubs are making you change that swing, so a short club will make you stand closer and thus more up right. A bigger club like the driver will make you stand further away and because of that, the swing will become a lot more, a lot flatter, a lot more shallow and there is good reason for that. You need more clubhead speed because we are trying to drive the ball, but the irons, we are trying to go up and we're going for accuracy. Two completely different sort of shots, but hopefully I have explained the difference of why you need different swings for the different clubs. But more importantly we are not making you try and change your swing, we are saying to you the club really will actually change the swing for you. 2013-10-28

So why should we have different swings for the driver and for the iron? Well it's probably simple really, but when you look at the difference in the two clubs, so here I have an 8-iron and here I have my driver. So if I put the two clubs next to each other, you can see there is a massive difference in length, there is a huge difference. And what governs really the swing to a huge degree is the length of the club. So if I put this in my hand and setup, because that shaft is much shorter, it's making me stand closer to the ball. Because I am standing closer to the ball, my swing will naturally become much more up and down. So we have to have a much more upright swing and had that club being shorter, that's what we want to do. We want to go up and we want to hit down on that ball and by hitting down on that ball, the club will send the ball up in the air.

So the shorter the length, the close we physically stand to the ball and the more, the upright swing kicks in. But if I put a driver in my hand and I set myself up, all of a sudden, it's like I'm a country mile away from that ball, because this club is now, most probably the best part of 10 inches longer than that club that I have just used. So by standing further away, the swing will naturally come a lot more around my body. So the swing is now a flatter swing, so you can imagine, I couldn't stand with this, driving using that iron shaft swing and go up and down. You can just imagine, you just – you couldn't possibly do it, there is not enough room.

And the longer the golf club is, the further we need to stand away from the ball. So there is more space, long club, basically lots of width because we are trying to come in nice and shallow and we are driving through that ball. When we use a typical mid-iron, 7-iron, 8, 9, any that sort of thing, the club is much, much shorter and we're standing much closer to the ball and then from here the swing becomes more up and it becomes down. So you can see the club really dictates the swing, so there are different swings for different clubs, but if the clubs are making you change that swing, so a short club will make you stand closer and thus more up right.

A bigger club like the driver will make you stand further away and because of that, the swing will become a lot more, a lot flatter, a lot more shallow and there is good reason for that. You need more clubhead speed because we are trying to drive the ball, but the irons, we are trying to go up and we're going for accuracy. Two completely different sort of shots, but hopefully I have explained the difference of why you need different swings for the different clubs. But more importantly we are not making you try and change your swing, we are saying to you the club really will actually change the swing for you.