How to Strike Your Fairway Woods & Hybrids Every Time!
In this golf lesson, Danny Maude introduces the 'Prop Drill' to help golfers stop topping their fairway woods and hybrids. By stabilizing the trail leg at setup and restricting the trail hip's rotation during the downswing, golfers can deliver more loft and achieve consistent ball-first contact without swinging harder.
Topping fairway woods is often caused by excessive side-to-side swaying or spinning the hips too early in the downswing.
Propping up the trail leg (feeling like a post in the ground) keeps the swing centered for more consistent ground contact.
Keeping the trail pocket 'back' during the downswing prevents the club from coming over the top and losing loft.
Restriction in the lower body is necessary to control the high-speed forces of a fairway wood swing.
This drill is versatile and works effectively for hybrids and irons to improve strike quality.