Differences in Swing Mechanics Working Hitting a Fade and Draw

For most amateur golfers, hitting a controlled draw is their ultimate goal. This is usually because they tend to slice and miss everything to the trail side, so a nice controlled draw seems highly desirable. If you’ve been struggling with your ball flight, using an AI swing analyzer can quickly reveal whether your release pattern is truly the culprit or if deeper mechanical issues are at play.

While it is an easy shot to learn how to hit using the one plane swing, it shouldn’t be any golfer’s lifelong goal to learn how to play a draw. If you hit a fade and can control it consistently, don’t think you need to learn how to hit a draw to become a better golfer — it’s simply not true.

A draw is the most difficult shot to control overall because you are playing with the timing of the release of the club, and playing with timing is like playing with fire — you’re bound to get burned sometime.

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It’s true, you can keep the clubface shut throughout the swing and close your stance and learn to hit a draw that way, but you will struggle a great deal just to hit the ball straight consistently and will have a very difficult time fading the ball.

The best way to play golf is to go with whatever your natural ball flight is and try to make it as neutral as possible. If you tend to hit a draw already, try to keep it under 5 yards of movement from trail to lead side in general. The more the ball is moving from trail to lead, the more you are releasing the club or keeping it shut and closing your stance, and the more difficult it will be to hit the ball straight or fade it.

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