The Perfect Golf Swing To Master Both Your Irons and Your Driver

How the Best Golfers Change Their Swing to Master Different Golf Clubs – Driver Vs Iron Swing

Do you know the key differences between the driver swing and the iron swing? In this video, I break down exactly what separates them and how the best golfers in the world adjust their setup, tilt, stance, and footwork to master both clubs.

Most amateurs hit their irons better than their driver (or vice versa) because they don’t understand these subtle but powerful swing changes. I’ll show you:

– The correct stance width for driver vs iron.
– How ball position affects strike and launch.
– The differences in shoulder tilt and posture.
– Why lead foot rotation is a hidden source of power for the driver.
– Simple drills to improve your strikes with both driver and irons.

If you’ve ever wondered why your driver feels inconsistent or why you strike your irons better, this lesson will reveal the truth and give you the tools to fix it.

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driver swing and iron swing. What’s the 
difference? What are you getting wrong? In today’s video, I’m going to show you exactly some of the 
unknown truths between these two clubs that I think lots of you are missing out on, which is why 
you might hit one of them better than the other. Remember, if you like the video, hit the subscribe 
button down below and don’t be afraid to leave a comment. I want to know what do you prefer, 
driver or irons. So, let’s kick off with some basic housekeeping to start. These are the bits I 
think everyone probably knows. And if you don’t, here’s a good run over of some of the truths. 
Point number one is width of stance. My width of stance with my iron to my driver is going to be 
narrower with my iron and slightly wider with my driver. Think of it as about a width of your iron 
head. So, whatever width you are with your iron. So, let’s pretend I’m set up to this one with my 
iron. I’m just going to move a width of that head out for the driver to give me that little bit 
more stability. Then we see ball positions just slightly further forward. So iron, I’m going to 
get that ball position a little bit more somewhere towards say the middle of my stance where with 
the driver you’re going to see it pushed up more towards lead foot. I don’t see many golfers who 
get this wrong. It makes a lot of sense in their mind. Driver, you might be hitting a bit more 
on the way up to level. iron, you’re going to be hitting that ball a little bit more on the way 
down. So, it has makes a lot of sense for golfers to get that closer to the middle with the driver 
pushed that little bit further forwards. Iron, I’m bent forward 40°. So, that’s basically me bending 
forwards around 40°. With the driver, I’m slightly more upright. I’m not bent forward as much, 
34°. Then, in turn, what we see with the iron, hands are underneath the shoulders. Where with 
the driver, a good rule of thumb is to try and get your hands a little bit more under your chin. 
So you can see they’re a little bit more kind of mouth to chin. So the setup little bit more hands 
underneath chin kind of mouth with the hands and that little bit more upright. I do see golfers get 
this quite wrong. Big reaching and then in turn big reach with the iron. Get the irons underneath 
shoulders, hands and arms with your driver. You’re a little bit more upright and get your hands 
under your chin. Then when it comes to your tilt in your body, you can see my shoulder tilt. 
So how much I’m tilted this way is slightly more with the driver than it is with the iron. This is 
because that ball is slightly further forward. So you basically head behind the ball where this 
one it’s kind of ear on the ball a little bit more. Little bit more tilted with the driver. Easy 
way to establish that tilt. Just try and introduce your trail hand last. And if you introduce it from 
your right thigh, you will see it’s just gives you those natural tilts. And then with the ball not so 
far forward, it’s going to give you a much smaller tilt. So it is it’s subtle, but there’s a little 
bit more tilt with driver over iron. Then as we move these two swings into impact, what we’re 
going to notice around impact, shoulder tilt with driver is a little bit more than it is with 
iron. So iron, I’m a bit more stacked where with the driver, we are going to notice that the head 
is definitely on its way back. the iron absolutely not as much. Really simple way of feeling that 
iron. Stand with your feet just the width of the head apart and hit a few shots where you feel that 
you turn more on top of the ball. So feel like you’re rotating well stacked on top. This will 
give you that feeling that we see less tilt than we do with the driver. Then with the driver, stand 
with your feet maybe two driver head widths apart, but get the ball just outside of the hole of 
your lead foot and try and hit a few shots where you feel like you’re pushing it out straight in 
front of you. Don’t let it go left from here. What you’re going to find is these need to go forwards. 
This stays back, which will give you that feeling of that little bit more tilt as you hit the 
ball. And the difference between stacking on top with the iron to letting that head move back 
as the lower half moves forward with the driver, it’s going to encourage better angle attacks. 
might encourage better distance but also give you those better tilts as you come in to hit the ball. 
Now the last myth which lots of you are not doing this and this is a real source of power for so 
many good golfers. It’s going to help you hit your driver longer and straighter and with your iron 
the contrasting movement might give you a little bit more of a consistent strike. Let me know in 
the comments if you knew this one cuz this one is very patterned out with good players for amateurs 
that they do it and amateurs don’t. Like it’s shocking how often I see this. So remember at the 
start we talked about having lead foot turned out more with driver than iron around fiveish degrees 
having that little bit more turned out with that lead foot. The real noticeable difference that we 
see with good players to lesser players is when good players hit their driver their lead foot 
rotates out more than where they started up to five degrees. Meaning if I start with my foot 
at this angle, if you watch my lead foot quite closely, you’re going to see mine jumps, but look 
how much more turned out it is. So, it’s actually in the process of going this way as I hit the 
ball. I’m using it for more kind of energy out of that ground. Try and control low point because 
it pushes me up. So, it’ll push me up and down subject to where the ball is on the ground. where 
with the iron, what we notice with better players is the lead foot turns out hardly at all. So, 
if they’re trying to hit an iron really hard, you’ll see it, but often we’ll see the lead foot 
turn a little bit to much more less with the iron. It’s more of a stable. They’re still pushing out 
of the ground, just not as aggressively. It still has a little bit of turn, but nowhere near as 
much as it does with the driver. Now, with lots of amateurs watching, you’re probably going to think, 
“Well, I need to stay really stable to strike the ball better.” Like the stiller I stay as I hit the 
ball, the more chance I’ve got hitting the middle. They are using this action to control low point. 
Remember, the ball’s on a tea to get better angle of attacks, to get better energy out of the 
ground. And the more I do this with amateurs, they feel scared at the start, but their strikes 
between the two clubs absolutely transforms. It’s a really way of thinking about it. So, or easy 
way of thinking about it with the iron. And this is why probably lots of you in the comments 
are saying you prefer your irons to your driver is that your iron, you can do what most of you 
already do. Just stay with that foot at the angle it started at. Don’t feel like you’re spinning out 
of it much at all. Don’t feel like you’re really jamming it in the ground. You can a little bit, 
but you can stay more controlled. Feel more like you’re just kind of pushing into that foot and 
coming slightly out, but you’re not spinning out of it. But with the driver, I want you to use this 
drill, which will feel scary, but if you got all the other bits in place, it will change how you 
hit the big stick. So, one of the patterns we see, remember, we’ve got lead foot turned out more with 
a driver than we do with the iron, is on the back swing, good players are actually turning their 
heel towards the target in the back swing. So, the heel goes that way. So the foot starts turned 
out, it starts to straighten and then as they come in to hit the ball, they push back into that foot. 
It stops for a little bit and then through impact they let it go. So I want you to hit a few shots 
where you exaggerate this move. So I want you to feel like you turn heel towards target. Keep the 
foot where it is. Just let it move. And then to hit the ball heel away from target. Remember what 
we talked about with tilt into the ball. This is going to assist with you getting better movements. 
Head’s going back. This going forwards. And just exaggerate it. So, in a few practice shots, let’s 
go. Two practice shots. Heel towards the target, heel back. Not my best strike, but I really felt 
this foot kind of cork screwing in the ground. Remember having the lead foot turned out a bit 
more. Same idea. Really exaggerate it. Heel out towards target. Heel back. You’re going to find 
you start getting a few strikes the more you do it. The second one already starting to feel 
more middly. And now you’ve exaggerated it on two shots. The last shot I want you to do it a 
tiny bit. This is the gaming shot. This is what you’re going to take to the core. So you’re going 
to feel like your heel barely moves. Just want to put it into perspective where you can see pictures 
of Jack Nicholas top of his back swing. You know, he’s like this in his early days. That heel’s 
really going out. It’s kind of a movement that was just taught out of goal and it needs 
to be put back in. So, for the gaming shot, little bit of heel movement, but not as much. And 
try and put it into play. Let me know which ones of these surprise you down in the comments 
down below. If you want to find out how far you should be hitting your driver for your 
ability, check this video out. It’s got all the information you need. Remember, hit that 
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