Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s Driver Clinic

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s Driver Clinic

hi I’m Tiger Woods I’m here with one of the greatest drivers ever Rory Maroy And we’re going to find out what has made him one of the greatest drivers ever to live I want to know how you do that Beautiful [Music] take me through what you’ve been working on this year I have anything like as we’ve talked about like I’ve definitely tried to become a lot more neutral with the driver So club path and and sort of I feel early in my career I would I would get to the top of the swing and then it would sort of drop under and I was really good at matching it up right So like I’d swing out and hit this high draw and it was it was great but whenever it went off it could start going both ways So I really tried to to neutralize it So basically my feeling now with the driver is I feel like my left arm and and my the shaft of of the club like form like a straight line like one line and I feel like when I take it back I turn and I feel like and then I stabilize it that way and then I feel like it keeps the club face more stable and then I can from there I just I rotate my body and I sort of really try to use my instead of used my thrusting it’s more ground turning Absolutely And sort of bracing against my left side Left hip You’ve gotten so much stronger That left hip allow you to do that Yeah So that club path there was 1.2 and the face angle was 0.5 So everything’s just come in a little bit more Everything’s a little tighter So the bad shots hopefully aren’t as destructive Yes And I noticed that this year well end of last year and this year you’ve added a new shot into your arsenal Yeah Exactly So like a little Yeah we’ll take you through that So if I want to hit that shot like I hit it Yeah If I really need to hit a fairway you know I’ll I’ll I’ll tee it down a little lower as well So I’ll bring my attack angle’s always being quite a lot on the up So if I tee it down it it levels out my attack angle which again is a when you’re hitting then when you hit that bleeder and that cut are you still hitting up on it I’m still up I’m still up probably around two Okay But whenever I hit the big one I’m up like five or six So it it brings the attack angle down a little bit But yeah so basically you know we’ve talked about this a lot but I’ll I feel like I stand a little more upright to it And then again I feel like I keep my that right side high high through impact And then that brings the the launch down Has the ball speed crept up when you have happen to hit one down like that every now and again I’m always surprised at how high the ball speed is Right Because I feel like I I middle it more Yeah exactly I know Same thing I middle it more So that was that was 182 ball speed there So that’s I’m always surprised that it’s not lower but I when you’re on top of it like that it’s amazing how much faster you’re able to stay Right Exactly I smothered that one a little bit So then for me all I try to do is just use my lower body a little bit more to clear to try to straighten straighten it out And it’s such a good shot if you get under pressure and you just need to hit a fairway Oh I Yes I love that If you want to happen to hit one 350 in the air right Yep So what would you do You would te it higher Te it a touch higher Um aim more right aim less right No I No I I try to not do that cuz I try to get the ball more up up in my stance So feel like it’s off my front foot Mhm So I was feeling like you know like that left arm club like I feel like that’s all like one line off my front foot You feel that on the all the entire swing as hard especially through impact Especially through impact Yeah Yeah So and then I basically I I’ll widen my front foot widen my stance a little bit more and I turn back and then from there like I do this exercise in the gym where I’ve got a medicine ball in two hands and it’s like a shot put throw So I’ll So I’ll I’ll pressure into my left side I’ll I’ll drag my left foot back and then everything So like feel like everything drives from my right hip and then I and I throw the ball I almost try to replicate that that movement or that feeling when I’m trying to hit it as hard as I can When you hit it hard as you can like that and you feel that load every now and again do you feel that the club gets more across the line when you do that Yeah I mean I guess because like if I’m if I’m here and I’m getting it So like what happens is that it’s my left knee goes forward and then that’s that’s what extra movement But I think when you’re trying to hit it as hard you’re not well you’re you’re not really worried about positions you know that’s more irons and control and but if I’m trying to hit one 330 in the air I’m just trying to move the club as fast as I can Yeah So let’s see what I can do How much higher would that launch be than your normal ball Uh it probably a couple of degrees What would that launch 13 something maybe 12 Yeah But to me would your spin rate come down every now and again when you do that Sometimes I mean obviously when you’re trying to hit it so hard you can start getting it off a little bit Yep of the you know but that was to me that’s that’s nice And I love that these are I love like I can swing it hard and these still stay pretty tight pretty neutral where it used to be there used to be a way bigger difference and that’s why it hit that big draw Yeah I remember you were like 10° into out Yeah All right Like my neutral now I used to be more um like six up or six out and four up was like my optimal and that’s it’s just too And then over the years you’ve always had a beautiful gear effect heel ball Yes Yeah You know that’s always been a how to ride heal it and be dead straight Yeah Right Yeah So but that’s Yeah If I’m going off dragon that’s just so the bear understands That was 188 ball speed We got one to one Get one to 190 Got a little underneath that one Okay Yeah Same 88 Yeah Yeah But yeah so path 0.8 It’s neutral And then that’s that’s where the toe ball came in So the face was a little open You know one thing I have always admired over the years is I love how strong your face is at a dress Yeah I love that If I cuz if I am strong here then I can’t it it urges me to go I have always loved that you had strong face at a dress and I because I’ve always loved that because if I have a strong face at a dress or I feel strength through the if I feel strength through in the club face through the swing I have to use my body to clear I because my bad well that’s my bad habit is if it gets open I have to throw my arms at it and then that’s that’s kind of what we talked about last year the face being just slightly dangly and so if I get my like wrist cuped and it gets open then you’re having this and it’s so inconsistent Yeah Where I just feel like like think of some of the best iron players of all time like Duval or Azinger or these guys and to strengthen the club face and just to rotate That’s it Yeah Just rotate Yeah So love that So that’s a that’s a good feeling for me you know it’s sort of just playing away from your bad habits and playing into your strengths Playing into your strengths Yeah Yeah So and then that’s the like I’ve always I think throughout my career I’ve always felt that my driver swing and my iron swing have had to feel feel different because but I think I’ve figured out a way for them to feel pretty similar So again that like strength and club face rotate with your body like I felt like that’s been a pretty consistent thought for me over the past couple of years and it’s love that Yeah All right Okay This is last hole of the What do you want to hit Depends on Depends on the hole I mean if last hole I’d probably tee it up pretty medium height Got a little bit of wind off the right So I’d probably try and just hit like a controlled holder Holder Yeah Oh no foot slipped Yeah See that To me I feel like I don’t I don’t rotate enough and then I can feel my right arm If I don’t rotate enough my right arm I throwes Yeah Chases and then I lengthe out and throws and I get that shot It’s almost like I can feel it halfway on I’m like “Oh no.” It’s got to then help instead of support and then hold Yeah Exactly So again it’s just a matter of just trying to use my just be a little bit more aggressive with my lower body Look at that Beautiful But you got so much stronger in your lower body to be able to hold that position and stabilize Yeah Through there Yeah Yeah It makes a It’s made a huge difference just to be able to have that shot off the tea Yeah So that like I don’t look at a hole like this and be like I have to start it at the trouble and bring it back You know you know take advantage of your assets Yeah You have as I thought you have three shots You have your draw you have your bomb and you have that one Yeah Yeah And you dial up anytime you want Exactly Any hole fits one of those three shots right Yeah Exactly Well that’s that’s the other thing I feel like I can now go to any golf course and be able to compete Yeah Where I felt like in the past I’ve had to pick and choose my spots where it suited me Y where I feel like now I can go to places and be like “Oh no I can.” You can win on any venue you want Yeah Because you have all the shots I believe I can Yes you can Good stuff Thank you That was cool Thank you so much dude Thank you

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, two of the best golfers to ever live, are here to share their insights, technique and strategy when it comes to hitting the ball off the tee.

Using the new Qi35 Driver, Rory breaks down what he’s been working on this season with the 15-time major winner. Rory talks about how he’s built his game up for more control off the tee, when to step on one and hit his signature power draw, and more.

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