This simple tee-height tip can help salvage a bad driving round

Struggling off the tee is one of the most frustrating afflictions you can face during a round, and on this week’s episode of Emergency 9, Subpar co-host Drew Stoltz shared one of his go-to remedies to turn a bad driving day around.

“I know we all want to hit beautiful, high, far drives, but sometimes just eliminating one side of the golf course can at least make the rest of your round playable, and I’m gonna show you a tip that I use when I’m struggling to hit it left and right that just simplifies things,” Stoltz said. “It’s not the prettiest in the world, but it gets me in position, keeps me in the fairway, at least gives me a chance to play some good golf.”

Stoltz’s secret to success off the tee has nothing to do with his swing mechanics. Instead, he focuses on getting the ball into a playable position with his tee height.

“On a typical day, if I’m driving it great, my tee height would be somewhere around there,” he said, indicating his ball teed up about two inches off the ground. “It gives me some room. I can hit it up in the air, try to move it out there.

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“When I’m driving it bad and I want to eliminate one side of the golf course, which to me is the left side, it’s really simple,” he continued. “All I do is, I just move this tee height down about half of what it was before. So now that ball, it’s still sitting up in the air, but it’s down pretty low, and when you hit a driver, it gets really hard to hit a draw or anything that turns right to left from this tee height.”

With the ball teed lower to the ground, Stoltz feels more free to aim down the left side of the fairway.

“I know it’s gonna be a little lower, maybe not quite as far, maybe not quite as pretty, but it’s gonna be in the fairway and give me a chance going forward,” he said. “So am I giving up a little distance? Yeah, but that ball’s a little lower. It’s not gonna go as far offline. It’s moving left to right every single time, so that gives me the entire fairway to work with.”

So the next time you’re in the midst of a round in which the driver simply isn’t performing, give Stoltz’s advice a try to get yourself back in the fairway — and your round back on track.

Check out a full video of Stoltz’s advice above.

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