Learn How to Hit a Draw With Ease: Top Tips to Shape Your Shots

Most golfers want to play a soft draw, but very few actually make it happen.

Instead, most of us struggle with the opposite shot, the dreaded slice. While a soft cut is fine, no golfer loves seeing a slice. It kills distance, reduces top spin, and just isn’t helpful for your game.

The good news is that if you want to learn how to hit a draw, you can make it happen. It actually doesn’t even need to be that complicated, either.

Too many golfers try to change their swing, when in reality, most of it comes down to setting up properly. In this post, I’ll take you through the steps that you need to start hitting draws on command.

How to Hit a Draw Without Swing Changes

Hitting a draw is great because it will:

• Build confidence.
• Help you get out of trouble.
• Impress your playing partners.
• Carry and roll out farther than a cut.
• Give you shorter approach shots so you can be more aggressive.

And more. Luckily, you don’t need to do a swing overhaul to make the draw happen. Instead, make these adjustments before your backswing to make it easy to play a draw.

Start With Setup

The longer I play this game, the more I realize that almost everything comes down to setup. It’s why the best players in the world work so hard on getting their setup right every single swing. Because if your setup doesn’t match your intended shot, it’s nearly impossible to pull it off.

For example, if you want to hit it high but have the ball in the back of your stance, it just won’t happen. Or, if you want to hit a cut but have a super strong grip with both hands, it’s nearly impossible.

Everything starts with a solid setup so you can hit any shot you want. For a draw, you want to look at grip, alignment, and clubface at setup.

Adjust Your Grip

The grip is arguably the biggest part of hitting a draw.

You need a neutral or strong grip so you don’t have to make a ton of changes to your swing. If you have one or both hands in a “weak” position, it’s very difficult and depend too much on flipping your wrists at impact. This can lead to some big misses!

Start by checking your grip position with both hands. Ideally, you want the “V’s” of your thumb and index finger pointed at your armpits. Plus, a neutral grip makes it easier to shape any shot and add extra distance if you have a weak grip currently.