By: Mark Crossfield | Duration: 00:15:54
Video Description
How straight should you hit your driver in golf? If you’re chasing perfect fairway hits, this video will challenge everything you think you know about driving accuracy. We dive into real-world data from Arccos Golf to reveal surprising truths about how to hit your driver straight and whether fairway hit percentages matter as much as you think.
You’ll learn:
✅ The actual driver accuracy stats by handicap and age for both men and women
✅ Why older golfers often hit more fairways than younger players (and what you can learn from them)
✅ How to improve your setup to promote consistency off the tee
✅ The importance of practising a pre-shot routine like the pros do
✅ A simple tee-in-fingers drill to control clubface and hit straighter drives
✅ Why aiming straight down the middle might be hurting your driving accuracy
✅ The difference between fairways hit and true accuracy
✅ A powerful test of decision-making on the course, which drive would you choose?
We also cover key drills to help with clubface control, forearm rotation, and how to grip the club to make solid contact and avoid those destructive penalty and recovery shots. Whether you’re trying to hit your driver longer and straighter, or just want to stop racking up lost-ball penalties, this is the driver lesson you need.
Want to know how far you should hit your driver for your age? Watch this video next!
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Dude what is up with all the fake comments?
Would the tee drill between you fingers also work the same on iron shots?
Garmin statistics tells me 58% fairway, 36% Left misses but it does not tell me how much of a miss this misses have been.
Does your driver help or hurt your golf game?
Stop giving away secrets of the game!!!!!!!! 🙂
Older people have spent decades subscribed to the notion that fairways in regulation is an important metric whereas younger people prioritise distance, at the cost of missing fairways.
Personally, I hit 70 % with less speed, which means better ball strikes and longer drives 😮
I'm 59 and my usual distance is 270yrds
I never know where the ball is going 😢
Guy Canada 🇨🇦
10 hc 2 way miss all day
Mark another brilliant video
Accuarate
Great content. Thanks Mark.
To hold a scratch handicap at 70 means you must be dead straight as you will have lost a lot of distance. You probably were better than scratch at 40 – I doubt many people hit scratch for the first time at 70.
I am a smart person, I wanted to figure out how to hit a straight driver, I am now the most accurate driver, I crouch low and swing across, taking one factor out of the equation, I make a personal goal to become the best golfer I can
How accurate am I? No
I need the first part of the video. My setup on the course is a weak point.
As ever Mark, great points and helpful, insightful ways to improve 👍
Ive been golfing 5 weeks and my slice is finally gone. I was still a little bit off on the feel of dropping the arms and will try the tee trick. Great tip.
the tee drill, in a split of a second during the downswing I got to notice where the tee points😅😅😅
Driving accuracy is my achilles heel. What is really scary is that I'm in the 60's age bracket. HELP!!!!!
I could read anything into those stats in fairness .
Driver is my achilles , another year and i might have it though 👍
I probably need lessons. But im old… and hit one straight, 2 left (big slice) and then have a fresh air shot.
I know my irons have a right to left divot.
And im old and seem to only have a 3/4 swing.
Is it club face open due to swing, hands, or something else… (eg no talent and no practice)…
Depending on the day im a 22 – 28 handicapper… but no official handicap.
Muz from oz
Older players have more time to play , more practice, young players are working !!!
I’m 62 year old, started playing golf 12 months ago and have a handicap of 26.4. My Arccos data to date with the Driver is: rounds of golf 134 (combination of 9/18 holes) average distance 199 meters, 60% hit fairway, 20% missed left and 20% missed right. Over the last 2 months I have completely changed my swing technique with all clubs to “the Body Swing” – revolutionary, unbelievable results 🏌️♂️😀
47 year 14 hcp with 68% fairway accuracy. My problem is that when I do miss, I often miss by a lot and end up having to shoot shot no. 3 from the tee bix as well.
Neat! In another 60 years I will be hitting every fairway!
10 hc @ 40… My drive cant be measured. It's that bad.
Still shocked your not at over 800k subs, with good content and instruction, you have been at this for a lot longer than most. Whats the missing link, not sure, but you deserve a better following Mark. You and the coach Locky both miss out on You Tube, is it YouTube stifling your growth, or is there a missing link in all this. Still hoping things improve and you make the move toward 1 million subs.