To achieve a golf drive that flies long and straight you need to work on your set-up and swing. In this article we will focus on the golf swing.
As you swing it is very important to keep your muscles relaxed, because a relaxed muscle is faster than a tense one. You need to start your back swing with a simultaneous rotation of your hips and upper body, turning them fully as you complete it. The way to ensure sufficient upper body rotation is to maintain the triangle shape between your arms until halfway through your backswing. This ensures you swing in a wide arc, so the ball travels further. The moment the club strikes the ball; your shoulders should be back parallel to the target like at set-up, so that the club approaches the ball in a straight line and meets it square on. The motion of your arms and hands accelerates the club head through impact, with all the power of the swing focused through the ball in a direct line with the target, dispatching it as fast and as straight as possible in this way. When attempting a long drive starting the down swing before completing the back swing, is a common mistake. When this happens, the shoulders are open at impact and the club hits across the ball from the outside, resulting in a short drive sliced to the right.
Remember these points and help your drive fly long and straight down the middle of the fairway. This will improve your golf game.