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Tips for Improving Driver and Iron Play

By Brent Kelley, About.com

Do you need help with your driver or irons? Here are some full swing golf tips that might help you improve your play with the driver or irons.

Note: A bold-faced "A" preceeding a title indicates that tip is an audio tip.

Video: Driver fundamentals - hitting long, straight drives

Ball Flight Tip Sheets

Mishit Tip Sheets

Diagnosing and Fixing a Hook
Video: How to correct a hook

Diagnosing and Fixing a Slice
Video: How to correct a slice

Video: Sources of power in the swing

• Quick Tip: Close your eyes on some practice swings

• Quick Tip: Work on proper impact position with one-handed pitch shots

Quick Tip: the Knockdown Shot (from Fuzzy Zoeller)

Quick Tip: If pulling irons, check ball position

Quick Tip: Keep your chin up for a full turn

Four keys to hitting a 460cc driver

More power for recreational golfers relies on swing mechanics, golf strength and equipment

How to make club-throwing a part of your practice

(A) Play safe or go for the pin? A prescription for course management

(A) What we can learn from Ben Hogan's "No Hands" takeaway

(A) Make your pre-shot routine a good one by incorporating these ideas

Low trajectory? Focus on impact position

Improve your fundamentals by using a mirror

(A) Warming up fast when you arrive just prior to your tee time

How a longer backswing might be causing your shorter shots

The "Hitman Drill" for hip turn

Explaining the concept of hitting down to make the ball go up

Tee it high to hit it farther

Balance and rhythm in the golf swing

Drills to improve your balance and rhythm

Try this wrist exercise to improve distance, accuracy

Chi Chi Rodriguez: Practicing recovery shots out of deep trouble

Chi Chi Rodriguez: A golf game to improve your fairways percentage

The proper setup position

Fighting the slice, the block and the open clubface

Go "up the hill" to groove inside-out swing path

Dispelling some distance myths

How to use a quarter to improve balance, swing plane

Develop a pre-shot routine to help alignment

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