Hit more fairways–over and over

Consistency isn’t so pretty when it takes the form of a big slice every time you hit driver. But slicers should have more of a reason to be optimistic. If every shot you hit curves excessively left to right, you’ve pretty much eliminated all the trouble on the left. If you can just tweak that slice into a fade, you’ll stay out of the trees right and left. Same would go for someone hooking the ball. You can aim right, and know it’ll only curve left. Whichever way you go, the trick is controlling the amount of curve. It takes practice to perfect a fade, for instance, and discipline. When a dogleg-left hole whispers for a hook, you have to plug your ears.