Golf Podcast 284: Hitting the Ball Straight When You Have To

It doesn't happen often, but occupationally the course will challenge you to fly the golf ball as straight as possible towards the target line. In those cases, you'll need to know how to get the ball headed on a straight and true line, with a very little curve to it. In this episode of The Golf Podcast we'll be talking about why every golfer should be very aware of his or her natural shot shape, and how that awareness can make you more adept and changing your flight pattern when you need to. In This Show You Will Learn: Why you should stick with your natural shot shape whenever you can. What changes to make to your swing and setup to hit the golf ball straighter. How to know which situations call for a straight ball flight and which do not. Plus much more. Listen to This Week's Show Download on iTunes here Download on Stitcher here Download on Spreaker here Download on SoundCloud here Listen on Spotify here [x_audio_embed] [/x_audio_embed] Watch this Week's Show on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaZ6djKhFCA Links from this Week's Show Article: Hitting the Golf Ball Straight - Tips for When You Can't Afford to Curve it Get the Golficity App: Download the Free Golficity App Here Join the Golficity Facebook Group: Click Here to Join Our Free Listener Group Thanks to this Week's Sponsors Titleist is committed to ensuring that every golf ball delivers superior quality and consistency.  From ball to ball, dozen to dozen we should expect our golf ball to perform exactly the same way, shot after shot. That’s why Titleist owns the design, the technology and the manufacturing to make sure consistency spot on every time. They even conduct all the testing and quality checks to make sure nothing slips through the cracks.  Titleist is the #1 ball for every player and the #1 ball in golf.  Choose the best for your game and find out more at Titleist.com. The Shot Scope V2 is the only GPS watch on the market that combines GPS distances to greens and hazards with automatic performance tracking.  It’s essentially, GPS + Automatic Performance Tracking – ALL IN ONE WATCH. Wear the V2 like a watch and play your golf like normal, the magic happens in the background  -- no phone needed.  And now you can get $40 off the purchase of Shot Scope V2 by visiting ShotScope.com/Golficity or by using coupon code "golficityv2" at checkout. Trust your golf game to FootJoy, the number one Shoe in Golf. Shop now at FootJoy.com. Thanks for tuning to The Golf Podcast!