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[Music] hey guys it's Min Lee. I'm going to be talking to you guys and have a deep dive into how I hit some drives.
Uh today I got the Paradigm AI smoke. It's actually my first day using it, but it's it's unbelievable. Um, and I'm not just saying that. It's bit more bit faster off the face, which we love. Um, and the misses are actually nicer.
So, uh, the first shot I'll probably talk to you about is the stock shot. So, uh, I like to hit a little [Music] fade. So, um, if we're talking numbers, we're talking about having the club path from into out and the club face a little bit open. So hopefully with some practice, you guys can do it too. Yeah, that sounds good and it's perfect. We like that.
Yeah, I mean, I can't talk too much about the stock shaft. It's obviously come through comes through practice and, uh, a bit of hard work. I used to hit a draw. I used to hit a drawer as an amateur. And when I got out onto the tour, I needed to hit it a bit straighter. So you can see a lot of a lot of guys onto a hit fades. Um, and I developed a pretty decent over the past probably couple years, but the first first three years of pro, it was quite it was tough to get a really natural fade.
Yeah, so for the stock shot, I hit a little fade. But if I wanted to hit more of a fade, um, I would probably aim the club where I want to start it. So I'm going to start this probably at this left yellow yellow, uh, flag right here and and then fade it towards this right one. So if we say that's the left side of the fairway and then we want to fade it off there. So that's pretty [Music] solid.
Okay, so for the for the draw, uh, it's a it's a shot that I was familiar as an amateur, uh, but not as much as a as a pro. So, um, it's it's a shot that I actually hit really well, but I don't trust it as much on the golf course. So if there's a fairway that's a bit wider, um, it's definitely the shot I go to. My drawers don't draw too much. So if the fairways were these yellow flags, I would probably aim closer towards the right, definitely take it a bit wider.
But also also I want to come from out to in in in inward path. Uh, if we're talking numbers, I I I definitely stand a bit more closed. So closed for a right-hander means right foot back. So my you know, line's aiming further right of where I want to start it. And then you kind of want to have a bit of a closed face when you hit the ball. So comes out with a little draw. So that's money.
On numbers, that would be pretty that would be pretty long. How much longer than your? Uh, probably probably 15 meters. So we're talking 285 meters, which is about 310 yards with a fade, and then closer to 330 yards with with a draw. Yes, it's nice hitting it long, but we also want to hit fairways. As as golf is becoming, you know, higher R and harder to hit fairways, so we want to, uh, we want to prioritize fairway, especially at my length.
For for the shorter hitters, it's very beneficial for you guys to hit the drawers. Um, again, closed closed stance and closed club face and obviously out to in path and hopefully you can create that little [Music] draw.
There's a shot where a lot of people talk about, um, the best drivers in the world do this, uh, which is which is called the fairway finder. Hopefully you find some fairways. Again, similar to similar to the to the fade shot, uh, we're going to tear the ball up just a little bit lower. You know, the lower you hit it, it's probably going to be there's going to have less chance of going offline.
So same thing where I I want to be aiming at the left side, left side of the fairway, uh, choke up on it just a little bit, um, and hit more of a punch shot. Similar backswing and then just cut it. I like to I like to my stock is a cut. So hold it a little bit shorter and a bit of bit more of a punch shot and hopefully it creates like a low fade, just like that.
What what are the feels in that swing? Like what's different about it when you when you get to the top? Are you feeling something? Yeah, so the difference between a fade and a draw. My fade is pretty stock. So the backswing is quite normal on the way back with a with a fade, and then it's coming down. I in front of me and not like the draw. The draw is a bit behind me and the shaft is a bit bit further back.
Um, but yeah, the draws are draws a I guess a funny feeling. It's like it's like it's a long and kind of laggy swing and it comes from the inside just a little bit more or a lot more it feels like. And you're obviously sweeping it from right to left instead of being in front of you and cutting it. So there's a big difference, uh, but that's how that's how I hit the fade and the [Music] draw.