This is a good explanation of what it is and how to do it:
Fade is a kind of shot in which the golf ball tends to curve quietly from left to right, for a right-handed player, in flight. For a lefthander, a fade would go right-to-left. A fade differs from a slice by the degree to which the ball curves. Also, a fade is a golf shot that many players use intentionally; a slice is almost never hit intentionally. The ball flight of most mid- to high-handicap players is an unintentional fade of a golf ball.
How to fade a golf ball
1. Stand completely square aiming at the target. Your target is were you want the ball to start at, usually 10 to 15 yards left of your final target.
2. Now place your right foot slightly ahead of the position you had it before.
3. Start the back swing slightly to the outside.
4. Take your normal down swing. Pulling up quality how to fade a golf ball sites is sometimes harder
The problem with a fade is that it's not a "normal" nor a controlled shot. You are supposed to swing a golf club from inside the target line before impact to inside the target line after impact. The only fade you should ever hit should be an accident.
The problem with a fade is that it's not a "normal" nor a controlled shot. You are supposed to swing a golf club from inside the target line before impact to inside the target line after impact. The only fade you should ever hit should be an accident.
Disagree with you here, How do you explain pro's that play a fade as their preferred shot, is it an accident?
The problem with a fade is that it's not a "normal" nor a controlled shot. You are supposed to swing a golf club from inside the target line before impact to inside the target line after impact. The only fade you should ever hit should be an accident.
I think Jack Nicklaus would disagree with you on that. Many great players, today and throughout history, have played a fade as their primary ball flight.
The problem with a fade is that it's not a "normal" nor a controlled shot. You are supposed to swing a golf club from inside the target line before impact to inside the target line after impact. The only fade you should ever hit should be an accident.
I will be the 4th to disagree with you. There is nothing wrong with a fade. It is the slice that gets most golfers. I don't know where you are getting your information, but nothing I've ever read says that if you fade the ball you're doing it by accident because you should always draw the ball. Just because you come from the inside doesn't nessesarily mean you'll draw either...maybe the person comes from the inside and has an open face? Then they will push one out to the right probably with a little fade.
As said some of the best golfers in the world fade the ball...Bruce Litskie always fades the ball no matter what, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger, Phil, Freddie, Bart Bryant, and the list can litterally go on and on and on.
I think Jack Nicklaus would disagree with you on that. Many great players, today and throughout history, have played a fade as their primary ball flight.
Not to mention Hogan who Nicklaus Copied. And Hogan says swing inside to out to fade the ball. Also, In a golf digest this year Woods Says playing a fade off the tee has been giving him more accuracy. Nicklaus, In Golf My Way, says that a fade is the best shot to approach greens with. Here's Why. If the pins in the middl;e aim 10 yds left of it and fade the ball. If You accidentally hit it straight, you're still on the green. If you fade it you're ripping cloth. And if you slice you're still on the green. Like Trevino says, you can talk to a slice, but a hook won't listen.
Mickelson's new-found accuracy off the tee is because he's hitting a fade...he said, "Heck, if I'd known this game was this easy from the fairway, I'd have gone to the fade a lot earlier." Paraphrased, not an exact quote. I think the reason some don't like the fade is because they are or have been slicers and don't like it when the ball slides weakly off the clubface and heads right...a draw feels more solid to them, I'd guess. But a fade can be just as solidly struck as a draw. Oh well, we all want what we can't have.
Mickelson's new-found accuracy off the tee is because he's hitting a fade...he said, "Heck, if I'd known this game was this easy from the fairway, I'd have gone to the fade a lot earlier." Paraphrased, not an exact quote. I think the reason some don't like the fade is because they are or have been slicers and don't like it when the ball slides weakly off the clubface and heads right...a draw feels more solid to them, I'd guess. But a fade can be just as solidly struck as a draw. Oh well, we all want what we can't have.
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I am a far more consistant player with a draw then a fade...this is just me now. I naturally draw the ball, and my shots feel SSOOOOO much crisper when I draw it. If I hit a power fade, one that still goes a long way but maybe only fades 5 yards or so it still feels crisp. My problem that when I try to start playing a fade, I quickly over do it and it turns into a slice, therefore unless absolutely called for, I try to not fade it. If I could do it everytime and control it, I would never draw the ball...but I can't so I wont.
No doubt the fade gets a stigma because it comes naturally to most higher handicaps. Hogan himself played a draw early in his career, but realized he couldn't control it like a fade. He rebuilt his game and used the fade as his primary shot. Personally, I play a draw which is natural to me, but it can get away from you. I can hit a fade, but I really have to force myself. Need more practice.
My natural ball flight is straight-to-fade. I can turn it right to left if I have to to get around something, but I can't really control it. If a fade gets away from you it tends to check up quicker than a draw that turns into a screaming hook, which tends to run forever.
November 6th, 2005, 10:59 PM
Many great players, today and throughout history, have played a fade as their primary ball flight.
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