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I get a lot of south-east winds when im out on the course, i tee up the ball lower with the driver to get a lower launch angle when im into the headwind but that makes my fade worse and I hit a fade/slice so the wind usually blows the ball into the right hand rough, anything i can do when im playing in these condtions other then aim way left?

Maybe you can try getting the ball to straighten out by hitting 3/4 swings off the tee. You'll definetly lose a lot of distance, but the FIR should reflect in your score. Hope this helps.

Hit the range and try swinging from the inside out for a couple of buckets. You can set this up by moving the ball back a few inches toward your rear foot and using a closed stance (one in which your front foot is across a line from the toes of your rear foot aimed toward your target). If this is confusing, ask a low handicapper at your course to set you up this way.

when playing into the wind , hit a lower club, swing real easy, ( when its breezy , swing easy), i too like a 3/4 swing and matching follow thru...here in North Texas ...almost always a wind unless its July!

Cracking title! I'll avoid the obvious responses!

Teeing the ball down will encourage a downward hit which will impart more spin thus exaggerating in the fashion you describe. I just swing easier and attempt to keep my hands very quiet.

Keep a consistent tee height for all tee shots. Keep you same swing. Ignore the wind. Put your normal swing on it and stripe it down the middle.

Unless your normal drive is to lash it as hard as you can..... in irish winds, you do much better keeping a slower less 'hands' swing.

LOL. That's a new one. Great visual.

I'm currently watching videtape of last years PGA Champion tournament at Bartusol (sp ?). Well, they had PGA teaching pros giving tips and one of them was how to play a low shot in the wind. The PGA pro giving the lesson had just won a tournament in Hawaiii where wind was a factor. He give the tip of opening your hips toward youir target during your setup. In other words for a right handed golfer you'd turn your hips slightly to left in your setup. This action shortens up your swing naturally and lowers your ball flight. The good thing about it is you don't have to think about it during your swing and you don't have to change your grip or anything else.

I'm with Billyg. Learn to hit a low running draw if the hole you're playing is set up for such a shot. It's a good wind cheater and the draw will give you added roll. I agree with the others about teeing the ball up as usual. I never tee mine lower but I will tee it higher if the wind is behind me. Good luck.
Jerry

The physics tends to suggest this is flawed. The wind behind will tend to 'knock the ball down'. Teeing the ball higher will tend to result in a more upwards strike leading to more topspin (or less backspin depending how you want to consider it) which again will knock the ball down compared to normal.

To gain the most benefit of the wind, you want to maximise hang time (assuming of course you dont do this at the expense of other things).

"In T,a breeze, swing with ease" or "Strong wind from the side, skelp it wide" BTW I look forward to the few days each year that I,m not playing into a stiff breeze!

What's a skelp?

How high or low you tee it also depends on how much you trust your swing.

In my previous post, I mentioned never changing the tee height. That advice would be to the average golfer (AG) who doesn't need multiple thoughts going thru his head. AG's already thinking about his slice and making solid contact, and whatever else he was working on at the driving range (slow back swing, stop at the top). Now, you throw in an adjustment in tee height and he's thinking about hit low into the wind, my tee is lower, gotta hit it low. AG's minds is racing 100mph. K.I.S.S.

The better golfer (BG), who can focus on each teeshot, and has a standard pre-shot routine can get away with adjusting tee height for wind conditions. Because once BG tees the ball up, he's no longer thinking about tee height or wind in his face. BG's going thru his preshot routine and visualizing a drive that lands in the fairway.

Old Northern British/Celtic "slang" (i am told) for a "cutting" type blow with focused force and direction that will continue on its path after hitting/glancing off 1st/consequent objects, like a skimming stone on water but for instance clipping 3 naughty school boys off the top of the head with one sweeping blow (as happened to me frequently at school )