[John Connolly]

For reasons unbeknownst to me, when I stand on the tee of a straight par 4 or 5, I think to myself, "I wish there was some bend to this hole."


I've learned that I'm decidedly more comfortable when there is some lateral or curvilinear movement off the tee. And it need not be movement that matches my natural shot shape. Any direction will do - just not straight. I wonder why.

[Joe Sponcia]

I think because it's so hard to hit a perfectly straight shot.  I always see a shot shape when I am aiming...so I kind of get it.

[Ronald Montesano]

I concur, as I adore (and often cannot avoid) the straight shot. They used to say that Tom Kite's shot shape was the straight ball, which may have explained some things about his victory pattern. If my ball is bending, it tends to the fade with the driver and the draw with irons. When I'm firing on cylinders, the two come together toward a straight ball.


That being said, can you not fool your brain into thinking it possesses a bit of bend, using the dominant fairway hazard/feature as the fulcrum?

[Thomas Dai]

Alignment on a straight shot can, bizarre as it may seem, be somewhat difficult, especially from a flat lie over flat land to a flat target area with little at the sides of the fairway to give visual guidance.


Perhaps this is one reason why so many players when practicing on a wide open range use alignment aids positioned on the ground such as other clubs or nowadays these multicoloured sticks.



I also recall reading a alleged Ben Hogan comment about how he hated to play in no wind as he always wanted something to flight shots with or against etc.


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