Sergio Garcia’s simple fix for a mistake he sees amateur golfers make when hitting driver off the tee

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For most amateur golfers, finding the fairway is the catalyst for a good score. Very rarely will a club-level player shoot below their handicap whilst being wayward off the tee.

One of the main shots that can turn a good round into a bad round is a slice. For a right-handed golfer, a left-to-right ball flight is prompted by an open club face hitting the ball in an out-to-in manner. It’s a miss that every golfer wants to avoid.

Thankfully, there are some simple fixes. Tony Finau highlighted the importance of grip when looking to avoid a slice. Gaining control of the club face can prove vitally important.

Sergio Garcia, however, has advice on improving the club path in order to promote an in-to-out swing.

Sergio Garcia’s driving fix

Speaking during a social media clip with Me and My Golf, Garcia detailed a feeling amateur players should be looking to implement in their backswing.

“You know, a lot of amateurs from here, they go this way (over the top),” Garcia said. What I always try to tell them is to feel like you are pulling a chain or belt down. When you get here, instead of your shoulders and everything going forward, it should be down.

“So you pull down, and then from here, you can get in that motion we were talking about earlier. From here, you can get in and around the ball and cover the ball nicely.”

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Sergio Garcia: LIV Golf’s most accurate driver

Garcia won LIV’s Hong Kong event last week and is playing some of the best golf of his career. And a large part of the Spaniard’s success stems from his driving.

Garcia is currently LIV’s most accurate player off the tee and has hit 75% of his fairways thus far. With the likes of Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Joaquin Niemann pushing new limits off the tee, finding fairways is essential for Garcia, who is not one of LIV’s biggest hitters.

The 2017 Masters winner is back in action this week in Singapore and is level par after the first two rounds. Sentosa is one of LIV’s longest courses and has proven challenging for the shorter players.

Phil Mickelson—LIV’s shortest hitter—has dealt with the course well, however. The six-time major winner is five under and tied for tenth. Mickelson finished third in Hong Kong last week.