The ‘mind blowing’ way Tiger Woods has told Grant Horvat how to ensure hitting fairways more often with driver

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YouTube golf star Grant Horvat was fortunate enough to take part in a one-to-one lesson with Tiger Woods.

As the YouTube scene continues to thrive, major figures like Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau are now regularly producing content. This has sparked discussions about the possibility of the 15-time major champion collaborating with a current social media star.

And it was Horvat who, to some extent, made YouTube history.

In a 17-minute video posted on Horvat’s channel, Woods walked the 26-year-old through the art of hitting woods off the ground and detailed the best way to execute a fairway finder.

Tiger Woods’ fairway finder tip

Many teaching professionals will advocate for balls to be teed up high when using the driver. Woods, however, does things very differently.

When looking to find a fairway, the 49-year-old revealed he tees the ball extremely low and only marginally increases the height for when he’s looking to hit a high draw.

“I am very zeroed to sometimes two degrees [down],” Woods revealed.

Horvat added: “I feel like everyone is always saying you have to hit up on driver.”

Woods replied: “If you want to hit it further and take spin off of it. Absolutely. But I am generally trying to get the ball in play and hit shots in play. If it’s a normal shot for me I am pretty zeroed to slightly down to hit my cut.”

After the video, Horvat admitted that Tiger’s advice on how to tee the ball up had shocked him.

“I learned so much at the end with my driver. The way he tees that golf ball down that low is mind-blowing. But my dispersion and every shot I hit was dead straight at my target,” Horvat added.

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Tiger Woods shares how to hit the ball further

Woods’ advice on how to control tee shots could prove invaluable to some amateur players, and some will be eager to add distance with the driver in hand.

During a clinic filmed in his formative years, Woods claimed he kept his hands far away from his head to generate more speed and power off the tee.

“To swing the driver well, I have always played my best when I feel like my hands are as far away from my head as possible, which creates a lot of room and width on the way down,” Woods explained.

Fellow professionals Xander Schauffele and Phil Mickelson have also shared tips on how to hit the ball further. Schauffele tees the ball up, and Mickelson focuses on his front leg push when looking to create speed.