Hitting Buckets of Drivers Is Why You’re Stuck (I'll fix it in 12 minutes)

Find your biggest gap in 2 minutes (free stats guide): https://playready.golf/shots Get 30 days of personalized practice free: https://app.playready.golf A scratch golfer hits 48% of his fairways with driver. A 15 handicap hits 47%. So why are they about 15 shots apart? Most golfers practice what they blame. You lose one off the tee, so your next range session is a bucket of drivers, and your scores don't move. In this video I'll show you what your driver is really costing you (it's not fairways), where the rest of your shots are going, and 4 free fixes you can use on your next round. None of them is a swing change. Want to hit it farther? The two videos I mention: I Asked a Tour Trainer Why Golfers Stay Short:    • I Asked a Tour Trainer Why Golfers Stay Sh...   "I Hit My Driver 275 Yards":    • "I Hit My Driver 275 Yards"   Chapters 0:00 Scratch golfers hit the same fairways you do 0:53 Why you practice what you blame 1:54 Why you remember the wrong shots 2:38 Fairways hit from scratch to a 25 handicap 3:18 What your driver is really guilty of 3:40 The big miss 4:09 Bryson and the fairway stat 4:53 Where the 50 yard tax shows up 5:54 The biggest piece of your gap 6:13 Where the rest of your shots go 6:39 It's not bogeys, it's doubles 7:03 Where your doubles start 7:26 The plan 7:40 Fix 1: play the right tees 8:21 Fix 2: same driver, new aim 8:53 Fix 3: get back to the fairway 9:05 Fix 4: middle of the green, one more club 9:37 How to split your practice 10:06 How Colby went from a 16 to under a 6 11:07 Recap and your next step Sources Fairways hit with driver: Shot Scope via MyGolfSpy (2025) Driving distance, greens hit and doubles: Shot Scope via Golf Monthly Drives that end in a penalty or a punch out: Arccos (2025) Best rounds vs worst rounds: Lou Stagner, Arccos data Bryson DeChambeau at the 2020 U.S. Open: Golf Digest, Golf.com Strokes gained: Mark Broadie, Columbia University Proximity from 125 yards: Shot Scope via Golf Digest Handicap gap by category: Arccos via MyGolfSpy (July 2026) Tee It Forward: PGA of America and USGA Where approach shots miss: Arccos via Today's Golfer Availability heuristic: Tversky and Kahneman (1973) If you only get a couple hours a week to practice, this channel is for you. New videos as much as I can!