Hit fewer drives out of bounds by employing this strategy off the tee

Driving By: Zephyr Melton September 6, 2026 You can lose fewer balls off the tee by understanding your dispersion pattern and aiming based on the outer limits of it. Getty Images Minimizing wayward drives — tee shots that result in a penalty stroke or force a punch-out — is one of the biggest separators between golfers with low handicaps and high handicaps. The really good news? Keeping the ball in play doesn’t require a swing change. Oftentimes, it can be a simple matter of aiming smarter. When a hazard is in play off the tee, like on the famed 18th...