Draw Drill
This drill is great for honing an inside-out swing path and learning to produce a right-to-left shot. Take two tees and set them on a 45-degree angle with the inside tee ahead of the ball and the outside tee outside the ball. Place a club on the ground with the toe facing to the left and the butt pointing at a 45-degree angle toward the ball. The key here is to swing the clubhead through the gate without touching either of the tees. Also, the clubhead should be fully released so it’s still outside the hands, but pointing directly down the target line. For most players, the inside part of the gate is the most important and most challenging. If you want to learn to hit all the way through the ball with an inside-out swing path, you must be able to strike the ball without hitting the inside tee.

The key to hitting a solid draw is to swing on an inside-out path while also fully releasing the clubhead.  

See The Draw
To hit a slight draw, the club must attack the ball from inside the target line. A great way to see the proper swing path is to create a gateway with the use of some well-placed tees. Position the tees so the clubhead will approach the ball from an obvious inside path. The proper path becomes easier to follow with the tees on the ground and may produce the feeling of swinging out to right field. If the swing path is incorrect, it will miss the gateway and may hit one or both of the tees, creating a pull or slice. When the club is tracking properly, the ball will start slightly right of the target line and curve back to the left in the air.

Using tees to create a gateway for the clubhead is a great drill for eliminating a slice and producing a draw.

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