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By doing this in a general hole, it basically gives you twice as much fairway to work with, as long as you know which way the shot will spin. I fade my driver, and aim down the left side so that even the straight shot will be in the fairway. Also works well for taking hazards and OB out of play if they lie in the general direction of your shot shape. Although in the opposite, never aim where you do not want the ball to go.It depends on your ballflight or for us, more like our "miss", lol. If you play a fade (slice it) go to the right side of the teebox and hit it down the left side. What looks like a few yards on the teebox can actually be 20-30yds. out where a driver is going to end up.
The opposite if you draw (hook) the ball. If that's the shot you know is pretty likely to happen, stay on the left side of the teebox. That gives you plenty of room to start it right and let the hook take it back.
That's what I think too! I mean, it is only 15 yards. But then again, how many times would we have liked to be 15 more yards left or right of where we ended up. I'm trying to learn how to move my golf ball around the course more strategically, starting with the tee box. But I have trouble wrapping my head around the idea.