How to play tight tee shots
Golf Monthly
|July 2025
Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Andrew Reynolds suggests three ways to cope when the fairway you're facing closes in on you
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Pick a small target
A tight drive with trouble on both sides fills most golfers with dread. In this situation, it's important to shift your focus to one thought only... find the fairway. To help you do so, pick out a small target point beyond the fairway or on the horizon, and then take dead aim on that exact spot. Work hard on really aiming at, and hitting it on, that line.

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