Many amateur golfers dream of hitting a draw off the tee.

Amateurs often go over the top with their swing, forcing the ball left to right and producing that dreaded slice. Even when you’ve spent months working that shot shape out of your game, it always seems to sneak back in when you least expect it.

Luckily for players everywhere, Padraig Harrington has an incredibly simple golf tip, unrelated to the swing itself, that will help you hit a draw and eliminate the slice. 

Padraig Harrington’s advice for hitting a draw off the tee

Harrington’s advice for hitting a draw doesn’t have anything to do with the swing itself. First, it’s about club selection. Secondly, it’s about positioning on the tee box. 

Speaking on the PGA Tour Champions social media, he explained, “To get a draw, it’s easy to get a draw with loft. So I’ve gone down from my driver to my 3-wood in this case; I might even go down to a 5-wood if I’m pumped up. 

“Now, the second thing I do to help a draw, and this should help all amateurs. So if I tee up on this side of the tee box, and this would be the same if you practiced on the right-hand side of the range or something like that.

“Everybody sets up square to the tee box; they look up, and if I teed up on the right-hand side, when I look up, the fairway is going to be left, and watch what you’re going to end up doing.

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“You’re going to move around and aim at the fairway. And all that’s happened is you’ve opened up and pushed the ball forward, which is going to cause a slice.

“So to encourage the opposite, when I need to draw the ball, I’ll tee up on the left-hand side of the tee box. Generally, most people will square up, now, all of a sudden, when I look up the fairway’s to my right.

“If I’m going to move anywhere, I move this way, and the ball comes back, which makes it easier to draw the ball.

“So if you want to draw the ball on the range, on a tee box, always try to get to the left-hand side of the tee. If you wanna cut it, go to the left-hand side. And that sort of helps a little bit with setup and encourages it.”

Harrington explains that a large part of the battle to get rid of the slice is mental, and even where you stand on the tee box can make a huge difference.