If you're someone who struggles with ball-striking, you've come to the right place.
The PureOne golf clubs are smaller in size than a normal club (by about 50%, to be exact), so it's quite intimidating at first glance. But the sole purpose is to help improve your focus, ignite your confidence, and guide you to purer shots with more consistency.
It's not going to happen overnight, though, which is why we tapped a top golf instructor, Tina Tombs, to give us a clever 2-ball drill to help dial in our tempo and clubface control, leading to better contact almost instantly.
How the 2-ball drill improves your ball-striking
For people who either come over-the-top or have an in-to-out swing — which produces a slice or a ball that tails off to the right (for a right-handed player) — this 2-ball drill is a great way to deliver better ball-striking.
Tombs first suggests avoiding trying this on the driving range if someone is standing in the bay next to you, for obvious reasons. But when you have some space on the far end of the range, it should be good to go.
"This tells you exactly what you're doing," she says. "So put two balls on the ground next to one another [about a half-inch apart], and make sure you avoid making any contact with the outside ball."
Naturally, this is going to look scary — especially for a mid-level player — but Tombs insists to trust the process and feel the necessary adjustment to hit the ball nearest to you.
"If you're doing this drill and hitting the outside ball, you're either getting some early extension or you're doing a reverse weight shift," Tombs adds. "That means you're getting off-center and not keeping the club on plane."
Before diving into this ball-striking drill at full speed, it's important to go half-speed — so use a half-swing at about 30 percent effort. This is going to help you learn (and retain) the new skill.
"What I like about this is that, first, you can't cheat the drill, and, second, because of that, the ball won't lie," Tombs adds.
By trying this drill, you'll get instant feedback, not only identifying some bad tendencies in your golf swing, but helping you instantly correct them so not to hit the outside ball.
"This is just a cool way to get better awareness for what your clubface is doing," Tombs says.
Tina Tombs is the Director of Instruction at Arizona Biltmore Golf Club in Phoenix, Ariz., and is recognized as a top golf instructor by GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest. You can discover more about Tina on her Instagram account.