FAIRWAY WOODS AND METALS

BEST TIP: Keep the club low on takeaway and low through impact.

Swing fairway woods with the same tempo used for a seven-iron.

Avoid trying to lift the ball with the club by either collapsing the left arm or straightening up.

Position the ball opposite your left heel, which should be the bottom of your swing arc.

Keep your head steady throughout the swing.

Keep the club low on takeaway and low through impact, creating the feeling of hitting the ball forward -- not up.

Ball should be hit with a slightly descending blow.

Make an aggressive swing and follow-through without steering the ball.

Brush the grass rather than taking a divot.

Seven woods should be played in the middle of the stance, with hands in front of ball at address.

When hitting your fairway woods you want to sweep them away, and you definitely don't want to come down too steep on these shots. Here's a great way to feel the sweeping motion with a fairway wood.

On your backswing try to move the club back on a wide arc by extending your left arm away from the target. Then on the follow-through do the opposite, which is to extend the right arm. When you widen your arc on the backswing and follow-through, you'll find it a lot easier to sweep the fairway woods away. Plus you'll increase the distance you hit these shots, because the wider the arc the more clubhead speed -- and the more clubhead speed the farther the ball goes.