How to Drive for Distance like Tiger Woods

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Drew Shurbet
Quail Run
www.quailrunsantafe.com  
505-986-2255

A golf professional and PGA pro, Drew Shurbet started as a collegiate standout at West Texas A&M.  From there, Drew began building an impressive list of accolades and has won competitive golf tournaments at every level of play. He has won thirteen professional titles and holds two course records.

Due to his impressive career, Adams Golf made him a member of their professional staff. In addition to the awards and recognition he has earned on the golf course, it is his playing prowess and reputation for being an instructor to the game’s elite that has made him one of the most sought after and well respected golf pros in the west.

Drew has been with Quail Run as a golf professional and instructor for the past five years. Prior to that, he was the Director of Instruction at the Santa Fe Country Club.

Quail Run golf course is in Santa Fe, NM, among the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains and offers its golfers breathtaking views of the surrounding area. This beautiful golf course is a PGA-rated, par 32, nine-hole course with a tight layout. Located within a gated community, Quail Run also provides luxury facilities such as a fitness center, indoor lap pool, spa services and tennis courts.

How to Drive for Distance like Tiger Woods

PGA golf professional Drew Shurbet demonstrates how to drive for distance like Tiger Woods as well as provides drills for golfers to improve their skill.

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Drew Shurbet: Hello, I am Drew Shurbet, Head Golf Professional at Quail Run resort in Santa Fe, New Mexico and today we are going to teach you how to drive for control and distance like Tiger Woods. You will learn the address fundamentals, posture and balance drills, a shoulder rotation drill, a width drill and a club release drill. The only things you will need are a golf club, there is a towel on our bag, a golf ball and a tee. Before we get started, let me tell you little bit about myself, I play occasionally in West Texas A & M and I have won 13 professional events and all two course records, I have been a teaching professional for the last 8 years and I have been here at Quail Run in Santa Fe for the last five.

Before that I also was a collegiate golf coach. So I have seen a few golf swings and let us see if we can help fix yours. So as we go into the first drill, will be an address position drill, so grab you club and come with me.

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