Everyone wants to hit longer units. The new Ping G10 controller doesn’t fly out of professional stores just because it looks good. If you can spend the 150 yd. score in every 4, then you will have a 7 iron or better on the green. That gives him a huge advantage in his foursome of skins when the other guys are hitting with five irons or very high fairway woods because they can’t match his driving distance from the tee.

There’s another reason you want to make the big drive on every hole, too. It’s called testosterone. And I don’t care if you’re playing with a group of twentysomethings with swing speeds of 110 mph or your usual gang of geeks. Everyone wants to be the long man off the tee at all times. Call it evolutionary biology if you like, but if you’re driving the big drive in the middle of the fairway on every hole, the guys you’re playing against will be a bit intimidated and put a little more pressure on their second shots. Pressure always leads to more bugs for them and more skins for you.

Here are three golf driving tips that are designed for newer big head titanium drivers like the Ping. You will have to experiment a bit with each of the tips separately because the most common application may not be the right one for you.

Golf management tip number 1: position the ball. The driver is the only club in your bag that will produce the best results when hitting the ball at the beginning of the upward movement. The traditional position for placing the ball with your driver for right-handed golfers is the left heel. You may be able to improve your results by moving the ball position even further in front of you. Some people have reported the best results with a ball position as far forward as the toes, but this is likely to be extreme.

Golf driving tip number 2: use the ball alignment feature. Almost all golf balls come with an arrow or line printed on the ball cover to help you line up your putts, but you can also use that alignment feature to help you set the square for your drives. Point the arrow, line, or letters of the ball’s name exactly in the direction you want to hit your drive. Begin your regular pre-shot routine from behind the ball, walk to the ball, place your clubface on the ground, and align it square with the alignment marker on the ball.

Golf driving tip number 3: height of the ball. The traditional height of a teed ball is to have the half of the ball above the top of the driver with the driver resting on the ground. You want to try to go higher. Put 3/4 of the ball over the top of the driver. The reason this works is because the sweet spot on many of the new big head thrusters has moved higher. You may already be getting good results with traditional tee height, but that’s no reason not to experiment with an even higher ball position.

Try these three golf driving tips on the course before your next outing. Place the ball further forward in your stance. Use the golf ball’s alignment feature to square the driver’s head. Hit the ball higher than you are used to. These are general tips that will work for most golfers, but you should experiment for yourself if you want to get the most out of that new Ping G10 controller.