Lee Trevino on Why to Play the Fade

Here's a snippet from the Wall Street Journal:

Between 1968 and 1984, when Mr. Trevino won his majors, he was arguably the Tour’s best ball-striker, a skill he credits to the fade. “You can talk to a fade, but a hook won’t listen,” he is famous for saying.

“Fades, which curve from left to right for a right-handed player, are easier to control than draws, which curve in the opposite direction, because the ball doesn’t stay on the clubface as long and thus has less internal spin,” he said.

“In hitting a draw, the clubface releases, or rotates shut, quicker. That’s what gives draws extra spin and also makes them less reliable,” he said. “The timing has to be more precise.”