So, for years I've been pretty good off the tee. The driver swing just made sense to me. I feel like as a result, I had a more sweeping, often thing iron swing than I wanted, struggling to really compress the ball against the ground.
Recently I've really tried to get better with my irons and it's REALLY working. Much better contact, frequently really compressing the ball. Great ball flight, often with a nice draw that comes naturally.
But now I'm struggling off the tee. Putting all that forward motion into the swing that enables me to cover the ball at impact with my irons seems like it's leaving me wide open at impact off the tee. I suspect part of the problem is that, even when I was good, I was never truly releasing downward with my driver (lots of forward motion towards the target, getting the club face square, but not really giving the club that descending motion through impact, if that makes any sense).
In any case, I know people always say "it's all the same swing" but it's obviously not, because you're not taking a divot with your driver. You're not releasing in exactly the same way. Maybe the difference is in the body, maybe it's in the wrists. Maybe it's both. It's at least marginally, but very importantly, different.
Any tips on how to keep the two both in my muscle memory in the same round?