You need to work with someone you can communicate with. You ranked No. 1 in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour in 1998. Many things can go wrong with your swing, but to me one of the greatest attributes to a person who drives the ball straight is a good rhythm and knowing where the speed in the swing is. Create all the speed at impact and past the ball instead of at the top of your swing so that you are fluid going back and at the start of your downswing. That allows you to build momentum to where all the speed is at impact.
Most amateurs try to rush it from the top.
You don't want to do that. You need to have good rhythm. 1 in driving distance is so misleading. How would that affect me in scoring, I don't know. What I do know is, there are tournaments where it is certainly advantageous to be in the fairway as opposed to the rough.