Advice please!

[mattyb0y]

Going away golfing this weekend and everytime a big weekend away come along my game goes to pot!

Managed to develop a hook again played havock with the game yesterday however the last few holes i decided to exaggeate a set up for a cut shot (theory to cancel the hook out) and bam worked a treat

trouble is i find whilst the ball went straight cos i was set up down the left it seemed to go striaght but to the left side of the fairway and often in to the rough / trees which made the problem identical!

So my question is im unsure as to the problem is it my swing / hands turning over or a poor set up!

Either way its B*****y annyoing and from this i feel could result in my weekend away being more focused on in toxicating liquor instead of the golf!

 

[peteward15]

I am prone to a case of the hooks every once in a while. Thankfully I am not suffering at the moment. For me the first thing I look to is the ball position in my stance. Sometimes it creeps too far off the left toe allowing my wrists to be closed at impact.

 

[pokerjoke]

Whats wrong with setting up straight, shoulders and feet parallel to the target line.I play with someone who sets up with feet in a closed stance ball way back in his stance and an over excessive use of the wrists a recipe for disaster.As Tiger woods probably the greatest golfer ever says in his books why set up aiming at danger one day you might hit it straight.

 

[Oddsocks]

sounds like a quick lesson is in order to diagnose the problem. Personally i know what problems cause my hooks so when it comes back i strip my swing back to basics to see what fault it is im playing in my swing. 90% of the times its my grip wandering back or me swinging flat again,

But i agree compensation of a fault by adjusting you set up will only play new faults into your swing. its easier to get rid of one fault, than 1 fault and 3 or 4 bad set up habbits...

 

[Junior]

So how do you cure the snap hooks then ?? I have had a few creeping in to my game recently !!

 

[Oddsocks]

for me the snap hook is one of 3 things.

* grip to strong.causing me to roll my hands over the ball.

* ball to far back in my stance meaning im hitting across it

* swing plane to flat

the way i find which thing is swing back to the top and pause, if the club head is flat then im swinging with a strong grip, it should always point diagonally towards my ball inline with my swing plane. if this is on board i then look at address position to check its not to far back in my stance, if not then it can only be im back to my olf flat plane swing.

Please bare in mind this what my pro has drilled into me that works for me, other faults for other people could be different.

 

[Smiffy]

I play with someone who sets up with feet in a closed stance ball way back in his stance and an over excessive use of the wrists a recipe for disaster.

That's me to a T

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I tend to hook if I get too far inside and get the club trapped on the way down. The hands get too active and roll the clubface over. I agree that a lesson would sort it out and that changing the set up is only a band-aid fix that will lead to other problems. Once you hide one fault and another appears, is it the original fault causing it or something new?

 

[Imurg]

I've got a real battle going on with a vicious hook at the moment that I'm putting down to struggling to grip properly with the left hand as its still troubling me. Can't really do much about it until it clears up - its getting there slowly....