Getting rid of a shot.

[Toad]

Most golfers have at least one particular shot that they spend most of their golfing lives trying to avoid. If you had a chance to get rid of only one shot forever, what would it be?

I tend to have a slight draw with my woods and longer irons when I am playing well but it sometimes turns into a very nasty hook, this is the shot that I would love get rid off to help improve my scoring.

Whats the one flaw you have that you would get rid off?

 

[birdieman]

pull-hook for me, has ruined many a decent card.

 

[DCB]

Interesting post Toad,
For me it would have to be the draw that turns into a hook because of an overactive right hand. I can go for quite a while and suddenly in it comes, it is so destructive.

 

[wilf_74]

Prone to the odd random Sh**k! when chipping/pitching! You are welcome to take that.

 

[Ken_A]

Pull hook when trying to overcompensate the slice - can I get rid of them all and only keep the fade or draws that happen.

 

[Parmo]

Take my Slice please.

 

[theeaglehunter]

The putt that doesn't drop !

Nah mine would be catching the ball fat due to hitting the ground before the ball.

 

[haplesshacker]

The one where you have to hit a little white ball with any club!!!

But as with many on here, the hook. But my FIR ain't bad for my h'cap, so it can't be that, so at the moment it has to the 120 yard and less shots that don't land on the green.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

The shot I'd like to avoid on the course is a downhill left to right putt.

My problem mistake is lifting my right heal and hooking the ball!

 

[forefortheday]

The shot before I hit it onto the green from 150 yards away, the previous shot is always a 5 yard top! grrrrrrr!

 

[andiritchie]

my block high right as i aim up the right side for a draw so my ball ends up in another postcode

 

[evita4]

The shot before I hit it onto the green from 150 yards away, the previous shot is always a 5 yard top! grrrrrrr!

Good reply forefor the day.

Mine would be the 3rd putt.

 

[vig]

The "duffed" second shot after my A1 tee shot.

 

[GB72]

The topped wedge that shoots across the green like a rocket and into the thick rough twenty yards over the back and the similar bunker shot that scuttles across the green into the bunker on the other side.

 

[rgs]

The auld duck hook courtsy of a strong overactive right hand.

 

[TonyN]

Interesting post Toad,
For me it would have to be the draw that turns into a hook because of an overactive right hand. I can go for quite a while and suddenly in it comes, it is so destructive.

Me too! Or the fade that turns into a nasty slice!

I set up for a fade on a dogleg right yesterday and actually hooked the ball, how? I do not know!

 

[viscount17]

there isn't enough room for them all, so I'll offer the one off the toe that does a 90 right (usually deep into the bushes or lake)

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The high weak fade. Caused by a lack of shoulder turn according to my pro. One thing knowing the cause and its cure another doing it in the middle of a monthly medal

 

[USER1999]

Sorry to be boring, but pull hook every time.

 

[toonarmy]

Interesting to see how many people want to cure the 'big' shot and hardly anyone has said the most obvious one.

Congrats to evita4 for what has to be the best answer:

"the 3rd putt"

Absolutely guaranteeing you never 3 putt is priceless (and in the good way and not the bad like-a-mother's-love way) and would be the single biggest difference to everyone's handicap.

All the best golfers duck-hook, top, shank etc. from time to time. You don't get many pros looking too happy with a 3 putt though.