Help! Changed shafts and developed a hook!?!?

[AllTheUserNamesAreTaken]

Hi,

going to try and keep this short!

ive always used regular shafts ever since I started playing golf and people have always said I have a pretty quick swing and should be using stiffer shafts! 6ft 2 with golf shoes on 29 yrs.

so I decided to make the change, I didn't get fitted.... and have bought a new nike vrs driver, 3 wood and 18 deg hybrid all with stiff shafts off the shelf.

Over the past couple of years with my reg shafts that were pretty floppy if anything I have had to control a fade but most of the time they would be straight due to me controlling my swing speed! (Slowing it down)

now with my new vrs's I am drawing the ball with an aggressive hook with the driver?
i have never hooked the ball in my life!!
any help would be much appreciated

thanks rich

 

[Foxholer]

The Driver is adjustable, I believe.

It may be set to a Draw setting that isn't appropriate to you.

So check the settings.

You could also be swinging a bit more aggressively - particularly with the hips.

It's often just a case of modifying your swing slightly. Whether that cures or introduces any faults is a boit of a coin toss!

And your Pro could well be worth contacting too!

 

[AllTheUserNamesAreTaken]

Hi,
thanks for the reply,

ive changed the settings and even set it to open but still hook!

after 200 balls I have really had to adjust my swing feels like I'm going to hit it way right but the hybrid was going straight in the end!

ive browsed online and a couple of forum posts have said that over the years with the reg shaft I have been adjusting my swing to keep it going straight.

so now fitted with a stiffer more fitting shaft my swing is creating a hideous draw!

hopefully that is correct and I just need to adjust back to a more conventional swing.

 

[DAVEYBOY]

I can't see it being just the shaft to be honest and I defiantly wouldn't create a swing to suit a shaft. If it continues I would have a lesson.

 

[Stuey01]

Are you subconsciously or consciously trying to hit it harder, now you have a stiff shaft (oo-er)

 

[HomerJSimpson]

That is why you need to try before you buy

 

[Ethan]

First of all, the fact that shafts say 'regular' on them doesn't mean they are comparable. There is no standard for flex, and there are a range of other variables which affect the flex and playing characteristics of a shaft. All other things being equal, a shaft which makes you hit the ball more hooky than before is likely to be too soft and or too light, but there may be a more complicated reason. Too little torque and/or too much tip stiffness can cause this in a player with a lot of hand action. More torque and or less tip stiffness can allow the clubhead to hang a bit more open. I know this, because that was me.

Best thing is to ask a pro to take a look and do some measurements on a LM. There m,ay be some changes you can make to the club that offset it (adding weight for example), or trimming the shaft.