Hosel shots/J Arthur's/Tom Hanks

[brendy]

Had them (half shots only) going on 4 years. Finally sorted in August, I tried all sorts including ball placed further forward and swing path etc but all I ever did was make it worse.
My path had gotten chronically in to out and trying to hit cuts made it worse as it went in to in and hosel had nowhere to go.
The fix was to use trackman and get my clubhead path back to as close to zero as possible as it was well into the minuses. The feel I had to go for was to feel like I was pushing my hands out and on the way down feel like I am trying to slice the ball. It was totally awkward for the first few range sessions but now it feels pretty good.

Since August I have hit 2 shanks but both were entirely down to lapses in concentration and not sticking to the better swing. Handicap has to start coming down now (back down a shot already in 2 last qualifiers last year) as Im not having to hit irons off the tee every hole to leave full shots in to the greens any more.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Shouldn't really matter if you get lazy with technique, if you have a decent swing it should just be natural and produce pretty similar results all the time not saying your always going to be flushing it but it shouldn't be so bad it's shanking lol

Easy for you to say. If only it was that easy for me to do.

 

[richart]

I had a lesson, and whilst I still get the odd one, I now know why. I still can't get the thought of shanking out of my head when standing over an iron though.

 

[USER1999]

I love a good shank. It feels like home. I dont do it that often, but when i do, i do. My regular 4 ball on sunday has a shank count. The thing is, if it bothers you, you will get stressed out, and hit loads of them. If you can laugh at it, it is not so much of an issue. One! Usually followed by 'i am disincluding that, it wasnt a shank, i just had the face open', yeah, right, One!

Just relax, and just hit the thing.

 

[richart]

Just relax, and just hit the thing.

but not when someone is standing at 45 degrees to the right. (or left if you are left handed. Do left handed golfers shank ?)

 

[El Diablo]

I have had multiple bouts of them over the years on full shot irons but currently only suffer occasionally on a short pitch or chip.

I found this video extremely useful as a solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ37aS9NtAA&t=1s

In the last 6 months I have had lessons in an indoor studio with multiple cameras, boditrak etc and this has actually highlighted that my weight transfer is frequently onto the toes meaning I lean forwards which explains the likelihood of the shanks.

Good luck with resolving them, nearly drove me to giving up.

 

[User62651]

Yep, often check can I raise toes and heels at address, need good balance and no swaying to avoid shanking.

Feel clubhead takeaway is key too, low and slow straight back for a couple of feet or more, get you off on a nice wide arc.

Confidence is crucial to get over them so you need to know what's causing yours to properly cure it.