Should you have 1 swing for every club?

[thelank1985]

I am having a lot of lessons at the moment and finally this week 2 good range sessions with the irons I feel I have more control and get a nice baby draw (used to always be a fade).

however when I take out my rescue, 3/5W and driver I can't stop hooking the golf ball!!!

should I swing those clubs differently?

Any advice gratefully received as always

 

[bobmac]

I can't stop hooking the golf ball!!!

Does it start left then hook?

 

[thelank1985]

Does it start left then hook?

Hi bobmac, no it starts on my intended line normally but then moves a huge amount to the left

 

[bobmac]

Have you checked your aim?

 

[thelank1985]

Have you checked your aim?

LOL yeah I always use alignment sticks when practising if anything the ball might start slightly out to the right.

 

[Mattyboy]

IMO its one swing. The set up changes however, depending on club and shot type. I think this has popped up before and I seem to recall a varied opinion.

Why not upload a vid so that Bob can take a look?

 

[thelank1985]

Why not upload a vid so that Bob can take a look?

I have always just had the 1 swing, I must be doing something different and not realising it. I will try to get a video uploaded tonight. I need to find a way I can hold my phone and shoot

 

[DaveM]

I've alway been told and practised. One swing fits all. Just the ball position changes.

 

[DannyOT]

I've always had a more draw biased swing with my driver and woods whereas my iron shots have always been dead straight (when I hit them well, anyway). Recently I've been making sure to use the same draw biased swing with all of my shots and it makes the transition from driver to irons much easier as I don't need to worry about a different swing path.

 

[Wolfman]

I think when you have a driver, fairwaywood etc your feeling of exit point is different to irons


Maybe you are trying to "hit" the ball with the woods and not swinging through the ball towards the target line


I for one have suffered this and sometimes poor tempo can introduce this i.e swinging too hard

 

[RGDave]

Are we talking chicken and egg?



Basically, it's the same swing. Any conscious effort to do different things is madness of the "straight to the lunatic asylum" stuff

Let the set up take care of things.

The way I see it, certain characteristics of a swing can make it more or less suited to clubs at one end of the bag. For example, if you deliberately hold back your weight on the driver OR throw your weight forward for short clubs, you might find you get some good results, but ultimately, tinker around too much and sooner or later you are going to mess yourself up. If the swing is good, leave it be, let the set-up (including the ball position/tee height etc) do the work.

 

[Colin L]

One swing for every club didn't do a certain Jack Nicklaus much harm!​

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It's a simple game so keep it that way. One swing will suffice

 

[sawtooth]

Same swing for all clubs imo.

 

[bobmac]

I have lots depending on what type of shot I want to hit.
From a low punch wedge, higher flop shot, standard mid iron, fairway wood, low draw driver, high cut driver etc etc.

 

[thelank1985]

Hi guys I took a video tonight and one thing was very clear I have a tendency to go massively across the line. Any tips or videos for stopping across the line?

 

[Foxholer]

Sorry, no tips - Bob's the one for those, once you actually agree what 'across the line' means!

And the concept is BASICALLY the same swing for every club. Width of stance, distance away from the ball and length of swing tend to differ for each club (so quite a lot of actual difference!), but the tempo and feeling (if maybe not the actual plane should be the same.

And, of course, if the shot required is different from 'standard', then the swing will almost certainly be different too!

Here's Jack's vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4smKIu2uARU

 

[Region3]

Hi guys I took a video tonight and one thing was very clear I have a tendency to go massively across the line. Any tips or videos for stopping across the line?

Try a search for 'headcover drill"