What Causes the Ball to Go Straight Left off the Tee

[GB72]

I missed the chance of a massive cut at the weekend because of poor tee shots on 2 par 3s. On both holes I was playing a 6 iron off the tee and both shots went considerably left of the green. There was no shape to the shot and the contact was good but the ball went off on a path about 20 yards left of where I was aiming.

It is something that I will try and sort out with BobMac when I have time for another lesson but with the weekend approaching I was just interested if there were any suggestions as to what may be causing this wayward shot. The rest of my irons were fine all day and I hit far more greens than I normally do so these 2 shots were the cause of some confusion.

 

[Val]

Over the top swing can and may cause this.

 

[Deke]

Closed face with an out to in swing? Just my 2 cents, I'm no expert!

 

[One Planer]

Out-to-In swing with the face square to swing path at impact.....



..... If that's right I'll be amazed

 

[CMAC]

Out-to-In swing with the face square to swing path at impact.....



..... If that's right I'll be amazed

Amazed you are then:smirk:

 

[cookelad]

Poorly aligned tee markers!

 

[patricks148]

Pull

 

[bladeplayer]

NO EXPERT but i find this happens when i go too hard at a shot , hit one club more & swing bit easier .. just personal experience tho .. coincidently it happens me most with 6 iron aswell .. have been told right hand gets too strong & it causes this ..

 

[Wolfman]

Assuming you are right handed this is a PULL in the same camp as a slice except club face is square at impact facing left

I have found that looking up too soon often introduces this as the shoulders are forced open and you have swung along a line pointing left of target.

You can see this with all clubs even the putter

Swinging too fast out of sync doesn't help either

 

[Five&One]

Get a similar problem from time to time, usually trying to hit a driver too hard, gripping it too tight and too much right hand dominance.
I know the problem and I know the cure, which is lighten the grip and stop trying to land the ball on the moon. Easier said than done sometimes.

 

[One Planer]

As I said above (Post #4) it happens to me when I start my downswing correctly with my hips, but then don't resist with my shoulders.

In short, everything turns together.

 

[Beezerk]

Closed face with an out to in swing? Just my 2 cents, I'm no expert!

Had a lesson the other day and on video I clearly had this type of swing, I'd either slice right or pull left, the pulls to the left were all bang straight, no ball movement at all.
He showed me a drill to get the club going straight on impact rather than pulling around. He also had to adjust my swing, left hip kind of out forward a bit at the start of backswing (before the left hip would go back slightly) and really getting my arms tighter to the body as I come back down.
I'm nonly a beginner but the way the pro described how I was hitting these shots made perfect sense.

 

[Deke]

Good luck sorting it out mate!