My Swing (Tiger1242)

I'm definitely no expert in golf, but from what I see is your grip is very strong, "V's" pointing outside your right shoulder, so your clubface is way closed at the top of backswing. Also from this angle for me it seems that the club gets across the line on top of backswing and you overswing a bit. From A3 to A4 your head starts moving towards the target and you begin to reverse pivot, which leads to a over the top downswing. Add the closed clubface to that and that is where pull hooks come from.

Other thing I see is maybe for a 7i your stance is a bit too wide.

But again, I'm no expert and please anyone correct me If I'm wrong.

Hi tiger1242, welcome to the site!  First thing I noticed watching your 7i swings is that you aren't keeping the left arm straight.  This occurs when your backswing is too long and you over flex the right arm - enabling the left arm to continue to travel up and around until it hinges or flexes as well.  Shorten your backswing to improve your ball striking - and maintain a straight left arm is a critical piece.  This can only occur when you ensure you have a 90* bend of the right elbow.... Don't over flex that right bicep.

Here are a few videos which talk about the left arm being straight....  And then keeping a 90* angle with the right elbow.

Lastly - you can see Ernie talks about 'keeping the box'... Which is more about how to hinge the club.  But for you - if you over flex that right bicep - you lose the box.  These pieces tie together...  Just explained in slightly different ways.

Film your swing from the DTL view/vantage point.  And try and keep your left arm straight and maintain the 'box' by not over flexing the right bicep.  I'll let you know what I see.  There are too many variables to guess... I'd rather see it on video to let you know what I see.

Also, you gotta trust that the change is valid... Even if you don't hit the ball better immediately.  I had this struggle with my own game as I modified my stance/arch in my back.  I hit terrible golf shots until I finally stopped questioning if it was right or not, and finally accepted that it was right - and hit balls until it became 'natural' and didn't feel foreign. 

You have kind of the same problem I had for awhile.  If you look at your shoulder rotation through your backswing the angle is pretty flat.  When you start your downswing though, the angle wants to steepen to get back on plane towards the ball.  So even though you're bringing it inside on the backswing, it gets turned around on the downswing and actually comes outside in at contact.  Im guessing your divots point slightly left?

compare your shoulders to videos of a pro and you'll see what I mean.

Focus on keeping your sholders on the same plane throughout the swing.  Not insanely steep, but you don't wanna finish your backswing with your shoulders almost flat.  I took a swing evaluation awhile back, and after looking at my swing I had the same issue.  I changed that while there and it felt much more natural for me and the results were immediately better. 

Some people have a flatter shoulder rotation, but I've read alot of articles where even alot of pros like Matt Kuchar switched to more of an angle.  May or may not work for everyone. 

Tiger, watch this TPI video.  You have a chicken wing or flying right elbow.

Go to the 1:41 point in the video.  Can you rotate your right shoulder like he does?  Really pay attention to what he talks about from 1:41 until 2:24.  I'd like to understand if you can do the 'correct' right elbow position at 1:51 to 1:53 of the video.

Here is another video - of Grant Waite talking about the right elbow...  Watch his right arm and elbow.  Then compare it to your DTL videos.  Get rid of the chicken wing, and it will help you control the clubs plane and path.