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Hey guys. I started playing golf about a year ago. I enjoy it and I am trying to get better. I hit the ball well with a driver, but in order for me to hit it well I have to literally twist the club towards me (closed - i am a righty). If I just bring the club straight back, I either top it and slice it terribly. Usually both. I am not twisting the club closed during the swing I am literally twisting the club closed before I even swing and then swinging. I also do this with my woods and hybrids. I get great results and I hit the ball well when I do this with these clubs. When I don't, I top it or slice it as I mentioned above. With my irons, I don't tend to do this... but I also don't hit my irons very well. It started because for some reason my natural tendency was to twist the club before a swing, especially with the driver. I noticed this, and it works. Bringing the club straight back without twisting it closed just doesn't work. Has anyone ever seen this? I am just wondering why I have to do this. Thanks!

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If you need to twist the club into a closed position to hit the ball you are definitely compensating for some fault in your swing but without seeing your swing on video anyone would just be guessing. My advice without seeing your swing video would be to just stop twisting the club and accept the results. If you keeping practicing you will figure out how to hit the ball without twisting the club. You don't want this band-aid to develop into a habit.

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I was in the same boat after taking a hiatus from the game. Went to get a few lessons to straighten my drive and continued to practice on my own. Best advice I ever received was rather than buying new clubs first take about $1k and get some quality lessons and then decide if it was the clubs or the user; most of the time it is the user.

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I have been considering lessons but i dont really have the money as im in college working part time this summer and i have other expenses. The real question is why should i change what im doing if it is working? Thanks for the help btw guys
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I have been considering lessons but i dont really have the money as im in college working part time this summer and i have other expenses. The real question is why should i change what im doing if it is working? Thanks for the help btw guys

Define "working". Sure it may work alright for your current skill level but if you want to really improve you'll need to work on the mechanics of the swing first. Results will come later. If you get too caught up with the ball's flight at this stage in your games development you are going to ingrain bad habits. Sometimes you need to take a step backward to take those two steps forwards.

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I hear ya. But im driving the ball straight probably 250 yards by doing this. But i understand what you are saying.

There are two possibilities I can come up with based on this statement.

1. We have a saying "Feel ain't real", meaning that perhaps it feels like you are twisting the club closed but in reality isn't as extreme as you're perceiving it to be. The way our brains work requires us to make moves that seem awkward and exaggerated in order to make small changes.

2. You're dismissing your misses and not hitting that straight 250 shot nearly as often as you might believe.

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I am playing right now and im just bringing the club straight back. It works well with irons and wedges. I am making good contact with woods and my driver but each shot has a nasty hook to the right. I just gotta figure that out
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