Pull to the Left

[cooke119]

Had not played in months do to  a long vacation and the weather. Yesterday was 43* so time to play, although I was really bundled up because of the wind. Anyway, every drive went dead left into the woods, except my irons, (I'm right handed). I was using my 3W because my driver was worse. This had happened before but I could not remember how I corrected it. I think I even wrote a post about it here on TST. These drives were not hooks, they were dead left, straight as an arrow, (until they hit a tree). Very frustrating. I have watched "How To Hit A Driver" video here on TST, tried to put what I learned into practice, didn't work.

So I guess I'm asking again how to stop pulling a drive dead left for a right handed player?

PS, I think I am coming over the top, right to left, big time but I could not correct it.

[dennyjones]

I'm no expert but if your drive started left and went straight, your path was out to in with your face square to that path.   

Ball flight laws

 

[billchao]

13 minutes ago, cooke119 said:

PS, I think I am coming over the top, right to left, big time but I could not correct it.

As @dennyjones mentioned, if you’re hitting straight pulls, your path is left. You can make it more playable by getting the club face more open at impact but then you’re just playing a slice. Long term fix is to work on club path.

[70sSanO]

Could be coming over the top.  Might be the turn is throwing the club out and then you just finish left.  If it is going straight left, your path and your club face are aligned.

John

[cooke119]

20 hours ago, 70sSanO said:

Could be coming over the top.  Might be the turn is throwing the club out and then you just finish left.  If it is going straight left, your path and your club face are aligned.

John

You are correct, that is exactly what I was doing. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos which talked about what I was doing wrong, i.e., starting the down swing with my shoulders first, coming over the top, right to left resulting in the straight pull to the left. The correction was to start the downswing with the hips first, sliding them to the left a little promoting an in to out swing. I went to the range this morning and put into practice what I learned and sure enough I was hitting my driver and 3W straight down the middle.

It just amazes me that you can go out one day and everything goes to wrong. A small correction, which I think I knew in first place, and the problem is corrected. I guess that is golf.

Thanks for the input.

Jim

[ncates00]

38 minutes ago, cooke119 said:

It just amazes me that you can go out one day and everything goes to wrong. A small correction, which I think I knew in first place, and the problem is corrected. I guess that is golf.

Yep.  Part of it is because our little feelings change over time.  Sometimes you don't do it enough and sometimes you over do it.  It's all about finding that little window of reasonableness.  I worked hard at the end of last year, going into this year on my start line control and face control.  Getting rid of the push draw was one of the best decisions I've made.  It's paying off quite nicely and making for pretty neutral flights throughout the bag.

[arturo28mx]

At impact the club face was pointing left. Perhaps your grip was too strong.