Causes of hitting off the toe...

[gills]

Hey guys,

Lately I've been hitting almost all of my shots off the toe of my clubs. Generally, when i mishit, it's a duck hook with both my irons and driver, but 98% of the time it's off the toe and it hurts my distance and accuracy greatly.

Without seeing a swing (which i know is the proper way to do it), what generally causes toe shots?

Just FYI, when i mishit it's a duck hook/pull hook..etc, but yesterday with the driver I was focusing on steepening my swing plane and i was still hitting off the toe of the club but the shots were pushed/fade. No dramatic slices, but i still missed most of my tee shots right. Just a weak connection off the toe of the driver and even some sky balls.

I want to focus primarily on the driver here because my tee shots are destroying my game at the moment. Anything =< 140yds, and putting, is saving my game.

Thanks.

[Richie3Jack]

Hey guys,

Things that can cause hits off the toe:

1. Spine angle rises throughout the swing. 2. Lie angles on clubs are too flat. 3. Ball too far forward in stance. Usually it's #1 which means that the upper half of the body rises (aka "bails outs") through the swing. This can be caused by many factors such as poor address position and locking the back knee on the backswing. 3JACK

[gills]

Things that can cause hits off the toe:

Interesting. It probably is #1 because i used to have a tendency to straighten my back leg excessively to the point of locking. When i went to Stratton, VT golfU that was the main thing they were trying to correct on me. I've probably reverted back to doing that without even realizing.

Is there anything else to look at? I'm going to try moving the ball back a little in my stance as well.

[CosmosMpower]

For me it's always standing too far away from the ball.

[gills]

For me it's always standing too far away from the ball.

I wish it was this, but i don't think it is. I'll give it a shot though.

[bigphil]

you should check your club face at the top of you backswing...its probably pointing straight up in the air which would be very closed, and could definately cause the "shrimp/hook." if thats the case, you might check your grip and make sure its not to strong. any video you can get for analysis would be good for us

[iacas]

Swinging out to in too much, just as swinging too much in to out causes the shanks.

[Magnus]

Agree with the Outside-to-In causing the toe-shot. I find myself, when trying to hit the ball too hard, or digging it out of deep rough, to come over the top a bit, and yep - toe it.

[gills]

At this stage, i believe i'm going in-out. But we'll see. I'm going to the range tomorrow morning to see what i can figure out.

[effektz]

For me it's always standing too far away from the ball.

Thats a big problem I had (and still have sometimes). when I line up on the ball the way it feels natural, i take a quarter step forward and swing naturally. For the most part this fixed my problem :d

[gills]

Well, went to the range this morning and it was excellent.

First i focused on not locking my back leg on the backswing, which i'm not sure i was even doing in the first place. But, I did it as a precautionary. It helped a little as i did notice better contact overall. Still a little bit toward the toe end, but no where near my last outing.

So then I moved myself somewhat closer to the ball and, amazingly it made a world of difference. Not sure why, or when i put myself further from the ball. I used to lean and put my arms out a bit more before i got my swing revamped in 08/07 so i guess I just gradually went that way.

I'm ready to go back out there and destroy my friend!

Thanks