Old club slice- New club hook...What's Happening

[Hackforfun]

Hi there. New kid on the block here

I'm in the process of getting some new clubs fitted and got a few demo clubs from the clubmaker to try out. The new clubs are fairly different to my old ones as I have grown about 6-7" since I got the original set. I think the new ones are 1.5" longer and a slightly different lie angle. Down at the range having a try of the new clubs I found my ball flight was radically different.

Typically I hit my bad shots as slices or pull them straight left. Good shots are generally pretty straight but often a little right of target. With the demo clubs I couldn't hit it right at all. I was hitting a draw, which I've never done in my life, or straight and varying degrees of hook, some of them really nasty but generally probably a little more forgiving on off centre hits.

Now I'm just confused as to why things would change so dramatically. I'm guessing that the clubs fitting me better is just making it easier to swing on plane and square the club face at impact and I just have a bit of over-compensation build into my existing swing but reading around the forum I see that too light a shaft flex can lead to hooking the ball. Obviously I don't want to build a whole set of clubs that turn me from a slicer to a hook machine. Is there anyway to work out what has caused this big change?

[OnePutt]

Hi there. New kid on the block here

These are irons you're talking about, correct? They don't have graphite shafts, do they?

You are correct most likely about over compensation, perhaps putting in some time to correct the ball flight is necessary, if these clubs were fitted properly. I'd say that's more than likely the solution, but if you aren't confident the next step is have a lesson and let a pro who knows what he is doing take a look at your swing.

[Hackforfun]

Oops sorry! Yes these are steel shafted irons and hybrids. I'm not looking at woods just yet. I am going to have some lessons once I have the clubs but I guess I'm just worried about getting the flex wrong and having to reshaft them after a short period.

[michaeljames92]

Could be an equipment issue, different shaft flex/lie angle or possibly you were over compensating or something. Where are you from Hack for fun

[taylor_made809]

How much different in weighting do they feel? And are they possibly draw set? If they are lighter you may be getting the club head around faster and in turn a little closed at impact. Try hittting some half swings and concentrate on keeping the club square at impact. If that helps than your timing may just be a little off. GOod luck!

[Hackforfun]

Thanks for the input guys. I met with the clubmaker this morning and discussed it with him. He thinks that it is most likely the interaction with my old swing and the better fitting clubs getting back to square more easily for me. The lie angle on the old set causes me to play my hands quite close to my body which cramps me up a bit so I might have a bit of overcompensation built in to get back close to square at impact. He seemed pretty confident that the flex was fine for my swing speeds and tempo.

Hopefully I'll sort it out on the range with some more practice. I think I hit the ball more consistently with the new clubs but it was disconcerting to see mishits travel in completely the opposite direction to normal! I guess the best thing to do is to try not to mishit it