Lost 8 balls today!!

[kleraudio]

7 were erradic drives! Just wondering if you guys can offer some advice?

Ive flattened out my swing plane, I used to have a very steep attack, Ive since eliminated my slice and now have a pretty nice draw...

Only problem is sometimes that draw turns into a serious serious hook and I have a round like today where I lose 7 balls and take 7 friggin penalties!! I scored a 95 and without those horrible tee shots, I may have had a nice round...

Does coming in too flat promote a hook?? I did hit a few pull hooks, but some started right of my target line like usual, and just drew, and then hooked right into the trees!!

Any tips?

Thanks in advance!

Jim

[kennay92]

your swinging to flat now causing you to come way from the inside.. on your back swing try bringing the club a little more vertical and flat and around you and it should help out.. lmk if it helps

[R7Player]

when that happens to me I put away driver and only use 3 wood until I get my confidence back. Better to make a lesser mistake than a big one. not sure if you warmed up with the wedges, 9, 8, 7 , on down to 3 wood then driver before you started round.
sometimes go with 4 or 5 iron off tee just to get it in fairway. Hope it helps.

[Dub]

When I'm hitting hooks I find the culprit is quite often my right hand taking over too much.

If a trend develops...say 2,3 or more shots in a short span of holes then I'll take a practice swing before the real shot and focus on letting my right hand barely stay on the club... just along for the ride.

There could be a myriad of other reasons & solutions...but this works for me.


Good luck. I feel your pain!!! This sounds like one of my recent rounds...could've been great if I didn't leave it the rough as often. Hope my new driver helps.

[skialpental]

This sounds like the problem I was having a couple of weeks ago.

To fix it I just simplified everything and just decided to put a good swing on the ball and let it fly, when i did this my miss would be one way and I would just play it to let my flight bring the ball into play.

So if you have hooking problems put a good swing on the ball and if you lose it left aim farther right, just make sure the ball does the same thing on every swing.