Hooking Everything from 7i-Driver. Tips???

[kennay92]

This just started, and my usual mess up/miss has always been a slice. I know its kind of hard to say without video but anyone know some base causes or anything?

[wrx_junki]

Some quick fixes might be, weaker grips or hold off on the release through impact.

[shortstop20]

Check setup, ball position and wrist angle(bowed?) at the top.

[kennay92]

Some quick fixes might be, weaker grips or hold off on the release through impact.

tried the weaker grip, didnt work so much, and holding off the release is how i hit a fade, i might be over rotating my hands but i cant get it to be in bewtween over rotating and holding off without thinking about it to much and getting poor contact.

[soloredd]

My miss-hit is a hook and it usually is caused for me by becoming too "handsy". I really notice it when I get fatigued. Instead of making great shoulder and hip rotation, I use my arms and hands. I've tried to change my grip to fix this when it happens and it doesn't do much. If it's in the middle of a round, I usually have to play to an open stance or aim further right of the target than normal.

[Hackforfun]

I have been struggling with this intermittently for the last couple of months. My problem seems to be at set-up. I was getting my feet too far apart and getting a real flat swing to have any chance of getting through the ball. If my timing is off it is either a big hook or a block right. Get my feet back to shoulder width and now I'm swinging more upright again and getting a slight draw or push rather than a hook or block.

[Shanks A Million]

This just started, and my usual mess up/miss has always been a slice. I know its kind of hard to say without video but anyone know some base causes or anything?

This should be the big hint. If the usual shot is a slice, then odds are the swing is outside in with a face that is open to the path. If suddenly you start to hook it, odds are that the cause is the same swing path with a shut face. With that, it appears that the culprit is merely face angle, and therefore the problem is to be found somewhere in that.

If you can get a video, then do so, but until then, I would do this. Put a ball down, and place the club behind it, but not in the normal way, actually get down on your knees on the opposite side of the ball, and place the club face behind the ball. Then, hold it in that position, and move around to your normal adress position. You may find that the face looks very open. It's possible that you unconsioulsly began to set up with the face shut, and now it looks normal to you. At adress, the club should look like it points to 1 o'clock if your target is 12 o'clock. Try this and see if it helps.

[saevel25]

Hook, the club face is closed compared to your swing path. Quiet your hands through impact, you want the club head to continue to point down the line through impact as your rotate around your spine. If you start pushing or slicing, that is you not rotating through enough, not the hands but the body.

[killerduck]

Check your shoulder alignment. Generally if your shoulders point more toward 1 o'clock (right hander) you'll tend to draw/hook. If they point more toward 11 o'clock you'll tend to cut/slice. Maybe your club face is too closed at impact? Try the same swing, pick the club up a little higher, and start with a slightly more open face. (That's what I tend to do when I initiate panic sequence "I CAN'T STOP HOOKING THE THING!!") lol

[uttexas]

Extend your spine and push gluts forward more through impact. This has helped me when I have problems hooking the ball.