Changing my swing angle

[El-Boogie1975]

I know this is not the right or correct way to do things, but I was at the range and hitting balls and the same thing kept happening. Every swing (when I made contact, that is) the ball went left off the club head. I'm left handed so this is a very bad thing. I tried switching the club head angle, but that didn't work. So, instead of changing the grip, or head angle, I just moved 25 degrees to my left. The approach is more diagonal to the ball, but the ball goes straight and got up in the air.

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!

I also felt better swinging the ball seeing it go straight more often than not. I even hit it better in general. Before, I was hitting grounders up the middle and when I hit it in the air, it would go left always.

I know this is not a good habit, but it just made me feel good that I could hit it and have a good shot. Gives me confidence to go out on the course.

Opinions?

This isn't a permanent thing BTW.

[JackLee]

If I understand correctly, you were using a closed stance.  That's something that I do with all full swings, sometimes even more than 25 degrees.  If it works well for you consistently, there is no reason not to use it.  A closed stance makes it easy to swing inside-out, and I think that is the clubhead path that recreational players should be using.