My Swing (Woltaire)

[woltaire]

October 2011:

I am posting my swing with different clubs version 02.10.2011.

I ask for advice.

Driver:

Six Iron:

[woltaire]

To make this a bit more complete:

I played Golf some years ago and was a decent player.

However I made a break for six years and started to play again about four months ago.

Since then I am trying to get back into shape.

This year I want to come back and play tournaments.

If I hit the ball well, I always play with a slight draw which is what I want and like.

However I am currently fighting a hook which is my only mishit.

If I go wrong I am always to much on the left side.

I usually aim for the right side of the greens for that reason.

With the irons it works.

But the driver sometimes turns terribly to the left...

[walk18]

Looks like your head's moving a lot, and you're taking the club back a little too inside. The swing could be shortened up too.

[woltaire]

December 2011:

I am trying to focus very much on the head at the moment.

Trying to keep it at position as long as I can.

Four Iron:

Driver:

As far as I can see the head remains in position for the whole backswing and the first part of the downswing.

It tilts back just in the moment when or after I have hit the ball.

I then manage to get the weight on the left side somehow.

I wonder if it is a reverse pivot, but I absolute don't move to the left site during the backswing...

[mdl]

The biggest problem I see is that you stand up at the very end of your back swing.  Try keeping your left shoulder lower and not allowing it to roll over and turn your shoulder plane extremely shallow at the top of your back swing.  Usually not allowing the shoulder to roll up at the end of the back swing will also force you to take a slightly shorter (though more powerful) swing.  For me at least, keeping a shorter swing helps with consistency.

[CrossGolfPro]

Woltaire,

One thing I noticed is with the driver swing, the downswing started with your hands.  A great trigger is to begin pushing your weight towards the target with your front knee, followed by your hips thrusting through the ball.  The better rotation you can make, the less the ball will go left.

[AndyC]

I hate to throw another swing thought in there but I can't help myself... While I agree, your swing can be shorter (which would help with consistancy) that's not what your issue is in regards to the snap hooks you claim to be having.  I watched your first video you posted, more specifically, the last slo-mo from straight on and I think it's pretty clear the issue.  You don't finish on your left side.  Look at the last swing in the first video and you should be able to see it easily.  You need almost all (95%) of your weight to be on your left side at the finish.  It looks to me like your left-right weight distrubution is maybe 60-40.  When you "hang back" like that your always gonna snap it left unless you start to compensate for it.  I think it was Arnold Palmer that was famous for that walk-through move. (I maybe wrong on whom it was)  But th idea behind walking through after you hit the shot is to make sure you finish on the left side.  If you practice this, and once you get the timing down, you should see straighter shots as well as hitting the ball farther because now, you would be utilizing your weight more effectively.  See what I mean?

[AndyC]

Take a look at this swing of Rory... look at his hips (weight) at the finish compared to yours.

[woltaire]

It was Gary Player, who walked through the ball towards the target.

I think it's that what you mean?

[AndyC]

Yes!  My apologies to Gary Player... I think this is your MAIN issue.  It should fix your snap hook and maybe, just maybe, give you some added distance.

[woltaire]

March 2012

I am focussing on my overswing at the moment.

I managed to get the club parallel to the ground at the top.

I also tried to work on the swing plane as shown in the following video.

My current error seems to be a pull draw.

If I hit it bad the ball starts slightly to the left and turns on. With a i7 it's about 10 meters to the left of the target if I hit it wrong.

With the driver about 30 meters. It's neither a duck hook nor a quick hook.

Simply a pull draw.