That Damn Hook

[Cole_21]

I have been hooking my irons while my 3 wood and driver have been straight. I have worked on it the last couple of days with no luck.

It is not a terrible hook but it is a hook.

Please help, I used to be decent at this!

[muskegman]

Cole, I just read this today from Golf Online and found it helpful:

If you’re consistently hooking the ball, you’re probably rolling your hands and the club inside too soon during your takeaway. Swing your hands and club back togther in a one-piece motion, keeping the clubface pointing at the ball for a few feet. This will help you get the club into a better position at the top of the swing and help you return the clubface squarely to the ball.

[Cole_21]

I will try and see what happens.

I usually can fix my swing, but not this time.

[Rafcin]

I have been hooking my irons while my 3 wood and driver have been straight. I have worked on it the last couple of days with no luck.

I'd similar problem last couple of weeks. During my 3 hours session on a driving range

I think I found the reason (for me at least-might work for you too). My left shoulder was bothering me lately, I feel pain raising my arm above shoulder level. As I found yesterday I also experienced pain, when my left arm was fully extended against my upper body (what will happen with full shoulder turn and slight hip turn). I caught myself protecting my shoulder (unconcious) and turning my hips almost 80deg, kind of following my shoulders, almost parallel on the top of the swing. That causes the club to be flat, way behind my back. From there the downswing's plane was very flat, I'd say at about 30deg (shaft to ground) and finishing low and far left. This caused 3 things at impact: 1. shallow attack, scooping the ball of the ground 2. extreme in-to-out-to-in swing (hook!) 3. high potential of shank if I reached out further on the bottom I corrected it by making sure, that my hips are not turning more than 45 deg at the top of my swing. My left shoulder hurts, but God Damn, it was worth it! Ball flight straighten out, distance is back, no more shanks. Check yourself if you laying-off on top of the swing a bit, that could be the same thing...

[Cole_21]

I checked that last night and that was the problem.

I fixed it now.

Thanks for the help.