Occasional Hooks

[Finn07]

Its weird, there are some days where I can go out there and hit the ball great, and then there are some days just like this morning where I cant get the ball to stop hooking on me no matter what I do...I have a good tempo, dont swing too hard at all, just dont know what it can be. Any advice, Ive read a previous post about it and someone had mentioned that the clubhead is turning on the takeaway, I hit a natural draw as it is but this morning wasnt pretty.

[muskegman]

I always hook if my backswing gets too long.

[Rafcin]

  Finn07 said:

...cant get the ball to stop hooking on me no matter what I do...

Hard to say anything from the distance w/o seeing it... in my case it happens when my hands disconnect from the body - I don't keep the same rythm in the swing. Most of the time hands will get ahead (heavy draw to a hook) or lag bit behind (weak push right). Shortend backswing indeed might temporary help with that...

[wyldkard]

I have the opposite problem. I have a slight fade that occassionally turns into a nasty slice. Ewwww...

[PowerXSwing]

  Finn07 said:

Its weird, there are some days where I can go out there and hit the ball great, and then there are some days just like this morning where I cant get the ball to stop hooking on me no matter what I do...I have a good tempo, dont swing too hard at all, just dont know what it can be. Any advice, Ive read a previous post about it and someone had mentioned that the clubhead is turning on the takeaway, I hit a natural draw as it is but this morning wasnt pretty.

One of the main causes of the hooks is, you pull the club inside on the take away. Then you come back to the ball from the extreme inside path. As the clubhead approches the ball it is inside and has a very shallow angle of attack. Then instead of naturally releasing the club, you roll your arms in a attempt to square the face. SNAP HOOK! If I were you, I'd restrict your hip turn as you coil. I feel that is the biggest reason golfers get the club off plane. Hope this helps.