Long Irons Go left

[cnl390]

I am struggling with getting my long irons (4,5,6) to go straight, they go low and to the left.  Every other club (LW - 7i) are fine.  Any suggestions?

 

[boogielicious]

13 hours ago, cnl390 said:

I am struggling with getting my long irons (4,5,6) to go straight, they go low and to the left.  Every other club (LW - 7i) are fine.  Any suggestions?

 

Start a My Swing thread in the Member Swings section. It will be much easier to help you there.

[mcanadiens]

I've struggled with the same thing to the point where I rarely use my 3 and 4 irons. On the other hand, as my overall swing has improved (a little) the situation is getting better. One of the better shots from this weekend was a 4-iron that hit a green I rarely manage.

Obviously I can't know what your issues are, but the thread on the centered pivot really helped me.

Good luck.

[UnfairWay]

Had a similar thing, although with all irons not just the long ones, worked on it at the range yesterday. Keeping my right arm as straight as possible through the swing really helped me.

[metbid]

I agree with @UnfairWay that a straight left arm is important, if it is bending at the elbow, it can bring the club in at a slight out to in path. Also, pulling long irons might be letting your left wrist 'flip', even a little, at contact. 5sk key #3 inline wrist is very important.

[Buckeyebowman]

Remember when the 2,3,4 irons were thought of as the "long" irons rather than the 4,5,6! Whatever, low left doesn't surprise me. If I would give you one suggestion, it would be this. Just because you're swinging a "longer" iron, that doesn't mean you have to swing it "harder"!

Just let the club do it's job!

[cnl390]

4 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Remember when the 2,3,4 irons were thought of as the "long" irons rather than the 4,5,6! Whatever, low left doesn't surprise me. If I would give you one suggestion, it would be this. Just because you're swinging a "longer" iron, that doesn't mean you have to swing it "harder"!

Just let the club do it's job!

That makes sense.  I might be trying too hard. 

[Natural Patrick]

24 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Remember when the 2,3,4 irons were thought of as the "long" irons rather than the 4,5,6! Whatever, low left doesn't surprise me. If I would give you one suggestion, it would be this. Just because you're swinging a "longer" iron, that doesn't mean you have to swing it "harder"!

Just let the club do it's job!

Great advice.

[Barnacle Bob]

Watch out for to much forward shaft lean with longer irons, to much lean will result in pulls & hooks. Either take a neutral "no lean" or if you must open the club face a little bit at address. This was a problem I once had, short irons were no problem, longer irons resulted in mostly pulls unless I tried to get on it, resulting in a hook. Funny thing was I never realized the prob until a friend pointed it out, my shots immediately began flying straight or drawing. 

[RH31]

When I start pulling irons it's usually because I let me hands get back too far in my stance and this closes the clubface a little at address.

check your ball position relative to stance

check your clubface position relative to target line(square or slightly right of line)

check your hand position relative to the ball or stance whichever gets them set correctly for you

[Barnacle Bob]

As I stated above, excessive forward shaft lean created problems for me, but once  I cured that another swing flaw developed pulling left, namely my right shoulder was out of sync with the left. When the club head approached the slot, my right shoulder would slightly speed up faster than the left in an almost quasi OTP move, creating a pull shot. 

Maybe this vid will help.

 

[ralphs007]

Excellent video, Barnacle Bob!

[RichardHammond]

Low and left! Likely to strong a grip causing a closed club face at impact