The Wolf

I'll be popping down to the range next week and I intend filming my swing. I can't believe the feedback I have had already. My boyfriend reckons you lot will be sending me an invoice for this advice. Allow me to throw another teaser at you all. my playing partner, who plays off 3 says I definitely hit a push hook. You see there's a short par 4 at our home course that has trees all down the left and right for about 150 yds, its a rather narrow corridor with very tall trees on the left. My point is, I hit the ball over the shorter trees on the right and at about 170 yds my ball begins to turn left and finds the dogleg and often runs on or near trhe green. Is it possible to hit a high pull hook? BTW, can I question the logic of an in/out path (3°) with a slightly closed face (2°) creating a pull. That ball would start right and end up left of target. A clubface that's almost square couldn't send the ball left of target that quickly, surely?

IMO, for what its worth, you're definitely hitting a pull hook. Change your path by aligning feet shoulders etc a bout 10° more to the right and at least you'll find the fairway. Opening the clubface a little will help your ball flight.

Thanks for the feedback. My problem isn't how far right I start the ball but how much it curves back. The flight laws are a little over my head and the only path that I can talk about is the in/out. I think the other two paths are nonsensical. As the club always comes from the inside initially on the downswing, its a bit of a back breaker and a power leak to then move to the outside of the attack line and move the club head on an out/in path through impact. As for the in/in path, I would like to see the player who can consistently achieve a square path through impact. Anyway that's about my understanding of path. Back to my problem... I normally start my ball 15° to 25° right of my desired target and on good days it curves nicely back to target. But on bad days it tends to curve way too much. I have never been able to achieve a slice curve except when I get silly with face angles but there's something about club design that makes closed face conditions more accessible.

If you're really serious about this then dropping to at least 4 would be essential

Correction PUSH HOOK

Hello I'm new to this site. Up to recently, I have played golf more for relaxation but its now starting to mess with my head. I am a decathlete and have studied sport to a very high level. I understand the basics of swing path and face angles but am having great difficulty eradicating my push hook which on bad days duck out of control. I aim 20° right of target and feel that I am keeping the face open through impact but the ball still turns back to the target. Obviously the face is closed at impact but even if I over-exaggerate this it never slices. Someone suggested Hogan's wrist insulation to me but I didn't understand what he was talking about. I am open to any suggestions.

Jimmy Carr

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I am a decathlete and my strongest sports are Javelin (No.6 in UK) and Pole Vault (No.11 world). I do not compete anymore and have turned my hand to coaching. I play almost all sports and would consider myself to be a reasonable golfer.