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Haven't tried that! will let you know on Thursday after the range

So I've managed to cure my dreaded run of the good ol shank and been working on my iron play. While I believe I have a fair enough understanding of ball flight to understand the my problem, it seems that my problem sits between a hook and pull ( BUT I could be totally wrong). Let me explain At address, I feel that I'm fairly squared at the target, depending on my intended approach, but most of the time I feel pretty squared up for a straight approach shot. For the life of me, the ball goes left, its doesn't start of straight and then peel to the left, neither does it shoot of very sharply to the left with indicates pull?. It just goes left in a straight line, looking at the postion after the swing, I'm facing exactly where the ball went, left! and offline my target line. Strange enough it seems to be with all my irons, just not my shorter ones, I tend to get my 5 / 4 iron straighter but anything up tends to shoot left of the target. I tried moving the ball further back in my stance, making sure the club isn't slightly closed at impact, even tried placing a marker just in front of the ball to help me swing towards the target...hmmmmmm hasn't helped! any idea's?

Apologies if this is in the wrong section. Just thought I'd share this with you So I been an avid reader of this site for a while now and while I have made almost no contribution to it in term of posting etc, just don’t think my personal game is up speed as yet to comment on others. Some background into my experience with the game: I started playing about 18-24 months ago and I have recently come down to a 16. But my performance has not been consistent, especially my iron play, I always had to lean my putting and play around the greens to shoot a decent score. It hasn’t got any better recently (about a month) either, the dreaded shank has come into play and anything from 60 – 100 odd meters out and I can almost guarantee I would get a pearl of a shank. I’ve even notice that the shank is starting to creep into my short irons. Strange even, I almost know what I doing wrong, it seems to be a combinations of coming over the top, swinging to the inside, my practice swings all seem prefect, from takeaway to follow through, but just cant seem to replicate the swing once the ball is in front my me, given I assume my practice swing feel right – I seeing a pro tonight. I’ve read / made notes / I’ve even made a list of drills that I read of this forum and taken it to the range, in desperation I try the tilt and stack, hoping it with provide quick results and a perfect round the next day and with no disc credit to any method, I’ve realized that there is no quick fix, it almost like doing an apprenticeship before you are able to perform consistently. I played yesterday and had a round where I felt like digging myself into a bunker and coming out once everyone had gone home, shot 97 I go to the range at least twice a week and instead of just hitting balls, I try and work on what I’ve read, I watch other people etc. Hasn’t helped much, got a stage in my game yesterday where I actually didn’t want to play this awesome sport anymore. But hey! It just keeps on calling us back doesn’t it! The point of my point, to all the guys struggling, hang in there, it WILL get better. I will try and get some footage of my swing posted and feedback tomorrow from my lesson tonight.

Guys, Just wondering if any of you current play / played with these irons? I've been using these for the last 5 months and find them really comfortable, however i recently played off a set of CG gold which felt fantastic and dropped 5 shots out my round, now i cant contribute the lower round to the irons or rather cannot guarantee it was the clubs, but it felt really comfortable and easy to hit, now my mate played of the XC's (he normally plays of the CG's) and he said the Niacklaus feel better than than the CG's? comments...

having a problem uploading the vid... will try my best to get it up ASAP. You right I seem to take the same stance with the irons, guess its just habit, i will try to stand closer and will let you guys know.

you kinda right, i stand further away in order to create the "sweeping" action, standing closer makes me feel confined for space... if that makes sense..

here are some pic's, will get the vid up shortly

Thanks for this... Well, with me the ball starts of straight and goes right... I have got a vid and a few pic from this weekend...comments welcome, i will have it up in a bit

So some feedback as promised... I spent sometime at the range last night, and tried out most the suggestions you provided. I really impressed, off all the suggestions about, the tip by TIM off aiming towards the left corner of the ball helped me swing more from outside in... although the fade has not completely gone, it has certainly improved. I will have a chance to try this out at the course tommorrow,and will report back thank you again.

really apperciate this guys... thank you

this brings me to me 2nd question, while I'm tempted to sort out one issue at a time :), i figue whileim at the range i shoudl try both :) with regards to irons...i was always under the impression that on the down swing, just before making contact with the ball, one should have the club face slighty foward .i.e. infront of your hand, or should the hand lead the club until impact... gusy excuse if my wording / phrases are incorrect...as I've just started.

thanks for all the help guys - im eager to try this tips out, will report back on Friday morning.

yip, think slice is the better word

so number 4, is basically swinging down at the ball slighty if that makes sense?

Hey Guys Hi from sunny South Africa . Great site! So I'm going to jump straight into it. I need some advice. I've been playing for the last 4 months or so, and I'm making steady progress... currently playing in the mid 90's (on a great day) Lets start with the Driver. A month ago i couldn't hit the driver at all, I will hit it fat, i would simply just miss the ball etc, which is rather embrassing, when there are a line of people waiting to tee off so i have progress from there and now in a position where im making constant contact, making a clean connection etc, but with that comes a huge fade to the right. Im using a Taylor Made R7 - draw bias - 10.5. The driver is great and most importantly i feel comfortable with it. To try and correct this, i have attempted the following... 1. making David Leadbetter dvd's part of my daily life 2.I have changed grip position, form inter locking to over lapping (ensuring i can see the knuckles etc) 3.Changed ball postion from the middle of my stance to the in line with my left thigh. 4.tried hitting "down" at the ball instead of "up" 5.Tried coming more for the outside of my swing.. bla bla bla..the list goes now. even tried to get the driver in front of the hand just before impact (by flciking the wrists)..still nada...i cant see to get this right. When i do strike the ball cleanly i get 200 / 220 m... Guys what can try? any help will be apperciated.!