Lefty_3Jack

I think some are misunderstanding what I'm asking. I understand you'd like to hit it "straight" and you do things with setup to produce a certain shot when you think you need to (although studies show you don't need to, go check out Decade and it'll open your eyes). I'm not asking you what you do to hit a fade on a hole or a draw on another. I'm asking what do you hit primarily and is that what came natural to you when you first started playing or did you do things to completely revert your natural tendencies. Take Zack Johnson for example. If today was the first day he ever swung a club and he jumped out of bed, went to the range and swung the club like he does, he'd start out playing golf hitting push draws. In that regard his "natural" tendency from the get go was hitting a push draw. The question is to see if someone has changed their ball flight over time, permanently, to the shot shape that is 180° from what their natural tendency was when they started playing. The reason for the question is to determine if it's an exercise in futility to try and hit a pull fade if "naturally" dump it under and swing out or vice versa.

Did you choose your ball flight or did it choose you? Do you believe you have a swing DNA that chose your ball flight for you? I'm in a bad spot now as my path is consistently between -1° & +1° with irons and 1° to 3° out to in with the driver, but the face is consistently shut to the path (6°-8° sometimes) so I'm hitting some really unplayable shots. I'm plus missing off the heel/neck a lot. A year ago I was 4° in to out and still was unable to play a push draw because of lack of face control. I ended up playing a variation of fades by the middle of the year with some good success, but the pull hooks would always get me if I took a few days off. Right now I'm a 4.5 who was a 3.2 a few weeks ago and I'm on my way to being a 15 with each passing day! As I begin to sort this out I've wondered if I'm supposed to be playing a draw or if I'd be better to play a fade? How do you tell what's going to be best for you? I have been unable to do either consistently in the 10 years I've played so I'm confused. I want to practice more efficiently now and chose a path to improvement based off of a consistent ball flight, not necessarily what my FO view looks like on a camera.