I played yesterday and was making fantastic contact with the ball but 90% of them were pulling and sometimes straight up hooking. (A few however were beautiful push draws). This shows up on a Facebook page I’m on and started thinking if this may be the solution. The only thing I’ve been doing differently is trying to engage my hips more (my hips have been very quiet and really lacking rotatation). So if I’m starting the downswing rotating my hips instead of laterally, I’m guessing, would that cause a lot of pulled shots? Oh and a side note: I got paired up with a guy named Avery and he was interested in some instruction and I really talked you up @Tom Saguto. (of course I always do anytime I get a chance). 👍🏻😁🏌️♂️
I have started to visualize that there's a wall about 6 or so inches to the left of my left hip and I need to bump that wall during the downswing. It's also possible to use an alignment stick with a pool noodle over the stick and place it about that distance (or more) to the left of my left hip to get the feel.
My question is should the hips make that lateral move as early as possible, maybe even slightly before the club reaches the top? Seems like Nicklaus and Hogan somewhat "pre-set" their hips to the left as they reached the top of their backswings. Could that be easier on the downswing because their hips were already somewhat slid left? Or am I seeing something that's not there?