Swing has been very consistent lately and I’m getting a nice push draw with pretty much every club. My only problem area is the driver. I’m making solid contact and in my mind, I’m swinging it just like all the other clubs, but I am consistently over -drawing it. Any tips or drills you can recommend?
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Thanks Tom. I should clarify and say over-drawing. Starts slightly to the right the ends up to the left of the fairway. I normally play a draw with every club, but it definitely curves progressively more the longer the club gets.
@bh11 - Some very helpful insight offered by @nkorfhage.
One question though: The title of your post refers to "hooking", but your post itself speaks to over-drawing. These are separate issues. I consider a hook to be a shot that starts at or to the pull side of the target line and curves (or dives, for a snap hook) more to the pull side, whereas an over-draw starts to the push side of the target line and curves to the pull side of the target.
Since all other clubs are performing well for you, perhaps now is a good time for a V1 so I can put my eyes on your driver swing. offer my observations, and provide a specific action plan to help you shore up the driver and get your game firing on all cylinders?
Hey bh11,
I had the same problem last season. There were a couple of things I was doing wrong that gave me the same result with the driver.
I was standing up in the down swing and losing my spine angle toward the ball. That causes the club to come down really steep and cause the duck hook.
I was moving my hips too much toward the target in the down swing which causes even more inside to out swing path.
Make sure you keep your head still to maintain the spine angle toward the ball until after impact. Make sure you aren't pushing your hips too much towards the target in the down swing. Also, I did do a swing analysis with Tom using the V1 golf app. Tom's analysis was just what I needed to correct things and now I'm splitting the atom again with my drives.