Excellent and very thorough response, @burkholder.ronald. Thanks for taking the time to analyze @Richard Furmston's swing and offer such a detailed reply!
Also, see Tom's videos about quiet hands. It appears you are rotating your hands through the impact zone. Go back to the 2.8 drill, and try to maintain "the wedge" in the follow through.
Was hesitant to comment since the video does not give a good view of your impact position. But decided to weigh in with this. Understanding the ball flight laws is important for self diagnosing what appears to be an incorrect ball flight. The fact is the ball flight will always be correct given the impact physics.
So, first, let's assume what you are calling a hook is a ball flight that curves to the left (you being right handed). It is not a straight pull, or a pull hook. The ball starts on the target line and then curves left, or starts to the right of the target line and curves back and too far over the target line finishing to the left of the target.
Given we are talking about a hook, ball flight physics laws indicate that at impact the face is pointed to the left of the swing path line at impact. So the swing path is either down the target line at impact or inside the target line going to the right of the target line. In either case, what you are calling a hook and what you are wanting to fix is a face that is excessively closed compared to the target line.
So, you want to bring the face angle closer to the swing path line at impact. There are several ways to accomplish this. The first thing to look at is your grip. An excessively strong grip can promote a closed face at impact if your hands are not leading the club head at impact enough to ensure the face is square at impact. Tom has some great videos related to the proper grip for the S&T swing. That would address getting the face less closed to the swing path at impact. The other possibility is your path is too much in to out for the face angle you have at impact. Tom has videos for that flaw also. I find it easier to fix the face angle than to fix the swing path. Your S&T swing is your swing, and changing that involves a lot of work. I believe, based on my experience, that it is easier to adjust your grip to that your swing presents the club head to the ball at impact with a face more closely aligned to your swing path.
So, I recommend adjust your grip to be less strong that it is now. Adjust it by small amounts until you start hitting straight pushes or push slices. Once you get to that point you have weakened the grip to much for your swing path. Go back stronger a degree or two and start hitting those crispy push draws Tom talks about.
Above all else, revisit his course on fixing ball flight flaws.
Keep chasing the dream, and never, never, give up.
Hey Richard, I've moved your post to the Video Analysis room for assistance with this. My suggestion would be to do a V1 Swing Analysis with me to get a precise solution to your particular issue.
Excellent and very thorough response, @burkholder.ronald. Thanks for taking the time to analyze @Richard Furmston's swing and offer such a detailed reply!
Also, see Tom's videos about quiet hands. It appears you are rotating your hands through the impact zone. Go back to the 2.8 drill, and try to maintain "the wedge" in the follow through.
Was hesitant to comment since the video does not give a good view of your impact position. But decided to weigh in with this. Understanding the ball flight laws is important for self diagnosing what appears to be an incorrect ball flight. The fact is the ball flight will always be correct given the impact physics.
So, first, let's assume what you are calling a hook is a ball flight that curves to the left (you being right handed). It is not a straight pull, or a pull hook. The ball starts on the target line and then curves left, or starts to the right of the target line and curves back and too far over the target line finishing to the left of the target.
Given we are talking about a hook, ball flight physics laws indicate that at impact the face is pointed to the left of the swing path line at impact. So the swing path is either down the target line at impact or inside the target line going to the right of the target line. In either case, what you are calling a hook and what you are wanting to fix is a face that is excessively closed compared to the target line.
So, you want to bring the face angle closer to the swing path line at impact. There are several ways to accomplish this. The first thing to look at is your grip. An excessively strong grip can promote a closed face at impact if your hands are not leading the club head at impact enough to ensure the face is square at impact. Tom has some great videos related to the proper grip for the S&T swing. That would address getting the face less closed to the swing path at impact. The other possibility is your path is too much in to out for the face angle you have at impact. Tom has videos for that flaw also. I find it easier to fix the face angle than to fix the swing path. Your S&T swing is your swing, and changing that involves a lot of work. I believe, based on my experience, that it is easier to adjust your grip to that your swing presents the club head to the ball at impact with a face more closely aligned to your swing path.
So, I recommend adjust your grip to be less strong that it is now. Adjust it by small amounts until you start hitting straight pushes or push slices. Once you get to that point you have weakened the grip to much for your swing path. Go back stronger a degree or two and start hitting those crispy push draws Tom talks about.
Above all else, revisit his course on fixing ball flight flaws.
Keep chasing the dream, and never, never, give up.
Hey Richard, I've moved your post to the Video Analysis room for assistance with this. My suggestion would be to do a V1 Swing Analysis with me to get a precise solution to your particular issue.
As a general guideline, this section of the school is very helpful for fixing hooks - https://saguto.golf/courses/1175315/lectures/25244070
Also, this video too - https://saguto.golf/courses/1436366/lectures/33017525