Divots to right of target???

[shooter]

I am a right handed golfer and have noticed my divots are to the right of target line. Ball draws/hooks. Should a grip change be implemented? Foot work emphasized?

Any ideas?

[GregJWillis]

Re: Divots to right of target???

Divot do like to be straight at the target, and one going to the right will cause draws as long as you are getting the face square...somethig the divot will not tell on its own...only the result of the ball flight. If you are getting too much draw and want to fix that, you will have to look at both the swing path (your divot) and you face angle at impact.

To determine which is the culpret, first, what is the ball doing right away in the first 10 yards? Does it go a little to the right of your target and then turns to the left? Or does it do at the target and then turn left?

If it is going to the right of the target first, you will need to work on the swing path. Depending on the sevarity of the draw, you might also need to wort on teh face angle too. If you are going right at the target, then you opnly have to work on the face angle.

The face angle is going to be harder to fix then the path. Your hands are most likely trying to close the face down to compensate either a lack of turn through before impact and are getting early in the timing, or they are being simply used as your major source of power which will definatly cause inconsistant timing.

The swing path is usually in error due to a overactive/excessive movement in the swing base (your leg action and body ballance throughout your swing). If you find yourself feeling unballanced throughout or after your swing, you will have had to have moved major portions of your body out of ballance, and thus, needed to move them back to compensate. In doing so, your path will be affected...getting too flat or too upright in your position will cause the path of the club to be offline at impact.

I tell you all this in general terms becuase there is just about 20 things that can possibly be causing this all to happen. You telling me what you think you are doing and what is actually hapenning, is a very dificult thing to translate. All I can really do at this point is give you general guidelines to look for. Drills are the best tools to help develop good positions to start, and to help return errant swing to their rightful place.

What drills are you doing if any?

[shooter]

Re: Divots to right of target???

Thanks for the response,

I really am not doing any drills to try to correct this. I think though that I am pulling the club to the inside too much and have a bit too flat a swing plane. As I am 6'-2", my path used to be very up-right.

The ball starts right and draws about 15 yards left from a 150 yard target.
When I "feel" more upright, it gets better.

Bear in mind that I used to fade and recently eliminated my over-the-top move.
Perhaps an overcompensation in the opposite direction??

I will break out the video cam and see what's really going on.

Thanks