pulling left

[LowPost42]

Re: pulling left

Speaking of nuts...

How close are your hands to your body, bobby?

When I first started out, my hands would be too close to my body. This meant that I had no choice in my swing but to be outside the target line on my downswing.

It's just something you should check, and here's how.

On some practice lawn, lay down a club on the ground. Nuzzle your toes up against it, and make your 'inside path' swing (no ball - but try a leaf or a chunk of dirt to swing over). Check your divot against the club.

Now, move your hands away from your body 2-4", and swing again with your toes against the club. The divot will most likely be more to the right.

[jscerbo]

Re: pulling left

This is a path problem. Check your alignment. Most likely you are aimed too far to the right of the target.

[bobby]

Re: pulling left

thanks Jordy

are you saying I'm set up too far to the right?
I have always thought I was too open (aimed too far to the left) which caused a pull / pull slice?

[pgmetcalf]

Re: pulling left

I suffer from alignments problems quite a bit too. If you have a friend rest a club across you at address you will probably be surprised to see where you are aiming. These days I lay down clubs on the floor to help with alignment at lest once a week.

[mindfulking]

Re: pulling left

Remember that golf is an opposite game. What your mind thinks will work to fix something is usually exactly wrong. I found I would takeaway farther inside my target line trying to force my body to swing back down that line, but in thruth it created a loop at the top of my swing as my body compensated, so the more my takeaway went inside the line, the more my downswing came from outside.

Alot of modern drills teach forcing a straight down or slightly outside the swing plane takeaway so any compensation is to the inside.

One I saw was laying a club on your target line behind the ball enough not to hit it, then practice taking away outside the club and swinging down inside.

Another thing that may work is to line the brand label up pointing to your right shoulder, and then swing at that label instead of the back of the ball.