going left

[killiansred]

I've struggled from over drawing my iron shots and sometimes even pull hooking my irons. Question? Can having your club lie angles to upright cause this to happen. I recently read an article that says that lie angles to upright can cause a shot to go left, even if it is hit square to where you are aiming. Is this true?

[snowman]

Re: going left

Yes it is true. A quick way to check lie angles is to put a strip of black electrical tape on the sole of your club, now swing the club normally on a hard surface like a driving range mat, flip the club over and you will notice that the tape is worn. If it is worn at the heel then your clubs are too flat, at the toe is too upright, roughly centre is fine (as there are rarely perfectly flat lies on the course to take advantage of perfect lie angles). Do this for all your irons. If some are off then take your clubs to a clubmaker and he/she will do a more detailed check before bending the ones that need adjusting. Usually costs about $5-10 an iron.

If all lies are ok then it's your swing.

[GolfJunkieSr]

Re: going left

Too upright can help the ball go left for a right handed golfer. Same principal as hitting a ball that is above your feet. Try this. Take some clay, or putty, and stick it on the face of your club. Then stick a pencil, or a straw in the clay/putty and make sure it is square (flat) against the club face. At address, see which way the pencil, or straw is pointing in relationship to your intended target line. This is a good idea for anyone to try on their clubs. You might be suprised where the pencil/straw is pointing even though you think your club face is square. GJS

[snowman]

Re: going left

Too upright can help the ball go left for a right handed golfer. Same principal as hitting a ball that is above your feet. Try this. Take some clay, or putty, and stick it on the face of your club. Then stick a pencil, or a straw in the clay/putty and make sure it is square (flat) against the club face. At address, see which way the pencil, or straw is pointing in relationship to your intended target line. This is a good idea for anyone to try on their clubs. You might be suprised where the pencil/straw is pointing even though you think your club face is square. GJS

That's a good way of doing it too, i'm going to steal my daughters playdoh and try that out! Cheers.

[redmen1892]

Re: going left

That's a good way of doing it too, i'm going to steal my daughters playdoh and try that out! Cheers.

Another variant on this theme is to put bluetack on the club face and then stick a tee on top of the bluetack,sharp end pointing at the intended target, i found that even though my feet was alignment correctly, the shoulders and the club face were pointing 10 - 20 yards right, but my eyes had me down as square to the target line