Curing That Nasty Hook

by David Griffin

A hook is a golfer's worst nightmare. It's by far the hardest shot in golf to control. As a matter of fact, a hook is almost uncontrollable. Most golfers have the problem of slicing the ball, but if you're hooking the ball, you're playing from the opposite side of the fairway, or worse, the rough. The one good thing about a hook is that it isn't hard to cure.

The first thing you need to do is weaken your grip. Your problem may be that your using too strong of a grip. What you need to weaken your grip, is to move your hands around the grip towards the target. This will make it much harder for the clubface to close on impact. We want the clubface to close, but we don't want to overdo it. That's why weakening your grip comes into play. Another simple thing to try is to move the ball further up in your stance. Most golfers, who play the ball further in their stance, slice the golf ball. This is a simple procedure, and doing this may cure your ball flight problems.

To finish things up, you need to make sure that when you swing, all of your weight is transported into your front foot. When you hook, it's a very good chance that some of your weight is being left on your back foot. This causes the club face to be closed too much when coming through the ball at impact, resulting in a hook, or the dreaded snap hook. Using these simple techniques, and practicing them, your ball flight should start to improve dramatically, and you should start producing a little bit of fade on your golf ball, instead of a nasty hook

David Nevogt writes golf instruction material that helps golfers of all levels improve their game dramatically and lower their scores. Mr. Nevogt is the author of the #1 golf instruction book on the internet "The Simple Golf Swing" which guarantees to have you shooting 7 strokes lower in only 1 week from today. Here is a link to the site to purchase the book.

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