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How To Get Rid Of Your Golf Hook Shots

How To Get Rid Of Your Golf Hook Shots

If you’ve got a regular occurring golf hook, there here are some simple steps to minimize and potentially get rid of it all together.  What's interesting about a golf hook is that, as a common problem, it lags way behind correcting a slice. And if you're golfing with other players of the same ability level who tend to slice the ball on a regular basis, you're going to be playing on the opposite side of the fairway if you both shoot the same hand which makes the hook even more frustrating to deal with.

Needless to say, when you're scuffling, you are least want to be doing it in the same direction as everyone else, or most everyone else.

At the same time, the hook tends to be a simpler fix or area of improvement than a golf swing slice.

The golf hook is produced by swinging inside out, and your goal is to do the opposite, producing a swing from the outside to the inside.  If that sounds confusing, let’s get into a bit more detail to show you just how easy this golf swing correction is.

First, you should try to loosen your grip.  Many times a hook is primarily the result of a stiff grip causing the club face to close before it makes contact with the golf ball, creating the dreaded hooking movement.  Try to turn both hands around the grip towards your intended target and see if your hook diminishes.  You're going to have to experiment a bit with the amount your turning your hands to see how different adjustments impact the shot.  Take some time with grip correction before making any other changes to your golf swing.

Second, try moving the golf ball forward in your set up.  When a golf swing slice occurs, it’s usually because the ball is too far forward.  Because you are basically trying to move away from a hook and more towards a slice, this adjustment should minimize or perhaps eliminate your hook. Obviously if you are too far forward and start slicing the ball you have gone too far, but at least you will have been moving in the right direction.

If you're a right handed shot, your hooking action will be going left, so aim slightly to the left of the target with an open stance.  This adjust should change the angle of impact and get a left to right rotation on the ball which is the opposite of what you create when a hooking action takes place.

Finally, check to see that your weight is on your front foot at the end of your swing.  Hooks tend to occur when not all your weight is forward on the finish.  Get your weight forward and see what the result is.