How to stop hooking your irons?

Question

how can i stop hooking my irons??

Answer 1

Every thing in golf goes back to the set up and grip. Make sure your grip is correct. Read (Ben Hogans 5 lessons).

Make sure the ball is in the proper position in your stance. Make sure your body is aliened properly to the ball and target.

Make a complete shoulder turn on your back swing and complete your down swing. Back swing starts with your shoulders and downswing starts with your feet (ground up).

Light grip pressure. Hooks are caused by an incorrect grip causing you to close your club face at impact or an incomplete back swing causing your upper body to get ahead of your legs which would result in the pull hook if you had a closed club face. Make sure your right elbow stays close to your right hip bone on the down swing don't throw out your right shoulder causing an out side in approach to ball with a closed club face. And last but not least tempo, tempo, tempo let the club do the work.

Answer 2

There are two kinds of hooks a pull hook and a normal hook.

The pull hook is caused  by hitting the outside of the ball with a closed face. The only way to do this is not having your hands slightly ahead of the ball at address  this usually makes your swing come from the outside on the downswing hitting the outside of the ball. If you don't pull the ball then your hook is nothing more than a slight adjustment in timing.

Make sure your grip is in unison meaning all of your fingers on both hands have control and can do their job. If your really hitting a shot that starts way right and hooks check your path

by placing a head cover 4 inches under the ball and hit some shots. This will let you visually see a slightly inside approach to the ball that creates a slight draw. I hope this helps Good luck.

Answer 3

An easy fix would be to try an over-sized grip. With an over-sized grip you will roll your wrists less. Just try one club to see if you like it.

Answer 4

check your fundamentals....grip, alignment, posture...It's impossible to hook your irons if your aimed squarely at your target line..  Sounds like a pull hook.. You could be aimed too far to the right, and pulling the ball to your target.. get a camera behind you and look at your aim.. If it's too far to the right, make an adjustment in your preshot routine and learn to aim and align your body accordingly.  Once you're aimed correctly, check your divots, I bet they point left of your target line.. Then you can work on starting the ball on the right line..

Answer 5

Try to ease up on your swing;  I have the same problem (with all my clubs, not just irons) and it is usually caused by rushing the downswing, which brings my right side(im a RH golfer) into play more.

You should also check to see that your clubface is square at impact and not closed.  Weaken your grip a tad may help, too.

One other thing to try is a steeper swing plane;  steeper leads to more L-R ball flight, while a shallower swing induces more hooks.

Lastly, place the ball farther forward in your stance a bit may help, too.

Answer 6

try to extend your arms after impact and not take the club too far to the inside before or after impact i had the same problem

Answer 7

Hooking the ball is good! Except if it is too much...that probably means that you are throwing your hands over the top, and squaring your hands up at impact. Just making sure you are not throwing the club over the top, and it'll be fixed!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Put a little cut on it.

Answer 10

Here's a drill that will help and provide immediate "feel" for good body and club-head position.  With a pitching wedge, pick a target that requires about 50% of a full swing.  Place a tee in the ground two inches ahead of the ball toward the target, and slightly right of the target.  Set up behind the ball and think about swinging with your left shoulder starting the movement back.  Take a half swing back, and accelerate smoothly straight throught the ball and tee.  Focusing on the tee will help you keep theclubhead square all the way through the swing....feel the reach for the tee.  Good luck