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Went to the range today. Started with the wedge and shanked about the first 15 balls.

Shanked about the next 15 balls.

Went to an 8 iron just for a change, and shanked those too.

It was just plain dang ugly. If I didn't shank it, I hit it fat and it went about 15 yards.

I had 70 balls to begin with. When I had about 11 or 12 left I decided to just them with the driver since I knew I had been hitting it really well.

The first two were right off the hosel.

After trying everything I could think of.. I finally said ok.. don't overload yourself thinking of 10 million things. Just concentrate on keeping your head & shoulders relatively centered and still on the backswing and at the transition of the downswing. I felt like I was rocking really badly.

Well, I kept that swing thought and the next swing I just roped one perfectly out down the middle. The next two I did the exact same thing.

I had 7 balls left and decided to go back to the irons. I kept that swing thought and roped every one of them out there just like I wanted. Wasted the first 60 balls and I bet my blood pressure doubled in that time.

Haha....My friend did that once, and I couldnt stop laughing..He can shoot 82 all day long, but shanked every ball in the bucket...He couldnt see straight after that!

I'll have this problem maybe twice a season at the range. The first one, no biggee. The second, okay -- it has my attention. The third time it happens, I grab my clubs and go home. Works every time. :)

I definitely know the feeling. Once in a while, nothing is clicking and it's just a bad experience.

I had a horrible stretch of about 6 months (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) where I was hitting the ball well in off of the heel. Not every shot was a hosel shot, but some were.

The worst thing was the huge loss in distance, and inaccuracy in distance. I'm not a long hitter, but can put it out there 260-275 pretty regularly. On one hole (in a tournament), I hit my tee shot into a sand trap that was only about 200 yards out, and it bounced twice before going in it. Previously (and now), I carry that trap by 50+ yards. It was painful.

I saw three teaching pros, and one was finally able to help me. I think, in retrospect, that it probably had alot to do with tension, but this tip helped me alot.

The pro saw on video that I was coming a little bit forward (towards the ball, not towards the target), so he had me try to slightly press my left heel into the ground to initiate my downswing.

This 'seems' like it would actually cause you to go forward, but what it actually did to me was to get me to put my weight towards my heel, which helped prevent me from falling towards my toes. If you look at impact when most pros swing, their forward leg is pretty straight when they make contact with the ball.

I don't do that anymore, and I think my really light grip helps the club swing down rather than forward.

Not sure if this will help, but this was my experience with that problem.

Thanks jcm3. I can see where that would make sense. I will keep that in mind because I'm sure this isn't the last time I'll have that problem. :)

Never hit low irons off of mats.

(if that's what you were doing)