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Old December 2nd, 2006, 05:39 PM
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Draw turned into a Hook

I am around a solid 8 and hit the ball pretty soild. I have switched clubs from Hogan Apex to cleveland CG-1 Irons with same shaft and swing weight as the Hogans . For the last 2 weeks my ball flight starts out stright and about half to the apex of flight hooks hard left. This is only happening with my irons. Tried to weaken grei , grip lighter ect. even tried to play cuts by taking the club out side still getting hooks, any Ideas would be appreciated.
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Old December 2nd, 2006, 05:46 PM
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I am around a solid 8 and hit the ball pretty soild. I have switched clubs from Hogan Apex to cleveland CG-1 Irons with same shaft and swing weight as the Hogans . For the last 2 weeks my ball flight starts out stright and about half to the apex of flight hooks hard left. This is only happening with my irons. Tried to weaken grei , grip lighter ect. even tried to play cuts by taking the club out side still getting hooks, any Ideas would be appreciated.
Well, if your shot starts out stright, the problem is not normally your swing plane. Ide guess it is your clubface at impact. Try opening the clubface more in the backswing.
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Maybe this thread will help: I wanna be straight - my way is right
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Old December 2nd, 2006, 08:41 PM
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I am around a solid 8 and hit the ball pretty soild. I have switched clubs from Hogan Apex to cleveland CG-1 Irons with same shaft and swing weight as the Hogans . For the last 2 weeks my ball flight starts out stright and about half to the apex of flight hooks hard left. This is only happening with my irons. Tried to weaken grei , grip lighter ect. even tried to play cuts by taking the club out side still getting hooks, any Ideas would be appreciated.
did you have the shafts checked for frequency (stiffness), old to new? this sounds like the shaft flex is way too weak for you.
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Old December 2nd, 2006, 10:42 PM
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Well, if your shot starts out stright, the problem is not normally your swing plane. Ide guess it is your clubface at impact. Try opening the clubface more in the backswing.

I agree that it's your club face. Your club face is the only thing that can cause a ball to hook or slice. The direction your ball takes off on is a result of your swing path/alignment, the direction your ball curves once it's in the air is a result of your clubface.

I would go with bjw's advice with caution. Everyone is different, but generally speaking in golf, the law that every action gets an equal or opposite reaction applies. So by opening your face up on the way back, everything else equal and you don't compensate for it somewhere else in the swing, your clubface will be closed more coming through.

The old pro that I went to a couple times told me that if you want to hook one, open the clubface on the way back. If you want to fade one, close your clubface on the way back. This is not how I hook/fade one, but it does however work.
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