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I've been working really hard on my irons all winter and finally in the last 2 weeks i've made some great progress making real pure contact and compressing the ball as it should be , My only problem being that i seem to draw the ball to much now and its on the verge of a slight hook, i've checked my grip and it seem to be in order any suggestions please?

watto, I find that most hooks come from the left hand grip which the back of the left hand should face the target, or you release too early and the symptom of that is to hit scoop hooks. It sounds like that you are leasing better and may have to change the left hand grip. Of course other things that can cause hooks are ball too far forward, swinging too inside out, and hooding the club on the backswing.
Good Luck,

I was doing that a few weeks ago,
My coach told me to swing more flatter(since I was going up a little too steep).
Another cause could be that you are coming over the top, if that is the problem... practice hitting shots with the ball below your feet, which should help you change your swing path from a hooking inside-out swing to a slicing outside-in swing

Thanks for the help , i don't think i'm coming over the top ,my ball flight is right at the target then in the last third of the flight it starts to move left and probaly misses the target by 10 yrds or so , maybee more on a real bad one .

Very good points. :nodsmiley I seem to be leaning towards this same scenario only the opposite flight. While out on the range yesterday I started off great, but as the practice wore on, I felt tense. Tension and golf don't mix. The end results being an outside-in swing and the same problem with my ball instead moving to the right. I slowed my backswing down for a moment followed by a slow downswing with a steady followthrough and started off good again. Its when I find myself trying to put a little more power behind my shots is where I become inconsistent. I guess I am not ready for that yet.

A lot of good points. Hooks come from 2 things, swing path (too much in-out) and/or closed clubface.

If that was my usual ballflight, I'd play the mess out of it. That's just me, though.

now is it a sweeping hook? I had a problem where I would start down the right side of the fairway and draw all the way to the left side. Was not a pull hook! when I missed I left a big push to the right. Your swing plane could be too flat, causing too much inside out. we need more info so we can get specific. say your target is the middle of the fairway. does ball start straight at it and then draw, start 5,10,15 yards right and then draw all the way back, or even through the target zone? To say a hook is not quite enough info. the more details you give the more specified and narrower the answers could be.

sounds like the grip is too strong, the grips on your clubs are too small, or the shafts are too flexible. swing path should be pretty good if it starts straight. If you want to get more in depth the more details the better. , how is your swing plane (upright, flat, semiflat)where is the ball positioned in your stance, deep divots, shallow ones, hwo is ball flight on driver, 3 wood, are all your clubs matched up with the shafts, are all grips the exact same size. things you might not think about could be the cause of your problem. you say the grip seems to be in check so where do the v's in your hands line up, to your right ear, shoulder, in betweeen, outside of shoulder?

Thanks for takng time out to help me out, my swing plane is fairly upright,the ball position is just infront of centre with my irons,Driver /3 wood is not a problem with my ball flight they are firm flex shafts my ss with a driver is 106, my iron speed with a 5 iron is 92/95mph i have reg 300 dynamic gold shafts in my irons mp 30's ,which are fairly new, just looked in the mirror and the v of my left hand points at my right ear and my right v points at my right shoulder.As far as divots i'm not sure as this is results of the driving range of of the green mats but i may thin the ball once in a while, i hope this helps ,Once again thanks for the help i really appreciate it.

I thought that coming over the top resulted in a slice - hitting from the outside in - ball spinning clockwise.

If the ball is starting right of the target and drawing into the target or a little left of the target you are ok.

If the ball is starting left of the target and hooking left then your grip and wrist are working ok but you are either aiming left or your swing path is left of the target. To correct check the alignment and then make yourself swing right of the target a little and you will draw the ball into the target.

Good luck

A pull-hook is an OTT move with a closed clubface.

I'm no pro... but that's too strong of a grip... from the sounds of that left hand you must be looking at all four knuckles on that hand? make that more like three, maybe two knuckles... the V on that hand should be more like pointing at your left ear, as opposed to your right. In my case it's pointing between my left shoulder and left ear. Right?