Wally-Wally Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I consistently pull my driver shots way left. Straight left. I think I am swinging across and coming too out to in. What are some good drills or tips to stop doing so. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Always straight left? Is there any curvature? Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckymeyer Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Aim righter Quote Driver: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black 3w: '16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82 5w: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow Hybrid: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black Irons: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Wedges: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Putter: Red 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, Wally-Wally said: I consistently pull my driver shots way left. Straight left. I think I am swinging across and coming too out to in. What are some good drills or tips to stop doing so. Thanks! Setup more to the right Put a board outside the line and avoid hitting it to swing more inside out. Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally-Wally Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 34 minutes ago, dlow206 said: Always straight left? Is there any curvature? Almost always straight or curves more left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP043 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 39 minutes ago, Wally-Wally said: Almost always straight or curves more left The ball starts where your clubface is aimed, and curves away from the path. A straight pull means out-to-in path, and clubface square to that path (left of target, just like the path). Starts left and curves left means clubface pointing left at impact, and path going somewhere to the right of the face (path could still be left of target, just less left than the clubface). Based on what you describe, you're coming out-to-in, and occasionally closing the clubface too far. But we have no way of knowing how you've produced that impact, we its impossible for us to help. Impact is a product of your set-up and grip, your backswing, and your forward swing, there are a million reasons you might be hitting that shot. If you want a band-aid, or want to try the shotgun approach, listen to advice from random people who have never seen your swing, or research on Youtube and try each of the potential (often contradictory) fixes you can find. If you'd actually like a real diagnosis, see a good instructor, either someone who does remote analysis via video of your swing, or in person. Kenny B and cnosil 2 Quote Irons Titleist T200, AMT Red stiff Rogue SubZero, GD YS-Six X T22 54 and 58 wedges 7-wood 5-wood B60 G5i putter Right handed Reston, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckymeyer Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 When I am hitting driver well it's generally a straight flight, but I pull it. Rather than going through a long process of fixing or rebuilding a swing, I now just aim farther right on my setup and usually pull it down the middle (if I'm playing well). It's by far the easiest fix if you are overall happy with the ball flight, just not the direction. And if it's pretty consistent. cnosil and DaveP043 2 Quote Driver: SLDR w/ Fujikura Ventus Black 3w: '16 M2 hl w/ Diamana D+ 82 5w: Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Yellow Hybrid: 22 deg. Launcher HB w/ HZRDUS Black Irons: 5i - gap Launcher CBX w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Wedges: 54 CBX & 58 Zipcore w/ Nippon Modus 3 125 Putter: Red 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP043 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, hckymeyer said: When I am hitting driver well it's generally a straight flight, but I pull it. Rather than going through a long process of fixing or rebuilding a swing, I now just aim farther right on my setup and usually pull it down the middle (if I'm playing well). It's by far the easiest fix if you are overall happy with the ball flight, just not the direction. And if it's pretty consistent. This is the opposite approach to what I recommended, but its pretty good advice. Is it consistent, do you hit it far enough? If you can live with it, play it, just learn how to set up so that you hit it where you want to. Quote Irons Titleist T200, AMT Red stiff Rogue SubZero, GD YS-Six X T22 54 and 58 wedges 7-wood 5-wood B60 G5i putter Right handed Reston, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackyatx Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I recently had this same issue after hitting dead straight. The answer is, it is complicated, but came down to biomechanics. Do you hit everything straight left all the way down to your lowest wedge? If the answer is yes, you have early extension contributing. If you are saying you hit out to in, I assume you can see the club face in your practice swings and hits pointing left. At least I could. Another contributing issue is, you start the downswing from the top down meaning you rotate your shoulders first instead of your hips (hence you come across your body and likely are losing power as well). Another contributing issue is hips slide or stop rotating in your swing (I believe the technical term for this is not clearing your hips). Basically this means start your down swing with the hips and keep rotating while feeling like you are throwing your arms away from your body at or right before impact the ball. If you rotate your shoulder first you will like not generate the proper hip rotation around your spine. Finally, if you release too early this will promote coming too close to your body (and pulling the ball dead left or slight curvature depending on how many other faults you have above). These faults generally require a more neutral grip and neutral left wrist at the transition. Though my wrist can be slightly cupped and grip can get a little strong, but I can produce straight flight from either scenario. For a hips drill, I have seen people say, to pull your right foot backwards to feel the sensation of the hips turning vs sliding. You may also want to make sure you are slightly tilted away from your target vs having your shoulders parallel to the ground. This will also promote fixing some of the faults above naturally. Maybe these will work for you maybe not, but as Dave eludes to, the more you know about your biomechanical motions the easier it is to find a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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