Every single drive was a violent snap hook ranging anywhere between 50150 yards. Jun 16, 2015 occasionally i have a snap hook with the driver that seems to come from nowhere, generally i drive pretty well and straight with a baby draw if anything. Nov 20, 20 fixing a snap hook golf lesson video subscribe to my channel here. Nov 26, 2012 i have no idea why you snap hook your driver, but this is a recurring problem for me and i know what helps when i start snapping mine.
A shaft will not stop a snap hook however a tip stiff shaft will generally help reduce the severity of a hook. Michael breed tips to fix snap hook golf swing issue golf. Hooking or pulling the ball off the tee with a driver can be fixed with a few tweaks. Snap hook golf definition,meaning online encyclopedia. Lets start by making an incredibly obvious and unsurprising statement. The vast majority of golfers struggle to consistently hit shots that result in their desired ball flight. So i guess if youre looking at this tip, you hook the ball.
But, by changing a few subtleties in your swing, you can quickly turn a hook into a controllable draw and start landing some pretty nice shots. Rotation of the hips and rotation of the shoulders through impact. Snap hook golf, 3 good cures to fixes it video by dean butler. A pull hook and a snap hook are two entirely different ball flights. Hooks can occur at any time and are dangerous miss hits as they are extremely difficult to control.
Driver snap hook swing fault by tom stickney tom stickney a top 100 golf teacher so whenever we get the club going this way clubs kind of go and crossline out to in blades kind of turning down we tend to get that low dive and snap hook that doesnt go very far and becomes a very very hard ball to control. This shot typically occurs when the club head moves across the ball from left to right, imparting sidespin on the ball. With less loft, the 3wood exaggerates these misses compared with irons and wedges. Snaps can creep up with nearly any club in your bag, but is most common with longer clubs like your driver to 5iron. For a quick fix, try weakening your left hand on the grip, in effect opening the face of your driver. Fighting the low smothered hook with driver right, so what i was alluding to was, though the path is in to out relative to club face angle. In fact, with a driver, for every degree you swing the club to the right, the ball will curve 4% more to the left.
Michael breed, host of the golf fix, teaches you a how to a hit a golf ball straight and eliminate the snap hook. A radically closed clubface one that points to the left of a right handers target causes the ball to spin low and left, running hard toward trouble. Here is why it happens and how you can stop hitting duck hooks. Michael breed how to hit a golf ball straight golf channel. A radically closed clubface one that points to the left of a right handers. How to stop the ball from going left when driving in golf. In many cases the beginner golfer with an over the top slice. The root cause of a hook is a closed clubface at the moment your club impacts the golf ball. What we need to do is feel our body finish the swing. How to fix a duck hook golf swing golf practice guides. The face flips closed, and you hit a snaphooka low screamer that turns left before it leaves the tee box. I hit 20 balls on the way home from without one single bad drive. Snap hook golf, 3 good cures to fixes it video by dean butler okay. Craig hocknell shows you how to never hit a snap hook again with your driver.
This drill assumes that your grip is in a position that is too strong, which, if youre struggling with a snap hook, is probably the case. Learning how to never hit a snap hook again can be a life changing experience. I start hooking my driver when i get to flat on my takeaway. Golfers typically hook the golf ball by either closing the club face at impact or swinging dramatically from the inside. Snaps can creep up with nearly any club in your bag, but is most. Above is a sample swing i made showing a healthy snap hook. Driver snap hook swing fault by tom stickney golf info guide. Lately my biggest problem with driver has been getting into total ruts of snap hooks and super lowleft ball flights.
Finally put your accessories where you want them sign in or create an account. I feel your pain because i had a nasty hook in 2006 i could actually snap hook an 8 iron 150 yards. Whether you call it a snap hook or a duck hook, it is one of the most dreaded shots in golf. Golf is a game of precision and all golfers want to play at their best, regardless of ability. I tend to have a left problem in general more than anything else, but it can get to the point where i can lose the ability to hit my driver for stretches of time. Im 6 3 and if im hitting it good, i will hit a stinging low draw or a dagger down the middle that goes about 270 290 yards. Often, i will line up way right and play the hook and it will come back 40 yards past the target line to the left.
How to eliminate the snap hook from your golf game forever. Even pro golfers hook the ball, as fred couples did on the 18th tee during the 1998 masters, leaving him in the woods. Finding and fixing what causes a hook in golf is crucial for low to high handicappers alike. How to eliminate the snap hook from your golf game forever golfwrx. Aug 11, 2016 this tip will keep you from hooking your driver. The face flips closed, and you hit a snap hook a low screamer that turns left before it leaves the tee box. This, if done properly, should add height to your drives and eliminate your hook. Fighting the low smothered hook with driver golf and golf. Fix your slice and hook by changing your golf grip by golftec digital. The snap hook almost always results from a backswing flaw of getting the club too far across the line at the top and coming from underneath on the downswing.
This can be really frustrating for the uninformed golfer, as they see the ball snap hook to the left, and every. Jul 07, 2019 this can be really frustrating for the uninformed golfer, as they see the ball snap hook to the left, and every bone in their instinctive body tells them to swing more to the right but this just exacerbates the problem. For me, the quick fix is to focus on getting more vertical on my takeaway. One of those shots that indicate a loss of control is the dreaded duck hook, sometimes called the snap hook. If your right hand grip slips underneath your left hand on the downswing, the only way to square the clubface at impact is to snap your right wrist, hardy says. With most snap hooks, theres another telltale sign. Sep 08, 2012 i have a very bad snap hook with my driver most of the time.
How to stop a duck hook golf tips and tricks golfweek. Even the name makes me shutter and gives me flashbacks to some of my worst rounds ive ever played. A golf hook is tough to eliminate, there is no doubt about it. Michael breed tips to fix snap hook golf swing issue. Fred couples most famous person that i played with. If you havent been fit for your driver, i would start there. Fixing a snap hook golf lesson video subscribe to my channel here. Put your hands on the club, so that both of your thumbs are straight down the shaft.
Apr 19, 2015 what causes a hook in golf is a question asked by many players. A duck hook is a shot that curves hard to the left of your target, if you are a righthanded golfer. A snap hook is a mishit that can plague any golfer, tour player or weekend duffer alike. Just to let everybody know, i shortened my driver to 44. Jim hardy, a texasbased pga professional and author of three books on golf, blames snap hook problems on loose right hand grips. So a snap hook golf is a ball that travels as a right hander, from the right side and brings itself back it finishes to the left. One of the issues with the snap hook is that we stop rotating through the ball and we get handsiearmsie and the ball goes leftsie. The only 3 reasons why you hook the golf ball adam young golf. That imparts a righttoleft spin a hook spin on the golf ball, causing it to curve to the left in flight. The snap hook myth dont be fooled are you struggling with a terrible hook.
If youve got issues with the snap hook, we can help. When a righthanded golfers tee shot curves to far to the left, the shot is described as a hook. The dreaded golf hook a ball that can start any direction, but curves. No clue if this will help you or not, but a few swings will tell you.
A closed club face at impact and an insidetoout swing can cause a duck hook. I used to hit driver pretty well, but now i have a consistent snap hook that goes about 100 yards and takes a dive. A duck hook almost always gets a golfer into some kind of trouble on the course. The hook shot in golf, and how to use it or lose it. Finally fixed my snap hook im finally confident in my driver again, for the first time this season im actually excited to take it out of the bag. The third driver duck hook and probably the least fun is a duck hook that starts left and hooks even further left ending up in the rough or perhaps out of bounds, on the left side of the golf course. Stop hooking the golf ball, this is a simple drill that makes you adapt to your environment and achieve subtle changes in your swing to stop your. The snipes, snap, duck hook whatever you want to call it, its a frustrating and damaging shot that usually plagues better players. Craig explains how when under pressure to avoid turning your nice draw into a snapper. In the last couple videos we talked about the pull hook, our club was moving right to left across the ball and were closing down the face getting it to hook even more. In short, to stop the snap hook you have to get a more online swing path.