Hooking - Is your Grip Causing your Golf Hooks?
| Target Fault | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Hook | Setup |
Why This Drill Works (Kinetic Mechanics)
A neutral path with hook or draw curve points toward inferred closed face-to-path evidence. This drill gives the player a grip checkpoint so they can evaluate face closure rate before rebuilding the swing path.
How to Perform the Drill
The coach gives no set rep count. Our general guideline: 3 sets of 10 slow rehearsal reps, then half swings with a ball, adding speed only once the steps feel natural.
Check whether the hands are set too strong before the swing starts.
Neutralize the lead hand enough that the face does not want to shut immediately through impact.
Make slow waist-high swings and monitor whether the clubface is rolling closed too early.
Hit small shots and use the start line and curve to confirm the ball is not over-drawing from a closed face-to-path relationship.
Swing Faults & Ball Flights Addressed
Comprehensive Guides Featuring This Drill
A hook happens because your clubface is closed relative to your swing path at impact. Fix it by neutralizing a too-strong grip, stopping your hands from rolling the face shut through impact, and correcting an excessive in-to-out path or a trail arm that gets stuck behind your body in the downswing.
A weak grip (lead hand turned toward the target, one knuckle or fewer showing) tends to leave the clubface open; a strong grip (three or more knuckles showing) tends to close it. There is no single correct grip. The right grip is the one that returns the face square with your own release, and you check it by where the ball starts and how much it curves.
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