SD Charlie
New member
Well, this is the first post I've started here on THP. I hope it's a good one!
Quick backstory: Somehow recently, I developed a bad duck-hook with my driver. I couldn't figure it out for a while and then read a tip on keeping the hands together. It seems that I would let the trail hand slip, and my leading hand would shut the face dramatically in the downswing. That tip has helped things quite a bit, though I've lost some distance.
Fast-forward to yesterday at the practice tee, with me working on the driver (again). I noticed that I hit a couple severely off the heel of the club. After cursing myself and the club for a minute, I wised-up and grabbed my sharpie. As it turns out, I was consistently hitting the ball on the inner third of the club face. This is with the ball lined up on the sweetspot mark on the top of the driver at address. So, naturally, I start backing off, continuing to put a sharpie dot on the ball to track the contact off the club face. I finally got to where I was making contact off the sweet spot (and getting good results down the range). I like the fact that I'm getting good results again, but what concerns me is having to set up farther from the ball. I don't recall having to do this in the past. One thing to note, is that I'm still a pretty new golfer (about 1.5 years in), so my swing is still developing / evolving. (hopefully for the better) Anyway, long story short, should I be concerned, or should I work with this new alignment, and see how it develops? How do you guys set up to the ball when using your driver?
Thanks for reading! Cheers!
Quick backstory: Somehow recently, I developed a bad duck-hook with my driver. I couldn't figure it out for a while and then read a tip on keeping the hands together. It seems that I would let the trail hand slip, and my leading hand would shut the face dramatically in the downswing. That tip has helped things quite a bit, though I've lost some distance.
Fast-forward to yesterday at the practice tee, with me working on the driver (again). I noticed that I hit a couple severely off the heel of the club. After cursing myself and the club for a minute, I wised-up and grabbed my sharpie. As it turns out, I was consistently hitting the ball on the inner third of the club face. This is with the ball lined up on the sweetspot mark on the top of the driver at address. So, naturally, I start backing off, continuing to put a sharpie dot on the ball to track the contact off the club face. I finally got to where I was making contact off the sweet spot (and getting good results down the range). I like the fact that I'm getting good results again, but what concerns me is having to set up farther from the ball. I don't recall having to do this in the past. One thing to note, is that I'm still a pretty new golfer (about 1.5 years in), so my swing is still developing / evolving. (hopefully for the better) Anyway, long story short, should I be concerned, or should I work with this new alignment, and see how it develops? How do you guys set up to the ball when using your driver?
Thanks for reading! Cheers!