A Hook In Golf – How To Cure The Golf Hook Shot

A hook in golf will see the ball start low, and to the right of the target. While in mid air, it gradually curves round to the left, finishing in the rough, or worse, some trees or water. Like the slice, the golf hook is a depressing shot.

As soon as you hit the ball, all you can do is stand there, helpless, as you watch closely to see what you fate is going to be. Will your ball land in the water, the rough or the trees? Not much of a choice is it?

So what causes the golf hook shot?

The swing path is too much from the inside, and the clubhead is closed when impact is made with the ball. If you are hitting the big golf hook shots you are probably rolling your wrists at impact, which produces the low scything shots to the left side.

A strong grip will favour golf hooking. That means, the hands are too far to the right side on the grip. If you try and exaggerate this type of grip, you can see that it promotes a swing around the body, which you do not want.

Failing to clear the body out of the way before striking the ball. It follows then that the golf hook cure needs to reverse this tendency, and it means gripping the club correctly so as to give yourself the best chance of hitting a straight golf shot.

When you have been hooking the golf shots for a long time, any change to a weaker grip feels uncomfortable and unnatural. But, it is needed if you want to cure this devastating golf fault. Given that the swing plane is largely dictated by the golf grip, means that you will swing the club straighter, rather than round the legs.

As with other golf swing faults, the golf hooking cure means re evaluating the fundamentals of your game, correcting those, and swinging the club straight and square to the golf ball.

From my own perspective, my golf game has periodically been troubled by the golf hook, and I have always found it a difficult golf fault to cure.

I have attached a golf video which gives a brief overview of the causes and cure for a golf hook. I hope you enjoy the video, and that it helps cure your golf hooking problem.