how can i stop hooking my golf ball when i tee off?
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Its really not enough info to answer why YOU hook your shots but here are a few common reasons why hooks occur: \n\nA hook (for right handed golfers) occurs when the ball starts to the right of the target line and then curves to the left to finish to the left of the target. \n\nClubface closed? \n\nCheck the following list for possible faults: \nAim: Your clubface may be too closed.\n \nGrip: One or both of your hands may be twisted too far to the right. Check the V formed by your thumb and forefinger - it should be pointing inside your right shoulder, not outside. \n\nBall position: The ball may be too far back in the stance. \n\nStance: Not usually a problem but may be too wide. \n\nBall too far back in stance  \n\nBody alignment: Shoulders aimed far too far to the right. (See above). \n\nPosture: Not normally a factor. \n\nSwing: You cannot hook the ball unless your clubface is going crazy through the strike. Generally the swing is too long so, the body gets to the ball before the club head and the hands turn over at the last minute. (See above). \n\nGolf coach tip: Keep the swing nice and short.\n\nHere's my favorite tip: lessen the grip of your top hand.\nThe weaker the top handed grip, the less likely you club will flip over.
768287
click and drag the cue stick
1155388
once the bat makes contact with the ball...don't stop your swing...follow all the way through and swing with your hips as well.......try standing with a feet about shoulders with apart...\nplay with that till it feels right...but most importantly..don't stop your swing..follow all the way through.
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I first hit a back spin unintentionally, then I knew why and how afterward. First, you must have quite a good swing that provide very good impact between the club face and the ball. I tilt my body forward a bit, or lean you weight to the front (left leg if you are righty). Move the ball back in your stand a bit, to deloft the club face and hit the ball very square, taking some divot. I find that the harder I hit the ball, the more back spin the ball will be generating. The groove on the club face will do the rest for you given you make really good impact.\n\nI could back spin the ball up to four iron, but not with three iron. It is easier to hit back spin on shotter iron like 7- sand. \n\nAnother way is to hit a high fade, but usually it will induce more side spin than back spin.\n\nGenerally, hitting down on the ball (or even a knock down shot) with really high ball can make back spin easier. The type of ball also come into account. I find good balls make back spin easier. Sometime, golf ball spec will be indicated in the box of their velocity. The more it can generate the easier it is to produce a back spin shot. From the tee in par 3, I find that sometime tee it up a little higher and hitting down furiously also induce high back spin.\n\nNevertheless, I've seen Ernie Els hit really low shot with five iron over 200 yards with back spin. Ball control is much about how hard you pratice (the number of time you hit the ball until you gain the feel of it that would enable you to control the ball in the way the pro does). Try hitting 200 balls a day for three months with 7- pitching, I think it then comes naturally.\n\nIn all, though, make the ball stop seems more logical than back spin a lot, since the only time you need back spin is when you hit the ball past the hole and you want it to roll back into the hole, which had never happened to me. Make it stop where it's lands usually best, as once it backs spin, it may roll to the place you don't want it to be. Good luck and enjoy the game.
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Actually there is a tool designed just for that purpose (although the screwdriver will work) and is easy on the hands (unlike the screwdriver). You can find it at any clubmaking website for around $12 dollars. The removal tool alone won't do anything. Gotta have the solvent too.\n\nAnother method is using a special syringe with grip solvent as mentioned earlier. This method is somewhat dangerous so be careful or you'll inject grip solvent into you hand or arm or other part of your body. It can kill you. \n\nA method rarely mentioned to remove/reuse golf grips is to use compressed air. Wrap the grip in a towel (so the grip doesn't pop like a balloon) and force air into the little hole at the butt end of the grip. It takes a little practice, but it works great. After a few burst of air the grip will slide right off. The only problem is you need an air compressor, hose, nozzle, etc.\n\nAll of this applies to steel shafts. Don't go messing around with composite shafts. They scratch too easily.\n\nThe best thing to do is just cut the grip off (with a box cutter razor) and install a new grip. Anyway, grips are too inexpensive to try and save. Never try to save an old, worn grip. They're already dead. Cut it off and get a new one.
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click and drag the cue
1034486
the info is from Rick Martino is Director of Instruction for The PGA of America\n\nHitting a Draw\n\nTo draw the ball from right-to-left, you want your clubhead to enter the hitting area from inside the target line. The simplest approach is to close your address position. In other words, pull your trail side back from the target line.\n\nThis sets your feet, knees, hips and shoulders in position to make an inside-to-down-the-line-to-inside swing, which will put a counter-clockwise spin on the ball, causing it to curve to the left.\n\nYou need to aim the clubface where you want the ball to start. This swing shape will allow your arms and club to rotate faster than your body through the hitting area. Meanwhile, this swing thought will also help ensure that you swing along a proper inside-to-outside path to produce a draw.\n\nThe best club to practice a draw or a fade with is a 5-iron, since it has enough loft to easily get the ball airborne, while still putting enough sidespin on the ball. The more loft a club has, the more difficult it is to curve the ball.\n\nWhen playing a draw shot, the ball tends to have lower flight and run farther than it would if it were played with a standard shot, because you are actually taking "effective" loft off the club. In other words, a 5-iron will really have the loft of a 4-iron at impact. So, make sure that you select a club with enough loft to play this shot.\n\nIt is difficult to hit a hook with a long iron, because the shape of your swing causes the clubface to close down as it reduces the true and effective loft of the club.\n\nConversely, you need to address the ball with a slightly open stance when hitting a fade -- with your target or forward foot pulled back away from the target line. This promotes both taking the club away from and returning to the ball outside the target line. This swing path allows the clubface to cut across the ball at impact, producing a clockwise spin that curves the ball from left-to-right.\n\nBecause the swing you make with a fade places the body ahead of the club, a fade will cause the ball to fly higher than normal and often stop more quickly when it hits the ground. As a result, many people believe it is a safer, more easily controlled shot than a draw.\n\nHowever, keep in mind that the shape of a fade swing actually increases the effective loft of a club. While the ball will fly higher than a normal shot, it won't carry as far. So, in effect, when playing a fade shot with an 8-iron, you will actually produce a shot that has the trajectory and distance of an 8 1/2-iron.
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Practice ahead of time by buying a softball, rope, and an eye hook.  Screw the eye hook into the ball.  Tie the rope to the eyehook.  Now tie it to an object above your head.  I used a clothesline for my kids.\n\nNow, hit the ball.  As it slows down, hit it again.  You should only hit the stopped ball when you begin.  Not only will you get a feel for hitting the ball, but no one has to chase it.\n\nPS... You may want to add a few drops of glue to the eyehook. That way, if you give it a good whack, it doesn't fly off.
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There is no such thing. No human being can control air pressure. A golfer might try to decrease spin on a certain shot depending on the situation. An example of this would be the need to hit a "knockdown" type shot from 100 yards, where the golfer might normally use a sand wedge, he would use a 9 iron in an attempt to decrease the amount of spin on the shot.
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This is really easy, let's take a shot from 150 yards as an example. Normally I would hit a 9 iron from this distance. Now if I wanted to hit it lower I would take out a 7-iron and take my normal stance, but I would grip down on the handle of the club about 1.5 inches, then I would make my normal swing, the shot should come out lower and with less spin, so it will cut through the wind and run a bit when it hits the ground. \n\nHope this helps!
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Where has common courtesy gone?  If I wasn't willing to take the penalty strokes, drop a ball and play on, I would get the ball myself.  If I "needed" to have the caddie do it, then YES I definitely would up my tip at the end of my round.  I may be old fashioned, but I would also say "thanks!"
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To me the easiest way would be adjusting the position of the ball in your stance slightly.  If you slice it move it towards your front foot more so that the clubface gets turned more before you hit it if you hook it move it back a little so that the club face doesnt get that far turned before you hit it.
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This is an easy one....I'll share with you a great tip I observed by watching professional caddies over the years. \n\nBefore a round a pro caddy washes his players grips with soap and water in a bucket....then after they are washed and dried he'll rub them for a 5 or 6 seconds with a piece of sand paper. \n\nI first observed this about 10 years ago and I've been doing it ever since! It works like a charm! I've been using the same putter grip for at least 6 or 7 years....still feels like new! \n\nUse this tip and you won't need anything else to keep your grips feeling tacky.
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Go to the driving range and practice a lot more. On the range, you could pretending you are practising and accidentally hit the ball. I use to think that the practice swing is better, too, but in fact it is not as you are not committed to it. Cure your real swing is better.
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When I start hitting the ball heavy I typically move it back about a 1/2 in my stance. I also focus on a point towards the back of the ball and not on the back itself. This should give you a little better contact. \n\nWhen the ball is above your feet you should take one club more and grip down a little bit. I also try to hit cut shots when the ball is above my feet. This helps to prevent pulling the shot. \n\nHope that helps a little.
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I predetermine a spot where I want the ball to stop, and bare that in mind. At address, you should looking at the ball not the hole, or the imaginary spot where you target your ball to stop. Try hitting on the practice putting carpet until you know the right strength to give your putt. Golf is a target game, like dart.
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Check you right elbow on your downswing. You could be bringing it closer to your body causing you to open the club face. I developed a simular slice a few years ago and a shoulder problem was causing me to bring my right elbow in, causing the slice. My shoulder muscles was not keeping the ball in the socket properly.\n\nA simple exercise of using a 1lb can of Veggies solved the shoulder problem. I would bend forward at the waist and extend my right arm down. Then raise the can until it was almost under my armpit.\n\nAfter solving the shoulder problem the club pro helped me stop the habit of drawing my elbow in. That low slice went away. I still slice the ball at times, but they now have some nice loft.