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Golf tips to correct shanking the ball? ?

I have read plenty of magazines, tried many tips and drills, and played the game of golf for about 8 years. Until this past year, I have never had a problem with shanking the golf ball. I seem to be letting my hands move away from my body at impact which moves the hosel and shaft closer to the ball, resulting in a shank from time to time. I also know that sometimes I’m not rotating my right hand (trailing hand) at impact, which causes the face to stay open at impact and can also cause somewhat of a shank. Does anyone know of a fail-proof way or practice drill to correct this, without giving up golf, of course? Thanks!

From what you’ve told us I would say the most likely source of the shank is relating to the hands moving away from the body at impact. Contary to popular belief, a shank is not caused by cutting across the ball but rather from striking the ball from too inside the correct swing path. Whenever I’ve had the shanks, I corrected it by making sure I am taking the club straight backwards rather than taking it back on an inside line. When I slip into this habit, I try correct it by putting a tee on the ground about a foot or so behind the ball and concentrating on taking the club back towards that. Related to this is you could be attacking the ball along too flat a swing path which again would lead you to strike the ball inside-out. The easist way to correct this and to create a more upright plane is to swing on a slope such that the ball is lower than your body/below your feet. If you’ve found you are drawing/hooking the ball more than normal then the above is most likely to be the reason and the drills should help.

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