Hosel Hits?

[esidirop]

Yesterday i played a solid round wiht solid ball striking all day except for 3 shots that were Super Hosel Hits. I was just wondering what causes this?? is it too much lateral movement and not hip turn or is it caused by standing too close to the ball??

[guitarman]

That used to happen to me alot coming in way over the top.

[JEBS]

If it is your driver I found that with the longer tee's and when I address the ball on the ground (and it is lined up on the ground) when I swing through the ball I will sometimes catch it close to the hosel. so I either hover the club at address or step back an inch or so.

[SW20 MR2]

I get that when I dip my front shoulder at the beginning of the downswing.

[corchard]

I'm known as el Hoozel in some circles because I hit a pretty good one with more regularity than I would like.

If you are a hack, then get lessons, but if you play a decent game (in this case you can tell when you are too close to the ball) then read on.

If you are hitting it with some regularity and you other shots are pure then it's probably a weight shift onto your toes in the down swing. Lots of causes, one fix: balance your weight between your toes and heels.

My Fav article on the subjest is:
http://www.alpgtour.com/golf_tips.asp

[dekker]

Saw this on the course the other day.The fellow was playing the ball back with a strong grip and locked wrists.

[guitarman]

I'm known as el Hoozel in some circles because I hit a pretty good one with more regularity than I would like.

If you are a hack, then get lessons, but if you play a decent game (in this case you can tell when you are too close to the ball) then read on.

If you are hitting it with some regularity and you other shots are pure then it's probably a weight shift onto your toes in the down swing. Lots of causes, one fix: balance your weight between your toes and heels.

My Fav article on the subjest is:
http://www.alpgtour.com/golf_tips.asp

definitely get lessons if you do it all the time. I haven't hit my hosel once since lessons.

[corchard]

LOL. I'm probably one of the most lessoned people on the forum. Last year I had about 50 hours in lessons and as a result dropped my handicap from an 19 to a 11. One of my (MANY) faults is that my shoulder turn is kinda weak especially when I get tired or lazy. To recover on the downswing I'll lean towards the ball and voila shanksville. It was so rediculously consistent, if I wanted to, I could shank the same shot 5 in a row.

I'm working on completing the shoulder turn with a wide left arm and a 3/4 swing. After 12 rounds and about 30 hours of additional practice it's starting to groove nicely and I haven't hit el hoozel in 400 shots (practice and rounds).

[esidirop]

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated!!! havent hit a hosel in 3 years lol until yesterday, once i started playing around with my weight shift and shorting my swing... i think the weigh shift is the cause cuz it only happend on holes #3 and 17 lol when i was feeling lazy lol.. still managed bogie and shot 76 at the always challenging Tam 0 (sarcasm on the challenging tam 0)lol

[Special_K]

Haha.. I like that. Super hosel hit...let's call a spade a spade ;)

sh--king is posture related usually. Make sure your weight is not over your toes too much and that you are maintaining proper posture through impact. Pretty hard to sh--k if you do.

[caddishack]

Man this is a topic close to my heart. I had this strange phenomenon start last year in late July and almost every round I would set up at some point and the ball would take off low and slice hard to the right. I tried a lot of things to prevent it from happening and always at some point in my round it would show up for 2 or 3 shots. When I tried to correct it I always started hitting the ball farther left than I wanted but it was better than the alternative. This only happened with my irons and never with any of my woods or hybrid. I finally worked out that a more relaxed swing and shorter take away got rid of the problem, although I serilously felt that my tennis elbow had something to do with it, which it never did. At the end of last year I was throwing darts at the pins with my irons with no worries or thoughts of the dreaded shank. This year I played 10 rds in Myrtle Beach and well over 10 rds here with no shanks. Last week they returned while playing at Cardinal. I felt , maybe it was just a bad side hill lie and no way was it a real shank. Next tee box a par 3 165 yards, I pull out my 6 iron and shank it 60 yards out to the right. Flustered I grabbed another ball and again shanked it but not quite as bad to the right. It took me a while to find my 6 iron as I flung it in pure frustration into the long grass...lol
Next outing it came again 2 or 3 times during the round and then again last Monday. I figured that maybe on my take away that my left arm was to relaxed and then on the downswing I was straightening out my left arm thus pushing the club face forward about 2 inches and enough to hit the hozzle, so off to the range I went and concentrated hard on keeping my left arm straighter during the take away. It seems to have helped and I basically had no shanks until late in the bucket and I attribute that to exhaustion. I playing Ballantrae Saturday and Royal Woodbine on Sunday. 2 courses I really do not want to be shanking on thank you!!!

I keep you posted