So the verdict is in…the solution to my hooking problem was to adjust the lie to 2* flat…funny thing about lie though…I had checked my clubs by hitting them on the rubber matted walking path…leaves a black mark on the sole, and the lie appeared flush…that is to say when I soled the club at address I did so in a way that the club was aligned properly and came through on the correct angles at impact…why the ball would hook I don’t know, but once adjusted again I could feel that I was immediately more comfortable at address when I soled the club as it was intended…results bear it out as well…interestingly, I read that the clubs that are more affected by improper lie angles are the higher lofted irons (I think that it was in Nickalus’s Golf My Way)…again, results bore out the written word as while all the clubs felt better in the hands, the short irons were much more accurate than they had been, and I was again able to cut the ball into the greens, which with the new manicuring guidelines at my club (shaving the greens and now they are very quick) and the dry season (harder greens) makes a fade into the green the preferred shot…my opinion on clubfitting has been reinforced after all of this, which is similar to Ctech’s view in that standard off the rack sets should be suitable for most who are neither unusually short or tall (5’8 to 6’3”) until you know your tendencies and can then fine tune them…for me the tuning is making all the difference and am starting to realize a larger degree of control (which was great with the woods after I set them up and quickly ruined by ill fitted irons)…something that came out of all of this is also the importance of not just being fitted for your driver, but to have all the clubs in the set tailored for uniformity as I lost my feeling for all the clubs after changing the setup on only the irons…
Now that the issue is somewhat sorted, back to the short game practice area…
