I cant' fix this !

[buteman]

I played my second round of the season yesterday, the course I play is a Robert Trent Jones links style course, par 72. It's a great course and I guess when he designed this track he was intent in catching tee shots with any kind of a hook in his fairway bunkers. In all I am not too unhappy with scores of 82 and 80, it's the start of the season, fairways are damp and temperatures are quite cold. It was definately feast or famine with my driver off the tee in both rounds, it was either long and straight or an ugly hard hook. I can't feel anything different, I have no clue as to why I'm hitting hard hooks into fairway bunkers, making matters worse is the comments from my playing partners " gee that looked like a real nice swing you put on that ". One of my playing partners hits a lovely, consistant tee shot with the driver, it has a gentle little fade, if I had that shot I would have easily scored in the seventies both rounds. I'm sure you will agree approach shots from around 150 yards from fairway bunkers with high lips makes pars very difficult. So before this season starts I hope I can find not only why I'm hooking the ball but how to fix it.

[pick-it-up]

New clubs?

[coralpro]

Two things come to mind. Possibly setting up with the right shoulder a little low causing you to get a little stuck and flipping the wrist over at impact. The other just a timing issue getting your hips too slow to open causing the face to close a little quicker than normal. With your handicap it is probably timing but without seeing a video it is tough to tell for sure. If there is a local pro have him see the swing and he can probably lock on to one thing that is causing it. Sometimes the cost of saving aggravation is well worth the cost of a single trip to the pro. Good luck!

[Jkwan]

What course did you play? It sounds like you played The Senator, in Prattville.

[tiger2]

Check your grip. You want the back of your lefthand facing the target and the vee of your right hand pointing at your right shoulder. It sounds like you have a strong grip and you are blocking it to hit it straight and when you release you get the big hook. Grip it correctly then release.