Technical Area

Hook or
Pull the Ball

• Open face angle to more slice (woods)
• User a stiffer flex shaft
• User a more tip stiff shaft
• Check for too upright a lie
• Check for proper club length
• Check for too small a grip
• Increase swing weight

Slice or
Push
the Ball

• Use a more flexible shaft.
• Use a more tip weak shaft
• Check for too flat a lie
• Check for a proper club length
• Decrease swing weight
• Check for too large a grip
• Close face angle to more hook (woods)
• Check for weight in grip

Hit Ball
Too High

• Decrease loft
• Use a stiffer shaft
• Use a more tip stiff shaft
• Check for a proper club length
• Check for excessive face role (woods)
• Use a deeper faced club
• Check for excessive hook in face angle (woods)
• Check for backweighted club

Hit Ball too Low

• Increase loft
• Use a more flexible shaft
• Use a more tip weak shaft
• Check for proper length
• Use a shallow faced club
• Check for excessive slice in face angle (woods)
• Use backweighted woods

Accuracy
Generally
Inconsistent
in Both Directions

• Shaft too flexible
• Use a more tip stiff shaft
• Swingweight too heavy
• Check all lie angles
• Check proper club length
• Check for proper grip size
• Check for weight in grip

Unsolid
Feeling During Shot

• Shaft too light
• Total weight too light
• Shaft too stiff
• Use a more tip weak shaft
• Check for proper club length
• Check for excessive weight down shaft
• Check for weight in grip
• Check all lie angles
• Possibly improper designed club head

Loss of Distance

• Swingweight too heavy
• Total weight too heavy
• Trajectory too high (irons)
• Trajectory too high or too low (woods)
• Shaft too stiff
• Use a more tip weak shaft
• Use a lighter overall weight shaft
• Check for too large a grip
• Check for proper club length
• Check for excessive face roll (woods)
• Check all loft angles