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Originally Posted by ClubChamp04
The face relative to the path is what moves the ball in one direction or another.
A draw biased club tends to have more weight in the heel which shuts the face down easier. So if somebody is coming OTT and swinging out-in with an open face, the ball will start on a line very close to the face angle and curve right b/c the face is open to the path. The draw club will shut the face down and make it more square to the path which leads to less curve.
Couple of things.
I would say the path relative to the face is what causes the curve, not face relative to path. At the end of the day it is effectively the same, but it's important to get people understanding that wherever the face is pointing is where the ball is (generally) going to start.
So, I think the "draw" or "fade" bias is misleading. The clubs are actually pull or push biased. In your example, someone who at impact has the face 3 degrees closed to the target, but with a path 6 degrees left of target, so face is open 3 degrees relative to path, will hit a ball that starts left of center and then fades to the right. If we give them a "draw" club, their face is now 6 degrees closed to target and the path is 6 degrees left of target, so face and path are square. They will now just hit a straight pull instead of a pull slice.