Hinge and hold is theoretically impossible. Just an FYI

I have played the last 6 rounds with a case of the shanks. It's been about 3-4 years but they are back with a vengeance. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat

I can cure them for you.

60* flop and pray





That sucks, been there myself but seem to be getting out of it now. You're much better than I, so I'll refrain from giving any advice outside of just simplifying everything worked for me. Wanna play for money? (I need a chance to win my 20 back)

Had a bad case last year. 3 things I did worked for me.

1) Hit balls with my right foot (I'm a righty) behind me. So a closed stance.
2) Closed the club face and tried to pull the ball on purpose
3) Took 3 weeks off.


Good Luck!

1. Lay a 2x4 an inch to the right of the ball.

I tried that kind of thing back when I had that problem. I was so good at sh****ing I was able to pull it off without touching the object! It turns mine were cause by a wide open face leading with the hosel.

Today I actually try to hit it more toward the heel because I know I can't really reach it with a square club face and straight swing path.

Addressing the ball with the far toe of the club. Works for me every time.

Literally close to the worst thing you can do for shanks. Address the ball on the heel and figure out what you need to do to hit the face.

Let's get out again for sure! I played 3 rounds at Osprey on Saturday, me and a buddy did the play-all-day special. It was nice, aside from the shanks (Although they disappeared on the 3rd round and I shot 81)



Addressing the ball on the toe has never worked for me, it usually causes me to reach out even further on my toes and shank them worse.


Thanks for the all the tips guys. I went to the range yesterday and hit about 100 balls without a single shank. I just need to go back to my instructor for a lesson or two, get the fundamentals checked out again and they'll be a thing of the past again. It's funny though, I know the stance & alignment that causes me to shank and I know subconsciously when the shot is coming, but I never step off them and restart. In the last 8 rounds, I have had 2 that were completely shank free and a tonne of range sessions that were the same so I know I'm just going through a little phase.

I had the shanks for a year once. Wanted to kill myself. It's all in your head if you ask me. I found standing closer to the ball helped me. Opposite of what you'd think. Was only with my wedges on less that full swing tho for me... I can usually put the ball within 10 feet on any shot within 60 yards so to shank it straight right on the easiest shot there is kills the spirit.

Good luck!

Heh - works for me without fail

The problem is most shanks are caused by the hands moving too far away from the body, thus you contact the hosel. Training your hands to get further away from the body by addressing the ball on the toe and then moving the hands out so you hit the center of the face can be very counterproductive.

Doesn't it bring the hands in if you address the ball on the toe?

at the start but your body will compensate by getting the hands away from your body I would think.

How reliant is the golf swing on good hand-eye co-ordination?

Who uses a line on their ball to line up their putts? I tried it for awhile way back when but I just couldn't get the hang of it. It was too hard to make the ball line match the actual line. I had trouble keeping my eye on the putting line and the ball line at the same time. And once I released the ball it always rotated a few degrees messing up the alignment.

It was also really slow, twice as long as what I do now. Probably because I didn't know how to do it very well.

Now I just place the ball white side up and find a point on my line to aim at a couple inches in front of the ball. Then lazer stare at it until I've set up so I don't lose the point. It has its downsides as well since I'm never 100% confident I'm lined up straight and sometimes I lose my point and have to start over (or worse yet, don't).

read Knudson's Natural Golf Swing, and I believe he makes the point that some blind golfers are excellent... which surely goes against the importance of hand-eye coordination.

I've tried some practice swings at the range with my eyes closed, and flushed it. It's a great practice technique actually.

I go back and forth between those 2. As soon as I have a bad day I switch. Not sure one is better than the other but using a black line seems to take a bit longer.

The only reason I use the line on the ball, is to make sure my putts are rotating correctly.

White side up. It's one of the reasons I dind't like the Callaway Hex balls when they were a thing back in the day. The logo was rotated 180deg on either side of the ball so you could never have a plain white side facing up at you.

A few years ago my contacts were giving me fits, so I wore my glasses. Same prescription, but given the lenses depth perception changes slightly. I couldn't play worth ****. Literally quit after three holes. Nearly everything was a shank.

I tore my retina ~4 years ago (as a result, am 95% blind in my right eye) and have the worst depth perception of all time. Hand-eye co-ordination is somewhat correlated with depth perception, so I get what you're saying. I just don't know how to solve it. I pretty much have my good days, and have my bad days; I just try to concentrate on my club path and focus really hard on striking the ball flush (which is easier said than done), after I have everything else set.

It's very possible to hit a golf ball well with your eyes closed, so....

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