this is just to let anybody who gets the dreaded shanks know what worked for me to "cure" them. it started about 2 weeks ago. first just one shanked shot in a round, then a couple, culminating in hitting 3 ob from the first fairway, one from the 2nd and 3 more ob from the 3rd fairway a few days ago. lol-very frustrating to see a round go up in smoke right from the start.!
i read a few suggestions online, none of which worked. finally i hit upon it while hitting 3 balls with different swing thoughts. i now concentrate on keeping my hands behind the ball at impact and it feels like i am "flipping" my wrists a bit more. no shanks in 3 rounds now and a side affect is my irons are flying much more directly at the pins. i had noticed my short irons had been gradually becoming less accurate the last few weeks. i have always had a bit of a sway in my swing, kind of a sliding forward movement of my entire body so i think i may have been swaying forward a bit too much, and thusly getting my hands too far ahead at impact.
so there ya go. i'm a happy golfer again!
i read a few suggestions online, none of which worked. finally i hit upon it while hitting 3 balls with different swing thoughts. i now concentrate on keeping my hands behind the ball at impact and it feels like i am "flipping" my wrists a bit more. no shanks in 3 rounds now and a side affect is my irons are flying much more directly at the pins. i had noticed my short irons had been gradually becoming less accurate the last few weeks. i have always had a bit of a sway in my swing, kind of a sliding forward movement of my entire body so i think i may have been swaying forward a bit too much, and thusly getting my hands too far ahead at impact.
so there ya go. i'm a happy golfer again!