25 Juin How to eliminate the snap hook from your golf game forever
I went through a rough period as a kid fighting a nasty snap hook; almost 30 years later I can still remember that dreaded feeling. I tried changing to stiffer shafts and “holding on” tighter through impact, but nothing helped. Sadly, no one at that time knew much about the real ball flight laws. I was left to guess-and-check, and basically wait it out.
Today, we are blessed with devices like Trackman that give us an instant MRI of what is going on in the swing. All I would have needed back in the day was one swing and I could have understood why I was snap hooking the ball. I could have fixed it in one range session!
Now, there's no reason to let your snap hook run wild and poison your game. Read this article, then get on Trackman to diagnose your own swing. Let's dive in.
The key is to fix the path so you can move the ball right-to-left
Above is a sample swing I made showing a healthy snap hook. The ball started well left of my target and continued to curve further left... not to mention that the ball launched extremely low, so the ball landed hot and keep running. That's not ideal for hitting greens. Ugh!
The real issue here is the club path (which is -4.3 left of the target) and its interaction with the face angle (which is -5.7 degrees left of the target.) We know that the ball mostly begins in the direction of the face at impact (the red arrow) and curves away from the club path (the blue line).