Master Your Golf Swing: Path Secrets to Avoid Hooks

George Gankas explains the technical relationship between swing path and clubface to help golfers eliminate hooks. He highlights that even a 'perfect' zeroed-out path can result in a hook if the clubface is closed or if the golfer slows down through the impact zone.

• The clubface is primarily responsible for the ball's starting direction.
• The swing path creates the curvature (side-spin) of the ball relative to the face.
• A hook can occur even on a perfect path if the face is closed at impact.
• Slowing down through the ball often leads to an early release and a closed clubface.
• Understanding the relationship between path and face is the first step to diagnosing a hook.

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