PGA instructor Adam Bazalgette demonstrates how to intentionally hook and draw the golf ball to escape trouble on the course. He emphasizes the importance of keeping hips and hands forward to ensure an inside-out path while managing the clubface angle relative to that path.
To hook the ball, the swing path must be significantly to the right of the target while the clubface is closed relative to that path.
The ball typically starts more in the direction the clubface is pointing than the direction of the swing path.
A critical 'don't' is 'slashing' at the ball, which leads to a cupped wrist and pulls the club path too far left.
Keep your hips and handle forward through impact; once the clubhead passes your hands, it naturally begins to curve back to the left.
Intentional hooks will have significant roll-out, so account for extra distance on the ground when recovery hitting.
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