Golf Hook Cure: Use These Tips To Cure Your Hook For Good

This week's lesson is entitled, "How to Cure a Golf Hook", and if you've been battling a hook for a while you understand how frustrating they can be. Everyone else is, more than likely, slicing the ball, and you are playing from the opposite side of the fairway.

The good news is that the golf hook is not difficult to cure. Implement these 4 golf tips and your golf hook will be cured in no time. In order to correct the golf hook you need to make sure you swing the club from the outside in.

1. Loosen Your Grip - Playing with a grip that is too strong is common among people who hook the ball. If you simply rotate your hands around the grip towards the target, it will make it much more difficult for the face of the club to be "closed" at impact. Now don't take this tip too far, you need to test each grip to see which works best for you. If you are certain that you are playing with a weak grip then move on to the next tip.

2. Move the ball forward in your stance - It is common of players who slice the ball to play the ball forward in their stance. So copy them. If you hook, the result should be a relatively straight ball. (Side Note: Whether you hook or slice, your first goal should be to learn to do the opposite.) Moving the ball forward in your stance should get some things back on track.

3. Aim to the left (to the right if left handed) of the target - Start out with an open stance to the target. This will put that clockwise rotation on the ball that you are looking for. Just open your stance a little bit, and swing along the line of your shoulders.

4. Be sure to finish the swing with your weight on your front foot - This is by far the best solution to cure the golf hook. Most golfers who hook the ball finish with some of their weight on their back foot. This will cause a closed clubface at impact, and result in a hook. Focus on finishing your swing with all of your weight forward, and that nasty golf hook should not be a problem any longer.

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