What are the most common golf swing faults?

Every golfer at some time or another let's a swing fault creep into his or her game.  Half the battle of fixing a golf swing fault is identifying what the golf swing fault is in the first place.

Below is a list of the twelve most common golf swing faults that all golfers experience on or off the course at one time or another.

1.Pull Hook: The pull hook is a golf fault that starts left and curves farther left.

2.Hook: The hook shot is a golf fault that starts right of target and curves left of target.

3.Pull: The pull is a golf fault that starts left of target and continues straight left.

4.Push: The push shot is a golf fault that starts right of target and continues straight right.

5.Slice: The slice shot is a golf fault that starts left, but finishes right of target.

6.Push Slice: The push slice is a golf fault that starts right of target and continues farther right.

7.Thin/topped Shot: A thin or "topped" golf fault occurs when the leading edge of club strikes equator of ball usually sending the golf ball a few inches off the ground and only a few feet.

8.Fat/Duffed Shot: A "fat" or "duffed" golf fault occurs when the golfer hits behind the ball and hits the turf before the ball is struck sometimes popping the ball in the air with little distance.

9.Shank Shot: A "shank" occurs when the ball strikes hosel of club and ball flies viciously to right.

10.Left Arm Collapse (also known as "Chicken Wing"): occurs when the left arm collapses before club face impact with the golf ball resulting in significant power loss and errant golf shots.

11.Pop-Up Golf Shot: A "pop-up" golf shot occurs when the golf ball is popped straight up into the air with little distance usually resulting from too steep of a swing.

12.Poor Distance: Poor distance occurs when the golfer makes decent contact with the golf ball but does not achieve adequate distance with either irons or woods shots.  This usually occurs because the upper and lower body are not synchronized to achieve maximum swing speed and power.