Pulled Shots

Question
Can you help me out as to why I would be pulling the shot. I am a RH golfer and have been pulling my wood and iron shots roughly 10-20 left most of the time? My alignment seeems to be correct which was the first thing I checked and I even laid the shaft across my waste to insure the path line.Thanks for your time...

Answer
Hello Id:

Simple answer.  You are striking the outside part of the ball, which means you are swinging the club across the line (or pulling it back across the line), which sends the ball left.  If you hit the back outside part of the ball, the ball will start left.  So what's the answer:  you need to hit the back inside part of the ball (closest to you) with the club swinging more towards the target.  Just worked on this today with 2 more students.  

Drill:  Assuming you are lined up correctly, picture your target (let's say the flagstick) as 12 o'clock.  When you pull shots, you are basically swinging your club towards 10 or 11 o'clock.  Your clubface would strike the back outside part of the ball and the club would be moving across the target line towards the left.  So, I would have you play the ball in the center of your feet, line up correctly, and then try to catch the back inside part of the ball and swing the club towards 1 o'clock.  If you do this enough, you cannot pull a golf ball to the left.  Can you picture that Id?

Now go hit balls, make sure your alignment is correct, and start swinging towards 1 o'clock.  You'll be hitting them straight in no time.  

Eddie Kilthau
www.victorygolfworks.com
PGA Member