Hitting balls toward the heel of the club face

[khalespace]

I have a problem. I have to address the balls toward the toes to hit the balls at the center of the club face. If I address the balls at the center, I hit the balls at the heel, sometimes shank or hit it fat. What do you think my problem is?

 

Basically the toe of my club have to line up with the edge of the ball at address. This is the same with irons, driver, woods and hybrid.

[GoGoErky]

Sounds like you are moving closer to the ball in your swing causing contact to move towards the heel.

 

 

[Ri_Redneck]

With no video, it's nothing but a guess......

 

My guess is that you have your weight too much towards your heels. As you swing, you subconsciously center your weight and move closer to the ball. Try having your weight more on the balls of your feet or even your toes. See if it helps. I had an issue hitting on the toe years back and I was reaching too much at address and had my weight too far out towards my toes.

 

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[mallrat]

I fight a similar issue off and on. It comes from an old bad habit of thumping the goat or diving in with my right hip. Doesn’t give my hands room to get through the ball. 

[RoyalTroon]

On 8/9/2023 at 1:20 PM, khalespace said:

I have a problem. I have to address the balls toward the toes to hit the balls at the center of the club face. If I address the balls at the center, I hit the balls at the heel, sometimes shank or hit it fat. What do you think my problem is?

 

No crystal ball available, so put something up.   Could be simple like hands getting lower to ground through the ball than what hand height was established at address- so you could try setting up normally but this time with enough radial set in the wrists to inch the toe upward a little at address, or in other words, flatten the shaft's address angle.   Good luck.

[chollier986]

If it’s consistent, and you hit it well, I wouldn’t change it.  Not all tour players address the ball in the center