what causes a snap hook?

[JIMF25]

what causes a snap hook? left arm outracing the right?

 

Note that I cured it after 6 holes by swinging the driver upside down making a good 'wooosh' noise so it may be a tempo issue.

[abewley]

getting way to quick with the arms!

 

its a over the top move witha closed face..

 

so yes its tempo.

[slicefixer]

LOTS of things can cause a snap hook......

 

- poor grip.......can be too strong OR too weak.......surprisingly I see WAAAAY more "snap hookers" with weak grips......(they have to manipulate the clubhead to square it at impact......result: they over-rotate the head and snap it....) ANOTHER grip problem occurs when the player "re-grips" the club in the transition due to a poor grip to begin with.......club isn't "supported" at the top and one or both hands come off the club during the backswing......result: they "re-grip" the club and cast/throw shutting the face prematurely.....duck hook.......

 

- Good Player: Clubhead/arms trapped/stuck behind the body in the downswing.......once again the player has to manipulate the clubhead to square it at impact........manipulate it too early and a snapper is the result......

 

- Poor Player: Suckin' the club inside prematurely in the backswing......then re-routing "over the top" in the downswing (along with lil' "cast" thrown in for good measure).......result: steep angle of attack and outside/in path.....close the face and a "left to left wrist rocket" results........

 

- "Bowing" the left wrist at the top......see that one occasionally with good players.......gets the face too shut and when the clubhead releases properly the face is shut down to the path......(unless they grip it really weak....which they usually do.....)

 

- Poor posture OR "poor image of a proper backswing" resulting in a "tilty" pivot......result: upper body is backing out and backwards in the downswing "searching" for proper impact "angles".....result: player is too far "behind it" at impact/too far from the ball......by the time the clubhead reaches the golf ball the face is closing down rapidly........"snappy tom" results.........

 

I could probably think of many more.....but its late and I've got another loooooong one on misery hill tomorrow to make up for my lil' Master's foray.......:stop:

[Mugnut]

For me, the snap hook is most often caused by an inactive lower body - in an effort to try to swing like my mind thinks Ernie or Elk or all those big strong super-limber guys who look like they barely lift the left heel during the swing I get a very static lower body. I uually feel like I get a decent turn nevertheless with the shoulders but the hips stay too "put" - the result, an over fast rotation to generate power, coupled with activating the hands/wrists to try to square the clubface - nets me a quick low hook off the toe.

 

The cure for me is always getting a little more flow and hip turn etc. into the swing and letting my lower body work with the swing instead of resisitng it. Put differently, I have to let my swing get a looser (which is hard 'cause we are so trained ot think "compact," "tight", "few moving parts" etc. I just am not that athletic or limber ot create the positions I need to without being a little loose. Esp. with the driver.

 

Sometimes it just takes 20, 30, 40 to 50 balls with the feet together to get the swinging feeling and a little better flow.

 

It's hard to fix this on course because you feel like you're creating resistance and your angles are good but the problem is that the lower body angles (hips and lower) are bad.

 

My $.02.