Tips for hitting my 5 wood off the fairway? It keeps shooting straight right on me!! HELP!?

Answer 1

Typically this is called a SHANK.

Many golfers consider "the shank" the worst shot in golf. In a shank (if you are right handed) the ball squirts almost straight right from the moment you hit it. The first time it happens, it comes as a complete shock. You were probably winning and/or about to shoot your best round ever, when it happened.

You were probably playing "a safe" or "no brainer" shot when it happened. It was "the worst" --- "most unexpected" thing that ever happened to you in golf. The scene gets worse because --- you probably shanked your next shot as well.


So what is a shank?

Well technically it is NOT a "golf shot." A golf shot is something a player tries to hit. As far as I know, nobody has ever tried to intentionally hit a shank on the course while competing.

The shank is the portion or part of an iron where the clubface and hosel meet.

When a golfer hits the ball in that area of the clubhead it produces a unwanted ball reaction which is called and widely accepted as a "shank."

Oddly, due to it's recessed position the shank rarely makes contact with the ball.

The reason a shank happens is because the golfer is trying to play a safe shot. They are trying to "push" the golf ball rather than hit it.

In other sports or games when we play a safety we "push" rather than hit. In baseball for example a "bunt" is a safety of sorts and we "push" or hold the bat rather than "swing it."

In golf when we "push," we "push" only the grip portion of the club forward and the clubhead lags behind. When that happens the face twists open allowing the hosel area of the iron clubhead to enter the impact area first.

So in a shank the hands are in front of the ball (as much as 6 to 8 inches) when the clubhead contacts the ball.


Now for the second important part, "What do I have to do to get rid of the shank?"

I'm sorry but as far as I know NO ONE has ever gotten rid of "the shank." We may control it and do our best to prevent it but that's the best we can expect.

So, how do you prevent or avoid them. Well you need to do, "the opposite."


To correct it, you "must" reverse the club's overall position at impact.

In this case the clubhead "must" now come into the ball (impact area) before the grip portion of the club.

In a properly hit golf shot, the "grip" portion of the club and the "clubhead" should be in a relatively straight line at impact. Indeed that is our goal, but at this time we need to overcome and reverse our present bad habit.

So to do the opposite you must get "the clubhead" into the impact area ahead the hands. Picture a pane of glass so big as to cover an area from the back of the ball up to your hands.

In a shank your hands or the grip portion of the club make the initial contact with the glass breaking the top of the glass first. Now to correct it, you want the clubhead to break the bottom of the glass first.


To do it properly:

First --- relax your grip (this is necessary because the wrists must be able to act like hinges and allow the clubhead to pass in front of them).

Second --- mentally picture the clubhead hitting the bottom of the glass before the hands.

Third --- just let it happen.


Once a golfer knows what they need to do, then the best way to do it is to simply let the body do it for them. I tell my students, "What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve --- "if" you let it."

The next thing I had my students do was to shank the ball on purpose. That's right, in order to correct anything you must completely understand why it happens. What better way to understand a shank then by intentionally hitting it.

So for your drill, I want you to intentionally hit three shanks in a row. When you do, you will know everything you need in order to avoid or prevent it in the future.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Try to have a natural set up, here is the tips: Close your eyes first, then straighten your arms, and before you put your club down on the floor, bent your knees slowly. Then you will know what your set up should be, I've use this method a lot of time and you can also do it at home any time when you are free. So, go and correct your set up and then you just go and smash your 5 wood off the fairway .(Don't forget your spine angle should not be change too!)
HAPPY GOLFING!

Answer 4

Are you standing to far away from the ball? I ask because if you might be then the ball will go off the end of the club and go right. Just take a 1/2 step closer to the ball and see if you hit it on the sweet spot.

Another suggestion...are you good with a 3 iron? That generally goes the same distance as a 5 wood.

Answer 5

OK listen; take a broom. Slowly swing it back and forth. Concentrate on taking it straight back very slowly on the target line. Make a slow full back swing. Then at half tempo swing it down and through "sweeping the grass". Once you've developed the technique for accomplishing this feat. Do the same drill with the 5 wood. On your practice swings back and forth "sweep" the ground. Step up to the ball and "Sweep" the ball off of the fairway. You can do it. Good luck.

Answer 6

The driver stance for most glofer is with the left arm extended the ball in line with the inside of the left heal. to adjust to a 3-5 wood use the same setup then move the left foot foward down the target line this will put the culb father back in your stance without changing your alingment this was proven by the great one Jack Nickalus.

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Answer 8

You are suppose to have different length clubs in certain areas like the driver by the front of your foot try evening your stance and put the 5 Wood in the middle I am only a kid but a 7 wood is my driver cause im too short for a mens set and I use my 7 like a 5 and hit it 220yds plus Try this Driver front of foot 3 wood held behind front foot 5 wood held in middle of both feet 7 wood held in front of back foot and 9 wood held behind back foot it works for me and my friend and we are ranked 7th in the state for doubles and we are freshman

Answer 9

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