Hooking is a result of hitting the ball in counter- clockwise swing
which forces the ball to move both in the air and on the ground from
right to left. If you hook regularly your score will greatly improve
if you can transform your stroke into a draw or a straight hit.
The most common cause of hooking is swinging from the inside of the
correct line of impact to the outside of the correct line. This can
be caused by a close stance when your feet are aimed to the right
of the target by a flat swing. Poor posture will cause the hips to
rotate back right with weight on your back foot. You will immediately
push right or hook. The centre of gravity, as seen by the green line
in the diagram on the left, is changed to the back foot with your
hip rotated it will cause you to have an in-to-out swing plane and
you won't be able to square the club face at impact.
The
diagram, (above right), shows the typical hooking posture with the
centre of balance
indicated by the red line. The faded image of a golfer dressed in
blue is the correct posture. The correct posture should have a spine
angle of 30 degrees, or as demonstrated in the diagram, at 11 o'clock
or 1 o'clock depending if you are right or left handed.