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.