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Whatever level of player I have come across in my teaching career, all without exception have hit the worst looking shot in golf at some point ... the shank!
A shank is when the ball makes contact with the neck of the iron at impact and shoots off at a near right angle to the intended line. There are a number of reasons for how a shank occurs, but from my experience the two leading culprits are hitting with a severely ‘open’ clubface at impact or the club swinging into the ball from the ‘outside path’.
If you ever start to suffer from the shanks, try this exercise on the range.
Place a small head cover 12-inches behind the ball and two-inches towards the ‘outside line’. Grab a wedge and hold the club as softly as you can and hit 20 balls in succession, attempting to miss the head cover and contact the ball only. This is a great drill to improve your swing path and encourage the club to return to impact square every time.
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