The Shank: Most common cause and how to fix it

The most common cause we see for a shank is to get the club swinging in a way where the sweetspot of the club is behind the hosel .

From this position it is the hosel you are feeling instead of the sweetspot.

This can happen in many different ways. I the video I demonstrate this position with the club coming from an in to out path, but it can happen with a swing from out to in also.

It is my experience that many people suffer this as slicers and approaching from out to in.

With the face so far open that the hosel gets between the sweetspot and the ball, they then end up lagging the hosel into the shot.

Even when these players flip the clubface closed at the bottom they still shank it as the damage has already been done in the approach and the swing is already outside the ball.