Comments on Grouchy Golf Blog: Hoseltov! - A New WMD?

I'm a relatively low handicap golfer who suffered ...

2008-06-04T08:12:00.000-07:00

I'm a relatively low handicap golfer who suffered the s***** (can't even say the word) about two years ago for about two months. Went to the range and had to dig a lot of dirt to fix it. I found that by delaying the down swing and not taking a big arc on the down swing it finally rectified itself. In the short term line up with your ball on the toe of the club -- not great shots but adequate. The other thing I did was cheat and put the coke can just ouside the ball ann just behind to promote an in to to out path.

Often a hosel rocket is the result of your moving ...

2005-04-29T13:44:00.000-07:00

Often a hosel rocket is the result of your moving everything but your
bowels on the downswing. This is generally a consequence of an outside to inside swing plane, a late release and maybe a lateral hip slide. Some people have a pronounced hip slide, or they flip
their wrists through the strike zone, chicken wings anyone? I heard Jim Hardy's new book talks about a whole new 1 plane swing. Perhaps you'd be wise to take a read..haaa. Maybe a new swing is what you need.

I read a good article in Golf Digest by some hell ...

2005-04-21T03:16:00.000-07:00

I read a good article in Golf Digest by some hell golfing veteran and he said that the best cure for the shanks he had ever come across was for a guy who smoked a nice antique pipe.

This guy only shanked when he chipped but the principle should still be the same. He got the guy to place his favourite pipe just on the other side of his ball and then to make a swing at the ball. Because the guy does not want to smash his pipe he will swing on the correct path (with a possible over-compensation to the inside) which might even result in a nice little draw. This is also a drill that I use with my driver when I am fighting a low heel fade/slice.

It could be worse, you could have a dime-sized mar...

2004-08-05T13:09:00.000-07:00

It could be worse, you could have a dime-sized mark on your hosel.

And you thought I wouldn't be interested in your b...

2004-07-13T19:22:00.000-07:00

And you thought I wouldn't be interested in your blogs cuz they're about golf. Well, despite the fact that I still don't know what you're talking about, but can sorta kinda guess, you should still know that you write very well...and well, it's just good to see you writing.

The only cure that I know of and works 100% of the...

2004-07-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

The only cure that I know of and works 100% of the time is to drop the game. Even playing left handed won't do the trick.

Although dropping the game for 6 months appears to have a 50% success rate.

weight on your heels, mate, weight on your heels. ...

2004-07-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

weight on your heels, mate, weight on your heels.
that's the best cure I've found, just make sure you keep back on the backswing until you get your confidence back. Perhaps you've seen the trick where, while on the range, put a ball under the toes of each foot and make your swing nice and slow. You can't shank it!