First and foremost the setup position and the mechanics of the golf swing are the key reasons why you are pulling the golf ball. The first thing that you must examine is your address position. Many people who pull the ball start with the shoulders opened or closed. This alignment flaw can make you hit shots all over the course, making it difficult to play your best golf.

In addition to your stance and shoulder alignment, one swing flaw is normally responsible for the pull. Most people who pull the ball come too far to the inside on the backswing, and this causes a chain of events leading to an over the top golf swing and a flipping of the wrists, resulting in a golf swing pull.

To stop this from happening, you need to practice taking the club away in a one piece motion with your hands, arms, and shoulders moving back in one piece. Keep the club head outside of your hands on the takeaway on order to keep from pulling the club too far to the inside on the takeaway. This will help you get better separation throughout your golf swing, resulting in longer and straighter shots.

The golf swing pull is something that can be corrected if you will just spend some time on the range practicing and learn to take it to the course.

Step 1

Position the head of your club so that it squarely faces the target.
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Step 2

Hold the club handle in the left hand if you are right-handed. The club should lie across the bottom of your fingers, just above the palm. The V formed by your thumb and forefinger should point toward your right shoulder. Reverse Steps 2 through 5 if you’re left-handed.
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Step 3

Place your right hand on the club so it lies diagonally across your ring, middle and index fingers, from nearest the palm on the ring finger to the tip of the index finger.
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Step 4

Cover the thumb of your left hand with the thumb of your right hand.
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Step 5

Make sure the V on your right hand is parallel to the V on your left hand.
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Step 6

Lower the club into place for the swing, keeping it in your fingers with just enough pressure to hold the club. Maintain light pressure on the grip throughout the golf swing.
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Step 7

Don’t hold the club in the palms of your hands or you will lose power and control. Your fingers are far more sensitive than your palm, so let them guide your shot

1. The new grips you’ll be using.

2. A tee.

3. A bench vise (not essential, but it will make things easier).

4. A rubber shaft holder to cradle the shaft, protecting it from damage, while the shaft is clamped in the vise.

5. Double-sided grip tape.

6. Scissors.

7. A grip tape scraper.

8. A utility knife with a hooked, rather than a pointed, blade. A pointed blade can damage graphite shafts.

9. Grip solvent placed into a squeeze bottle.

10. A container to catch the solvent, which you’ll be pouring over the shaft.

11. A cloth or old rag.

1. Stand with your spine in a neutral position and bend from the hips, with feet shoulders width apart.

2. Rotate the torso on the back swing, and ‘set’ the lead wrist fully before you reach the top, creating a 90 degree angle between your lead forearm and the shaft.

3. When swinging down, ‘haul’ the head of the club so that it lags behind everything else, and allow the 90 degree forearm/shaft angle to increase, then unwind rapidly through the impact area. this creates tremendous clubhead speed while allowing the body to move relatively slowly and maintain control.

4. Make sure to have the shaft leaning forward toward the target at the moment of impact, this will help to have the face of the club face square at impact, an important factor in directional control.

5. “Swing-set-through” is the rhythm. It isn’t critical how far back you take the club but if you have released the club correctly, you will follow through completely; your belt buckle will be facing the target, the club will be behind you, you will be balanced on your lead foot with the back foot balanced on its toe. You should be able to comfortably hold this finish as you watch the ball fly off into the distance.