THE BEST SHANK FIX DRILL EVER
Drill by Matt Fryer Golf
Why this drill works
A shank happens when the hosel, not the clubface, reaches the ball first, typically traced to a path swinging too far from the inside and/or an open face at impact; deliberately training a toe-side miss recalibrates the swing to bring the center of the face back to the ball.
How to do it
- 1
Identify whether your shank comes from a swing path working too far from the inside, an open clubface at impact, or both.
- 2
Hit rehearsal swings designed to intentionally miss the ball on the inside or toe side, so you feel a path and face angle that would produce a toe strike rather than a hosel strike.
- 3
Gradually move the strike back toward the center of the clubface while keeping that same feeling, so center-face contact replaces the near-hosel contact that causes shanks.
- 4
Repeat in short reps, alternating a couple of rehearsal miss-swings with a real ball, until center contact becomes the default.
