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    Posted: 09 March 2010 at 1:31am

I am new to the OPS and this site.  I have been working on the fundamentals that CQ talks about on a daily basis.  Everything seems to work fine until I get to the 5, 4 and 3 iron.  On my longer irons the ball starts low, straight and penetrating then it starts to tail off to the right (about 10 to 12 paces on a 4 iron shot 200yds) after it reaches its apex.  I still have good compression of the golf ball with these longer irons.  I know this could be an over the top move, but the ball seems to start on its intended target line and not left of it.  I find that I have to really concentrate on my weight transfer and hip turn to get the ball to stay straight and true.  However, this slows my swing flow and my misses are a little fat.  Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution or is it just me?  Any insight you all might have would be great.

 

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Welcome to the site!  I'll leave the swing advice to the experts, but I highly recommend you check out the link below regarding the "new" ball flight laws.  (Note -- the link worked in IE but not in Chrome.)

Based on the article on page 3 of this Trackman newsletter, you could still be coming over the top.  In fact, your path could be almost 7 degrees out-to-in and the ball would still start on line if your face angle is only 1 degree open.

This might help diagnose the issue or maybe prevent a misdiagnosis!



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Great read.  Looks like I need to keep working on reducing the over the top move.
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Very informative read.
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ericlovesgolf,

did you ever cure this problem? i am having the exact same thing happen to me. my long irons start directly on line with the target and take a 10-15 yard right turn. at least it is consistent
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