Where does my pull come from?

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If you’re having trouble pulling your irons (to the left for a right-handed player), check your ball position – which, generally speaking, should be approximately two balls inside the left heel. Remember, the club travels on an arc, so when the ball is further forward, the clubface will arrive pointing left with the clubhead also going left.

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Most of the pull shots I witness are down to the trail shoulder ‘spinning out’. When it comes over the top like this, it changes the direction of your swing path – so it’ll be more to the left. If the face is square to the path as you go through impact, you’ll hit a pull; closed, a pull hook; and if it’s open you’ll hit a slice. 3

You want that feeling of ‘tucking’ your trail shoulder in. Forget about hitting the ball at this point – just rehearse getting that right shoulder, right arm and right elbow into the right side of your body. Doing this allows everything to come from the inside – it shallows the club out and helps you to deliver the club squarely through the ball. You should find yourself able to turn hard through the ball without the fear of it going left.