Fault Fixer: The Full Swing

All golfers, even the tour players, have faults in their swings. The key is adding the right move or position to offset the flaw you’re trying to overcome. Here, teacher Josh Zander will help you identify your biggest issues, understand what causes them, and then apply the right instruction. We start here with that big miss to the right - the push.

Among amateur golfers, no fault is more common than the slice—that big right turn the ball takes in midair. There are many things that can happen during the setup and swing to cause a slice. The trick is diagnosing what’s going on in your swing. In this video, teacher Josh Zander helps you break down your slice—and learn to fix it.

One of the most “satisfying” misses in golf is the pull because it feels solid—the clubface and swing path are matched up, just too far to the left. There is no glancing blow, like you find with many of the other impact faults. But the ball misses left, so it’s not a shot you want to hit. In this video, Josh Zander offers some instruction on how to get rid of the pull.

Everyone wants to hit big, high draws that bound down the middle of the fairway, but what you don’t want is an uncontrollable hook, which curves way left of your target. Do that, and you’re turning a good player’s shot into a nightmare. In this video, teacher Josh Zander shows how to avoid the hook - and if you have it, how to fix it.

Another one of the more frustrating mis-hits is thin contact, which happens when you catch the ball on the upswing and hit it low on the clubface. Typically, the ball flies low and not very far. The topped shot is an extreme case of thin contact where you strike the ball above its equator. Here, Josh Zander demonstrates how to avoid these embarrassing misses.

Although all misses are bad, perhaps none is more demoralizing than the chunk or fat shot, which feels terrible and can go nowhere, depending on how fat you get it. There are many things that can cause a fat shot, so the trick is identifying what you’re doing. In this video, Josh Zander shares his best instruction on what causes fat contact and how to stop it.