Hook
A golf shot that bends from right to left, or left to right in the case of a left-handed player.
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Hook
The hook ball flight from the perspective of a right-handed golfer.
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Golf Hook Explained
For golfers that slice the ball regularly, the golf draw or even a hook seems like the holy grail. The golf slice has more of a negative connotation, while the golf hook seems to be held in higher regard.
If you hook or slice the ball, it's probably because you are using the wrong hand to control club-face rotation through the impact zone.
Hook
For right-handed golfers, a hook curves from right to left. This type of shot tends to roll farther than a sliced shot. To hit a hook, the clubface must be closed in relation to the target line at impact.
Hook
A poor shot that, for a right-handed golfer, curves sharply to the left (may occasionally be played intentionally but is difficult to control).
Hook: Type of shot, for a right-handed golfer, that often starts to the right of the target and curves dramatically to the left, usually ending much more left of target than desired. A hook is normally considered to be a non-desirable shot.
Hook - A stroke made by a right-handed player which curves the ball to the left of the target
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Hook: A stroke which curves the ball to the left of the target, if made by a right handed player, and to the right if made by a left handed player.
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Hook is a mistimed shot that deviates severely to the left for a right-handed player.
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To hit the ball in a manner that causes it to curve from right to left in the case of a right-handed player or left to right for a left hander
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Hook
A term often used for a right-to-left (for a right-handed player) ball curve trajectory that is pronounced and unintentional. Created by a significant tilt of the spin-axis to the left.
hook-- For a right-handed player, to hit the ball so that its flight path curves from the right to the left (or from left to right for a left-handed player) in a pronounced manner.
Hook
A pronounced right-to-left trajectory for a golf ball flight pattern, created by a tilt of the spin-axis of the ball to the left (for right handed golfers) and to the right (for left handed golfers).
Hook - A stroke which starts to the right of the direct line to the target and finishes to the left. For a left-handed player, this is reversed.
Hook
To induce top spin and side spin onto the ball causing it to move from outside to in on your swing with more roll. Opposite is slice.
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Hook
Faulty stoke when the ball curves to the left for right-handed players and right for left-handed players.
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hook An exaggerated "draw".
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impact The instant that the club face makes contact with the ball.
Hook - For the right-handed golfer, it is a golf shot that curves strongly from right to left. Moreover, for the right-handed golfer, this shot usually lands left of their target (the direction would be opposite for the left-handed golfer).
Hook: A shot that curves dramatically from right to left for a right-handed player, or left to right for a left-handed player. A hook is never intentional and curves much more than a draw.
Hook: To induce topspin onto the ball causing it to move from outside to in on your swing. Often an exaggerated draw and its opposite is a slice.
Hooker: A person whose predominate ball flight is a hook.
Hook: Shot that curves severely from right to left.
Hosel: Curved area where the clubhead connects with the shaft.
Hustler: A golfer who plays for a living. Plays better than he claims to be.
Hook - A badly played shot which curves slightly to the left.
Inward Nine - The final nine holes of a course.
Lie - The 'lie' is the place where the ball rests.
hook For a right-handed golfer, a shot that starts to the right of the target and curves dramatically to the left.
hosel The portion of the golf clubhead that holds the shaft.
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A golf shot that curves sharply to the left, caused by the application of counter-clockwise spin to the ball, either deliberately or unintentionally.
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Hook : A shot that travels from right to left (right-handed player). More severely than a draw. Example: He hooked his tee shot into the trees.
Hosel : The part of the clubhead into which the shaft is inserted.
HOOK
A ball which may start towards the target but then curves greatly to the left with a counter-clockwise spin. It is caused by hitting the ball on an exaggerated inside-out path with a closed club face at impact.
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Hook
A hit on the ball causing sidespin such that it curves dramatically to the left (for right handed players). The extreme of a 'draw,' opposite of a slice.
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Bye Hook or Bye Slice
How many of you have hit the perfect tee shot......perfect at least for the first couple of seconds, But then you stand there helplessly watching it bend off line into the rough, or a trap, or a pond or the woods.
Duck Hook: To induce too much topspin onto the ball causing in to move from outside to in on your swing. Normally caused by turning your body to quickly through your swing.
Dunk: When a ball lands in a water hazard.
DUCK HOOK - a mis-hit golf shot in which the golf ball flight is low and the golf ball ducks to the right for a left-handed golfer, and ducks to the left for a right-handed golfer.
Snap Hook: A shot that starts quickly to the left and angles sharply downwards and further to the left generally producing a very short and undesirable result.
Snipe: A ball that is hooked and drops quickly.
Snowman: An eight on a hole.
Hook
Shot that curves strongly from right to left (or the opposite, if you play left handed!).
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HOOK (submitted by: tiger101)
A severe curving shot made from an inside-out swing path that puts side spin on the ball. This makes it curve from right to left.
HOSEL
The opening where the shaft intersects with the club head ...
Hook - A stroke that is caused by the application of counterclockwise spin and which bends the golf ball sharply to the left.
Hostel - On an iron golf club the head and the shaft are connected by a socket known as an hostel.
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For a right-handed golfer, a shot that curves to the right of the target and turns dramatically, landing further left than intended.
HOOK - to hit the ball and have it curve gradually from right to left (for right-handed golfers).
HOSEL - the hollow part of the clubhead that the shaft fits into.
A hook occurs when the club face is closed in relation to the golfers swing path, causing counterclockwise sidespin and resulting in a hook to the left or right depending if you are left or right handed ...
To hook or slice a shot by using sidespin.
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Type of grass seen for the most part on Northern courses. It is of the genus Agrostis, native to North America and Eurasia. It is a hardy and resilient type of grass that can be cut very short.
To hook the ball such that it drops quickly.
Sole
The underside of the club head.
To hook or slice a shot by using sidespin.
Bend Point
The point of maximum bending on a shaft as measured by a compression test of the shaft on both the tip and butt ends.
duck hook (shrimp, mallard, quacker)
Shot curving severely from right to left.
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To cure the hook, the player should concentrate more on trying to swing straight down the target line. In fact, you should actually learn how to cut or slice the ball.
a controlled hook used to get in position for the next shot or get out of trouble a shot that curves from left to right to play a shot so that it curves owing to sidespin from right to left with a right-handed player conversely from right to left for ...
Bobby Locke's "Hook Stroke" is Inside-to-Square. The opposite of a Mayfair-style cut stroke is usually thought of as the Bobby Locke "hook stroke.
pull hook a shot that is both a pull and a hook, starting and curving to the left of the intended target line for right-handers
Example: The nasty pull hook resulted in a lost ball and a two-shot penalty.
Duck hook - A shot which flies violently to the left
Eagle - Two below the par of the hole
Eclectic - The best score for each hole scored over a number of rounds ...
Snap-hook - To hit a shot with an sharp hook.
Sole - The bottom of the club head.
Sole plate - The metal plate on the bottom of a wood.
Spade-mashie - Another term for a 6 iron, no longer used.
snap hook: As duck hook; a shot that starts right of target and excessively curves left and left of target.
sole: The bottom part of the clubhead.
sole plate: A strip of metal protecting the sole of a wooden club.
It is much more subtle than a hook. Driver This is the club you normally tee off with, meaning that the ball may be placed on a tee. It is considered a wood. It is the longest club in the bag, and it has the least amount of loft (except the putter).
At an inquest into the death of UN worker Iain Hook, Paul Wolstenholme, a United Nations worker in Jenin claims that moments after Iain Hook was shot by a mysterious sniper rifle-shot to the pelvis, ...
a shot whereby a player intends for a fade and hits a hook, or conversely, intends to play a draw and hits a slice. So called because the player has aimed left (in the case of a slice) and compounds this with hitting a hook, which moves left as well.
Clubface closed to ball encourages a hook
Purpose
To learn the effects of different swingpaths. An outside to inside swingpath will cause a slice (or a shot pulled left if the clubface is closed).
Can it cause you to hook, slice, hit the ball fat or thin etc? The answer was yes. Because as your posture changes so does your swing plane. Then I looked at the variations in posture. Can they relate to swing faults? ...
Hook - shot that bends from right to left.
Interlocking - hooking the index and little finger together on the club.
Iron - metal-headed club
9 Iron - iron used to hit the ball high and short ...
The hook is the worst shot in golf (I don't consider a shank a shot)-it is totally out of control, unless it is hit with intention. A draw isn't too far from a hook, so at times, it may actually become one.
HOOK: A shot that curves left of its target. (Should you be a right-handed golfer.)
IRON: The clubs you use from the fairway.
LIP: The rim around the actual hole on a green.
Sharon pulls the ball to the left, and then it curves even farther left (a pull-hook) and lands far from the intended target.
You can stop scratching your head in disbelief after you hook that drive or miss the green because even the best players aren't perfect. Permission to make mistakes will also allow you to focus on your future shots, instead of dwelling on the past.
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