Anti-Hook Tips: Know The Difference Between Hook, Pull-Hook, Draw
Pete Styles
While it’s a fault that might be as common as a slice, to the golfer that hooks or pulls the ball it’s equally as frustrating.
This section of the site will help you understand why you hook the golf ball and how you can correct it.
You’ll find a number of videos and drills below that I use with golfers in my classes and 1-to-1 sessions.
Hook, Pull-Hook, Draw – Know The Difference
Many amateur golfers believe that a hook is any shot that curves sharply to the left (for the right-handed golfer)…
However, a hook must start right of your intended target before curving back left to finish well left of target. If your ball starts left or straight and then curves further and further left, that’s called a ‘pull-hook’.
What might be an appropriate swing change for someone that pull-hooks the ball might be irrelevant for someone that generally hits hook shots.
A pull is a ball flight that starts left of target and stays in a straight line to the left (no curve on the ball).
And a draw by the way is not just a less severe hook. To be classed as a draw the ball must land on target (where a draw always finishes left of target).
Important Before you follow any of the lessons below, it’s well worth acquainting yourself with the correct ball flight terminology.
That way, you can check whether your predominant fault is a hook or a pull-hook for example, and return here to choose the most appropriate lessons:
Pete Styles
Since becoming a Golf Professional 17 years ago, I have used my experiences of teaching every standard of golfer, from Tour Professionals to complete beginners, to develop, refine and hone my teaching skills.
My teaching combines a wealth of knowledge about golf and a great passion for seeing people improve, into a straight-talking, simple-to-follow style that is tried and tested over the course of 40,000 plus individual golf lessons.
I currently deliver my teaching to pupils in two forms – either in person at The Trafford Golf Centre next to the Trafford Centre in Manchester, or via Video lessons from my website free-online-golf-tips.com
My main passions in life apart from golf are, my family – wife Clare, son George and daughter Hannah.
I am also a qualified ski instructor and after living in the Italian Alps for a number of years, I now relish any opportunity to get back out on the slopes.
I also enjoy reading, particularly autobiographies and real-life adventure books and would encourage anybody who hasn’t already to find and read a copy of Touching The Void, and Between A Rock And A Hard Place.