Hook

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Hook:

Most commonly hook is a misplayed shot when the golf ball curves significantly from outside-to-in, i.e. from right to left for a right handed player or left to right for a left-handed player. It can be also played intentionally by inducing anticlockwise sidespin onto the ball (for a right handed player). The hook is the opposite of a slice shot and has similar shaping to draw shot, but it is more severe.

Ball flight shapes: draw fade slice hook shank push pull

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