Swing Fault: Golf Swing Too Outside

When you start your golf swing takeaway, it's important to swing the club back on plane. A golf swing too outside on your takeaway will bring the club off plane and lead to possible pulls and slices. Other swing faults may develop as a golfer tries to make compensations for taking the club back incorrectly.

Swinging the golf club too far outside is a common swing fault for high handicap golfers. This error will tend to lead to being too steep on your backswing and also promote slices or pulls. If the golf club swings too far outside on the downswing, a pull can occur when the clubface is square at impact. You'll be forced to swing the club head more to the left after you've hit the ball instead of straight out towards the target.

Swinging The Golf Club On Plane Correctly

When you start your takeaway, you should swing your club back on the correct swing plane line. The clubhead will cover up your hands from a side view when the golf club is parallel with the ground. When the golf club head comes too much outside of your hands, you've lost your swing plane line and problems can occur.

One helpful tip to elimanating or reducing an off plane takeaway and backswing is to get your posture correct. If you're leaning over too much in your setup, there can be a tendency to swing the club back too far to the outside. Keep a good posture with good angles and then simply swing and turn while maintaining those same angles. This promotes a more on plane golf swing as well.