I quite often get questions from golfers about their swings, and while it is tough to give swing advice without seeing your swing "live in action" there are often some common basic changes that I can recommend to cure most common swing faults. So a golfer from Australia wrote me today:

"Through impact I am inside the line and hitting the ball with the toe of the clubface. I have n’t been playing for a while and have never had this problem before. Can you please suggest what I might be doing?."

My response was:

Hello

Without seeing your swing in person this is tough to answer; however, in most cases hitting shots off the toe is due to one of two things: 

1)       Losing your posture or spine angle through impact. Basically you need to be the same height at impact as you are at address, if you are taller at impact your club will be coming too much from the inside and you will hit the ball with the toe of the club face.

2)       Collapsing your arms through impact, as you swing the club through the ball both of your arms must be fully extended if your arms are bent or collapsed at impact the club will be too close to you and you will hit the ball with the toe of the club face.

If you think you are losing your posture I would recommend that you focus on your address position. Ensure that before you move the club away that your spine is straight and that your weight is balanced on the arches of your feet. If your weight is too much on your heels you are almost certain to “stand up” through the shot.

If you think that you are collapsing your arms through impact I would check to make sure that your grip is not too much in your palms and that your grip pressure is not too tight.

I hope that this helps and good luck with your swing and please let me know if I can help in anyway.

Sincerely

Scott Nichol Canadian PGA
Founder & President Golf IQ

 So if you have some questions about your game send me an email, my address is scott@golfiq.com and I hope I can help!