I hit my first shank in 2 or 3 years this past weekend. Since I understand why/how this shots shows up in my game, I immeadiately dropped another ball and made the correct swing, and ball contact. My point is to learn what causes bad shots, so that you can become your own swing coach when on the course.

Everyone will shank a ball from time to time. It is just another bad shot, and should be treated as such. The post above that reads "stop thinking about it" is pretty good advice.

I finished out that hole for bogey playing the shanked ball, and luckily that problem did not show up the rest of the round. GJS

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