Hitting out the heel

Whilst hitting at the driving range I noticed that the balls were leaving marks on the clubface which were consistently close to the heel of my irons. Sometimes this is very drastic and the ball actually hits the hosel with disastrous consequences.

To compensate for this I tried addressing the ball off the toe which resulted in some nice strikes out the centre of the clubface. Whether I hit them out the heel or the centre they are flying pretty straight so I'm puzzled as to why I seem to be throwing the club out a couple of inches or so on the downswing.

As I'd rather not have to make this compensation and address the ball normally any comments or advice would be most welcome.

Thanks

P.S My brother has the opposite problem of hitting off the toe!

blotto,

If you and your brother work together you may be able to solve both problems.

Each take turns setting up to the ball, don't conciously think about any adjustments jus tyour normal setup. Have your brother look at it from front side and back. You may be setting up with the ball toward the heel but it looks in the center of the clubface standing sideways. Sometimes what you see is not square and centered.

Hope this gets you started on a correction,

GolfBald

Thanks GolfBald,

It's more extreme than that though. I literally have to place the ball a good couple of inches outside my normal ball position in a place where it would appear that I would miss altogether!

Can you post a video of your swing. It sounds like a path problem more than setup!

GolfBald