takeaway question

[ShortFatGrumpy]

Hello people, thank you for taking the time to look at my question:

When doing my takeway and I get to to part where my hands are at belt buckel level, and the club is paralell with the ground, should my club face be square? Its slightly closed- quite noticeably, how many people in reality have a perfect square club face.

Feedback about your own takeaway clubface posistion would be great aswell.

I only ask this because I've got a hook with my driver at the moment and this seems like it could be a factor.

Again, thankyou for your time.

[TheDoctor]

A little closed at that point is common.  For the toe to be pointed straight up at the hip is not a power position in general.

[StevePratt]

If you're doing things efficiently, the movement of the body's center of mass should have initiated the takeaway with the energy working out from navel to the wrists like a wave.  In such a case, the forearms haven't yet started rotating and the face of the club should appear to be staring straight at the ball, or square to the arc that it traveled back on the first 18 inches or so.

It is likely that your problem hooking the ball is caused by something else entirely, possibly your torso being in an 'over the top' type position through impact with the right hip and shoulder riding too high.