A pulled golf shot starts left of target for a right-handed golfer and often stays left. It can feel powerful because the strike may be solid, but the ball is leaving on the wrong line.
Chubbs does not start by blaming everything. Pulls usually come from face direction, alignment, or the upper body spinning too soon.
The quick answer
To stop pulling golf shots, check whether your body is aimed right or left of the target, aim the clubface first, and practice a finish where your chest turns through without throwing the shoulders across the ball early.
First check alignment
Many golfers who pull the ball are actually aimed farther right than they think. The body senses trouble and yanks the club left to save it. Put an alignment stick at your feet and another on the target line. If those lines do not match, fix that before changing the swing.
Face and path
A pull is not always a bad swing. It can be a face that is closed to the target with a path traveling left. If the ball pulls and curves farther left, the face may be closed relative to the path. If it pulls straight, the face and path may match but point left.
One drill: right-field rehearsal
For a right-handed golfer, rehearse sending the clubhead toward right field after impact. Do it slowly. Then hit half shots with a mid-iron and try to start the ball slightly right of the old pull line.
The point is not to block the ball. The point is to stop the shoulders from dominating the downswing.
What not to do
Do not aim farther right forever. That can make the compensation stronger. Do not slow down so much that the swing loses rhythm. Fix the start line first.
Chubbs' coaching note
A pull is useful information. The ball is telling you the club is pointed left at impact. Listen to that before rewriting the whole swing.
Upload a swing for Chubbs if your pull appears with both irons and driver.
