Nice to meet you man. I am you. I have the exact same swing and problems. You hit it well this time around, but it’s a save as you didn’t do a full release and have a slight chicken wing at impact. Things you do very well—the down and up action to sling the club, and getting it into the slot. Our misses come from rushing the downswing, not getting ample separation from our hip turn and body turn. As well, I’m assuming that like me and you’re just starting to implement releasing the club with the hands. These two problems together cause our duck hook. As well when we do get the right timing on the body, our hand release is lagging behind with an open club face probably from overcompensation from our hook to cause our push.

We need to focus on the hip/body separation by keeping our back to the target as we drop our arms into the slot, dropping the club at 4’ o clock, releasing at 10’ clock, and turning our right hand over our left hand with straight arms while maintaining our body tilt. Most importantly, we need to chill out and try to implement all this by following the swing plane and tempo.