I recently started shanking & it was down to standing too close to the ball. My usual faults of a slight overswing & head movement have never caused this. Infact I've about cured the head raise-dip I used to have along with having the overswing generally under control & it was only recently I had the shanks.

It was like a sceen from Tin cup being on the range having played well the previous week & suddenly I was hitting balls at 80 degrees to where I would normally & it was frustrating, embaresing & downright annoying especially as my game had never been so good the week before.

I needed a lesson & I needed it fast.

The problem, i'd started to address the ball with my hands hanging below but a tad too close to the body, so unwittingly was too close to the ball. Everything else ther pro was happy with in the setup he gave me an additional tip about any overswing that didn't have anything to do with the shanks but with dispertion problems, mostly causing something most amatures drema of & that was a draw.

Funny thing is that although now generally having cured those shanks my confidence in my game was dented & dented big style after a couple of weeks suffering before I sorted the problem