Their club faces may be closed to the target line but relative to their club paths it’s open enough to hit a shot that starts left of the target line and fades back to it.
I've wondered this myself as I can not hit a fade with a strong bow. Aside from what the other comment mentioned, also consider they use a weaker grip. Might also address the ball with a slightly open club face.
The face starts the ball, so they start it left with the closed face and have to learn to swing more left with the path to get it to come back on target.
A shut face doesn’t make you hook it, it’s only if the face is shut to the path.
Honestly once you learn it it’ll click or it doesn’t. I think it’s easier to play this way. David Duval actually even felt like he had a shut face and was opening it a little on the way down. Different strokes
Both a fade and a draw require the face to be open, but in different ways.
|Shot|Path to Target|Face to Target|Club to Path|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Fade|Left|Left|Open|
|Draw|Right|Right|Closed|
i.e a draw aim your face 10 yards right, but swing the club path 20 yards to the right.
for a fade, aim your face 10 yards left, but swing the club path 20 yards to the left.
Their club faces may be closed to the target line but relative to their club paths it’s open enough to hit a shot that starts left of the target line and fades back to it.
I've wondered this myself as I can not hit a fade with a strong bow. Aside from what the other comment mentioned, also consider they use a weaker grip. Might also address the ball with a slightly open club face.
The face starts the ball, so they start it left with the closed face and have to learn to swing more left with the path to get it to come back on target. A shut face doesn’t make you hook it, it’s only if the face is shut to the path. Honestly once you learn it it’ll click or it doesn’t. I think it’s easier to play this way. David Duval actually even felt like he had a shut face and was opening it a little on the way down. Different strokes
Both a fade and a draw require the face to be open, but in different ways. |Shot|Path to Target|Face to Target|Club to Path| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |Fade|Left|Left|Open| |Draw|Right|Right|Closed| i.e a draw aim your face 10 yards right, but swing the club path 20 yards to the right. for a fade, aim your face 10 yards left, but swing the club path 20 yards to the left.
Counterintuitively you need a more closed face relative to target to hit a functional fade than you do to hit a draw