Everyone, even the top touring professionals, has a swing quirk that prevents the club from coming back to impact square, thus creating curved ball flight. That's all right as long as the curve is manageable. If the curve your swing creates is so large that it's sending the ball out of play, it's time to correct whatever is causing it. Here's how to figure out what you're doing and how to fix it.
From your address position, with the clubface square to an imaginary target line, swing the club back to where your hands are waist high and stop. Turn your torso back to the front, bring your arms to the front, and, without re-orienting your hands, lower the clubhead to the ground. If the clubface isn't square you've found where your clubface gets out of square. It's in your takeaway.
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If the clubface is square, start over and swing back to where your hands are shoulder high and stop. Once again, bring your torso and arms to the front without re-orienting your hands and replace the clubhead on the ground. Is the clubface square? If not, you've found the area where the change occurs.
Keep enlarging your swing a piece at a time, to the top of your backswing and down to impact, until you find out where the club is getting out of square. When you find that place, the next step is to find out how to correct your swing so the clubface stays square at that point.
Swing to the point that you have identified as the place where your clubface gets out of square. We'll call that position 2. Now just turn your hands so the clubface is back in square, and swing slowly in reverse to the last place the clubface was square. This is position 1. Swing slowly between positions 1 and 2, back and forth, in such a way that the clubface stays square when you get to position 2. Find out what you have to do differently to keep that clubface square between these two positions. You'll do it mostly by feel, and it will seem odd at first because it's not what you're used to doing.
After you have learned to keep the clubface square between these two positions, start taking slow full swings, checking to see that the clubface is square when it gets back to impact. After a while you can start swinging a little faster, but not so fast at first that you can't still feel the correction you made. When you've finally learned to swing at normal speed, with the correction now feeling like a natural part of your swing, it's time to try out your new swing at the range.
Keep in mind that you have embarked on changing a long-standing habit. Expect it to take over a year of steady practice to make the change your new habit.
A Square Clubface at Impact - This Simple Exercise Shows You How to Get It
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