Why am I pulling my golf shots?

I recently changed my stance and moved closer to the golf ball. I also weakened my grip on the golf club. Now I am pulling a lot of golf shots, especially my shorter golf irons and wedges. I have moved back a little from the golf ball, but is this the real cause of my pulled shots?

I don’t believe that your stance is the real problem. It may have exaggerated what you were already doing. Normally pulled shots are a swing path problem, taking the golf club from outside to inside, sometimes also called coming “over the top”.
The good news is that this is a fairly easy golf swing problem to correct. It really just requires an adjustment to your swing path. And there are a couple of simple drills that can help with this.
The first involves your elbow. Practice taking the golf club back to the top of your golf swing and then pause. The key part of the drill is starting the next part of your golf swing by dropping your right elbow to your side. Slowly continue the golf swing trying to bring the golf club more inside to outside as you come through where the golf ball would be. Repeat this several times, focusing on always dropping your right elbow down to your side.
The second drill involves lining up two golf golf clubs on the ground representing the swing path that you want. For an example of what you are looking for you can go to www.golfinggroove.com and look at this golf swing trainer and the swing path that it encourages. Lay the golf clubs on a similar path and practice doing the first drill above and also swinging the golf club down the path represented by the old golf clubs on the ground.
I hope that you find these drills simple and easy to do. That is the focus of all of our golf instruction. Don’t forget to read our newest golf tips on the website.