curing a slice

[Sgt_Slaughter]

i fight a nasty slice, my start down my target line then takes a solid looking right turn, so i end up in the rough. ive tried straightening out and have had no success. any help would be appreciated.

[Godfather1]

You are probably swinging on an out to in swing path and just swinging around your body. A good drill is to put something like an impact bag that won't damage your club a little behind in your stance and and a few inches from the club and make sure you don't hit the bag. Also take 2 clubs 1 to make sure your alignment is correct and the second on the correct swing path and take slow but deliberate swings on that path. Hope this helps it has done a load for me. :-)

[+TourSpecGolfer]

I had a very flat swing until about 2 rounds ago when I decided to make a huge change by learning a more upright swing plane. I was told by an instructor that If I wanna hit it 300yds I'm gonna have to ad more of an Arc and that I have pretty much maxed out distance on the helicopter plane. I have only been to the range twice after this change and I'm Slicing the ball like crazy now. It went from straight/draw/pull hook to left to right slice. I understand that I'm swinging out to in but its just with this new swing I'm having trouble using my old anti slice technique of keeping my right should back at impact.

[MGB]

I'm a natural slicer that's learned to hit the ball straight or make it draw. The key fix for me happened in two areas:

First, set up. You have to make sure you have enough tilt to the right in your set up so you bring your shoulders back into line with the rest of your stance. Failure to do so will open the shoulders and force you to swing from the outside in.

Second, start the downswing slowly, maintaining your spine angle. Think about dropping your arms downwards to start the downswing. This'll help you develop the inside-out swing you need to hit straight/draw.

Don't concern yourself with distance, that will come in time. Just work on the feel til it becomes natural.

Good luck!

[Godfather1]

Chris, I had the same exact problem and this was the drill I was told by my instructor to use. Another problem could be is that since you are coming more over the top and out to in you are keeping your hands to close to your body as to try and come in to out, but this just add's extra sidespin and causes the extra action with your right shoulder which causes the slice.

[Billy Bondaruk]

i fight a nasty slice, my start down my target line then takes a solid looking right turn, so i end up in the rough. ive tried straightening out and have had no success. any help would be appreciated.

I see alot of slices and I feel it is because golfer still think they are suppose to hold on to angles on the down swing I have attached a link to go to and you can read about the myth of casting the club.http://www.pga.com/improve/features/mentalgame/improve_bondaruk033806.cfm

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[gus]

Most of the time I find that a slice is happening because of poor alignment. Do the club check thing but make sure you pigeon toe your feet inward prior to placing the club at the tips of your toes. This will definitely show you your target swing path. What you will usually find is that a slicer is actually aligned way to far to the right. Your minds eye will see the actual target line and cause the cross or cast. Have a Pro review your hand position and do the alignment drill and the slice will go away pretty fast! The best players like to set up just inside the target to the left even if they play a draw. Every single round that I remember to align myself to the left side of the flag my ball stricking improves because of good square impact. I hope that helps...

[Sgt_Slaughter]

This post is so old,lol. I've overcame that slice. But thanks for future reference. It was my alignment.