Slicing is one of golf’s most aggravating swing flaws. If you slice—and many of us do—you know the downsides of this swing. It packs strokes on your scores and disrupts your confidence. The basic cause of slicing is an open clubface at impact. To hit it straight, you need to square your clubface at impact. Otherwise, you’re doomed to keep hitting a slice.
Below is a 3-step approach to solving your slice forever:
Take your normal stance—feet shoulder-width apart, shoulders aligned parallel to the target line, and knees slightly bent. Open your front foot slightly and position the ball for-ward in your stance, just opposite your front heel.
Standing upright, take your driver in your right hand. Sole the club on the ground opposite your right foot. Now look down the shaft at the clubhead. Make sure it’s pointing straight down the target line and the grip is pointing at your belt buckle.
Now raise the club up a foot or so, but keep the grip/shaft pointed at your buckle. Add your left hand. At this point the club should be closed slightly and the toe turned in just a bit.
Set the clubhead down behind the ball. Maintain the position of your hands and your clubhead as much as possible. Now swing away. Your slice should be gone.
Using this 3-step approach does two things: It sets your left hand in a stronger grip posi-tion and it hoods the clubface slightly. Together, they square your clubface at impact. Bye, bye slice!
Great advice, thanks. I tried it on my sons slice and it worked nicely.
The added advantage of a stronger grip also means less wrist roll through impact to square up the face.