Let’s start with what must be happening at impact in terms of swing path (not swing plane) and club face and work backwards from there.

You didn’t say whether when you were slicing the ball you were also pushing it. That is, it started right and then curved further right. Or whether, it started straight and curved right, or it started left (a pull – and this all assumes you play the game right handed) and then curved right.

A clue to all of this is where your divot is facing relative to the target, which you say is offline but not in which direction.

Taken literally a "slice" starts left and then goes right. However, it would actually be more consistent with your current problem, that your "slice" actually started right, but perhaps not as far right as now. So I will assume that is what your slice did and would more specifically be called a "push slice."

Both have in common that the club is traveling across your intended target line from in to out at impact. With the push, your clubface is square to your line of swing, but not to your target line. With the push slice your club is also traveling across your intended target line from in to out at impact, but the face is open to the line of your swing.

Now, the quick fix for this would be to take a look at your grip and experiment with a couple of changes. First of all, you need to make sure that the club is placed into your hands so that the two hands can work as one, and the correct positioning and pressure points are applied. Consult a good instruction book for that, as it is too complex to be described here briefly.

The important thing though for this quick fix is to start with the V’s of both hands pointing to the middle of your right shoulder. Then try gradually shifting both hand the same relative amount clockwise (to the right) with the extreme point being both V’s pointing a bit (not much) to the outside of your right shoulder. This is called a “strong” grip and somewhere between the starting point (middle of right shoulder) and extreme point (just outside of right shoulder) it should, for the most part solve your problem. When it does, note as precisely as you can where that position is and repeat it to see if you get similar results. If you do, then you have your quick fix.

Some might argue that the quick fix is part of the long term solution of finding the right grip for your particular body makeup as it will encourage other correct positions of the body. While everyone is unique and thus some individual adjustments may need to be made, I don’t completely agree.

I think that the majority of people may have to make some slight adjustments to a standard grip. And if you read enough instructional books, or take enough lessons you will find that the positioning that some teachers recommend will vary slightly, which is their attempt to put their hands around (so to speak what they think is the best positioning for the most people in spite of their individual physical peculiarities.

So yes, you need to experiment with the grip and make slight adjustments based upon the feedback your ball flight may be giving you. But you can’t rely on that being the answer to learning how to consistently hit the ball straight; you need to make sure that you are learning to ingrain the true tried and tested golf fundamentals into your swing. And for that you need instruction (or dedicated self study that is done productively), lots of practice and patience. The one real truth of golf is that there are no shortcuts and “quick fixes” to a fundamentally sound and repeatable golf swing.

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P.S. For standing closer to the golf ball, I don’t mean by much, I mean 1 inch or 2 at the most.

P.S.S For your slice you may want to try the Taylormade Draw driver as this will correct your slice or a driver like the R9 with an adjustable head. This will almost guarantee you hit it straighter. But don’t use equipment to fix your slice alway try a pro first because a pro for a half an hour is a lot cheaper than a 400.00 driver that you would’ve found out you don’t need.

Hope thos Helps!

To cure your golf slice you need to make sure that the club face is ’square’ with the golf ball at impact. There are a number of ways you can do this. Start your swing with the club face ’square’ to the golf ball and begin by not taking a full backswing. The shorter your backswing the less room for error as you bring the club back to the ball. Practice this swing beginning with a very short backswing and getting it progressively longer. The result will be more solid control when your club face impacts the golf ball. Usually, the slower, more controlled backswing drill helps many of my students fix their slice.

Hopefully it will work for you too!