I am a beginning golfer and I seem to have developed a terrible slice. How do I cure my golf slice?
January 15th, 2010 | by admin |I am right-handed, relatively athletic, and have done well at different sports such as soccer and tennis. Also when I started golfing I seemed to hit the ball straighter than I do know. I need to fix my slice, but am not sure what to do. Help!
The reason you are slicing the ball is because your club face is ‘open’ at impact. This means the club face is pointing slightly away from your body when you bring it through the golf ball. What happens then is that this open club face, as it comes through the ball, creates left-to-right or clockwise spin on the ball. The result is a ball flight that may begin straight, but that veers towards your right. Since you are a right-handed golder this is what is causing your slice.
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!
6 Responses to “I am a beginning golfer and I seem to have developed a terrible slice. How do I cure my golf slice?”
By Patrick on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
one problem you may be faceing is your grip on the club, if the club is turned too far clockwise itl slice you can correct this by turning the club counterclockwise thus angleiing the club face straighterr
this happened too me and this simple change helped me i hope it can help you
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By reporter on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
the clubface is open at impact. look to correct that.
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By Sean on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
close the clubface slightly at addres.
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By Harve on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSUCtSWmkog…….This is what you are doing, I know golf. You are swing across the ball – outside to in – why? because you are trying to swing at the ball like in baseball. In a golf swing when you get near the top of the swing the club is actually travelling where??? To the target…..At the start of the downswing the club must first travel in the opposite direction to the target as your weight shifts to the target.
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By Kevin7 on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
golf teacher
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By Golfman on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
The reason you are slicing the ball is because your club face is ‘open’ at impact. This means the club face is pointing slightly away from your body when you bring it through the golf ball. What happens then is that this open club face, as it comes through the ball, creates left-to-right or clockwise spin on the ball. The result is a ball flight that may begin straight, but that veers towards your right. Since you are a right-handed golder this is what is causing your slice.
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!
References :
http://www.beginnergolfswingtips.com/how-to-cure-a-slice-in-golf/