In a slice, the ball curves from left to right for a right-handed golfer or left to right for a left-handed player. According to David Leadbetter of "Golf Digest," golfers who hit a slice either cut across the ball on an out-to-in swing path or make contact with an open clubface. With the help of "Golf Magazine" and "Golf Digest," here are the top 10 ideas to fix your golf slice.
1. Focus on Making Your Right Palm Square With the Clubface at Impact
To help promote a square clubface at impact, it is important to understand how the right hand plays a role in the golf swing. The right palm should mirror the clubface throughout the swing and be square to the clubface at impact. To help promote that feeling, open the hand and make swings either with or without the club with the palm remaining open throughout the swing. This helps you ingrain the feeling of the right palm following the rotation of the clubface.
2. Set the Clubface in a Closed Position Before the Swing
To help promote an in-to-out swing path, Leadbetter suggests setting the clubface at a closed position before swinging. By altering the clubface, you naturally learn how to alter the swing path because you adjust to the ball flight going from right to left. Once you get a feel for the new swing path, you can slowly start moving the face to a more neutral position at the beginning of the swing.
3. Close Your Stance
Closing the stance promotes an in-to-out swing path and the clubface closing through impact.
4. Place a Headcover on the Ground Outside the Swing Path
By placing an object on the ground just outside the swing path, you force the club to come at the ball from the inside in order not to strike the the object, which promotes the correct swing path and a natural draw.
5. Don't Let Your Shoulders Go Past 90 Degrees
Keeping your shoulders from rotating too far on the backswing allows the hips to clear and helps square the clubface to the ball at impact.
6. Swing a Broom
The weight of the broom head helps ingrain the proper release of the clubhead through impact.
7. Turn Your Front Foot Out
Flaring your front foot toward the target allows the hips to clear through the entire impact area and prevents the ball from being blocked to the right of the target.
8. Imagine You're Hitting a Baseball
Leadbetter also suggests swinging a baseball bat to promote a flatter swing plane and groove a proper swing path into your golf swing. Swinging a baseball bat ingrains the feeling of an in-to-out swing plane and allows your hips to clear through the ball with ease, promoting a natural draw.
9. Hit Your Drives at 75 Percent
Swinging easier with a narrow stance ingrains the proper rotation of the hands and forearms as they come into the ball.
10. Swing With a Stronger Grip
Swing with a stronger grip by turning your left hand toward the right when gripping the club. A stronger left hand grips helps to close the face at impact, which promotes a right-to-left ball flight for a right-handed golfer.
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