Golf? Why am I slicing the ball whilst using the driver off the tee?

Question

Am I standing too far away from the ball? Thanks.

Answer 1

The ball normally slices because you put side spin on it.  This happens because the heel of the club is moving ahead of the toe.  Normally this is caused by your hands rolling out as you swing the club.

Don't swing so hard you come out of your shoes and try to keep your right hand, if right handed, rotating through the shot.

Answer 2

It is hard to tell if I am not watching you...Sometimes it is just the break of your wrist...Visit the golf channel.com for tips how to improve your drive..

Answer 3

Follow through:

When you swing watch your fallow through, do you bring it to one side? During the fallow through "throw your arms" straight.

Stance:

Also keep your inside foot straight and your back foot angled

Feet shoulder width apart

Backswing:

During your backswing stop half way and check you make sure the back of your  driver head is completely straight up.

The also stop at the complete top of your swing and make sure the head of your drive is pointing towards the target.

Answer 4

Close your stance and keep your elbows in. Also, don't try to "crush it" just swing easily.

Answer 5

Not sure of your handicap but most high mid to high handicaps suffer with swing plane and tempo.

With driver it is important to maintain same angle through take away which sometimes may feel like you are making a baseball swing (even though you are not). As they say swing from "in to in". A couple of checks for this are that if you are right handed your left shoulder should be pointing to the ball at the top of your backswing and you hands should be positioned over your right shoulder. If your backswing is poor you have little hope of getting the club to make contact with the ball on the correct plane and square.

As David Leadbetter says "when you make your strike and follow through it should be smooth and as if the ball just got in the way". Concerntrate on making a slower strike and follow though. Two main problems are swinging too hard and incorrect swingplane. Hope it helps.

Answer 6

Never feel as though you are trying to reach for the ball. A bad setup will kill you from jump. The distance from your midsection and the butt of the club should be about two fists. Also play the ball just off the inside off your left foot.

Answer 7

There are a few things you can do to correct this problem:

1. Make sure you stand at an appropriate distance from the ball: not over-reaching, nor too close to the ball;

2. The ball should be aligned with the left heel.

3. Monitor your grip. If "strangling" your club needs a tension of 10, and letting it fall would require a 2 out of 10, your grip should be a 5.

5. Try not to hit the ball too hard, let the swing create clubhead speed, and that will give you distance and control over the direction of the ball.

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Answer 8

One thing that I always found helpful when you are slicing the ball is to try and overexaggerate hitting a draw.  Close your stance quite a bit and try closing the clubface.  If you overexaggerate it helps to make it easier to hit it straight.  And once you start hitting a draw you can start going back to what is comfortable.

Answer 9

If you hit the ball just right of center of the club head, that puts a spin on the ball to slice it. If that is all it is, then yes, shuffle your feet half an inch closer.

(to tell if you don't hit it in the center, put water in pail when you go to the driving range. Dunk the ball before every shot and see if the wet patch is in the middle or not)

Answer 10

slicing the ball can be a result of a few (or all of these together) common swing flaws:

1. Coming through the ball with an open clubface

To fix: Turn your left hand (if right-handed...if lefthanded do right hand opposite) clockwize on the clubface (to help release the clubhead)

2. An open stance at address: Many people with a slice open their stance up to compensate... therefore intensifying the slice

3. Swinging out to in...the most power in your golfswing is generated when you swing from in to out.

i hope this helps

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Answer 11

A slice is caused by an out to in swing path and an open club face through impact.

Change those and your slice is gone.

Answer 12

The slice happens when you swing outside then in on the down swing instead of straight through. This creates a spin on the ball and causes it to "slice" to the right (for right handed players). It usually comes from basically trying too hard to "hit" the ball instead of just swinging and letting the ball get in the way. It sounds backwards but that is really how it works. Another less popular cause is the club head being too "open" at impact but that again is part of the swing being out of alignment.

Answer 13

your club head is on a slant when your striking the ball, try to keep the club head as straight as possible all the way through your swing and after making contact remember to keep your follow through as straight *** possible as well.

Answer 14

coming over the top, At start of downswing keep your left arm pointing to the right of the target (1oclock) as long as possible. Stance should have your shoulders directly over your toes as you would look from the top down.