Golf swinging?

Question

I need advice, Every time I use a Driver It hit to the right, (I'm Right handed, Can you help me?

Answer 1

Are you slicing (ball fly to the right on a straight line), or fading (ball fly straight then turns to the right)?

Slicing is caused by your club face being open when you make contact with the ball.  Most common problem is (1) grip turned to far left, so when the club comes down, your natural hand position causes the club face to open to the right or (2) your body shifted too far left before the club face hit the ball, causing the club face to 'fall behind'.

Fading is caused by (most likely) a swing that's out to in, meaning your club face was outside of the ball (away from the ball) swinging inwards towards you (inside) at contact, thus produces a right spin on the ball.  This is a little harder to fix because there are more factors that cause that.  Quick check would be the top of your swing, left arm straight, turning on your spine and not shifting weight right to left to early.  Do a slower down swing and video tape it or have a friend check for you.  Best to let a pro fix it with couple lessons.

Answer 2

Could be 100 things.  I tend to hook and pull, so I can't relate as well, but i'm told the biggest reason is we tend to block by rushing the club down ahead of the body.  

Usually, amateur duffers like ourselves have dozens of swing faults.  Those of us that score well have faults that cancel each other out most of the time.  

Many slicers i've seen actually have a "hook grip" which they've developed to try to offset their slicing swing.  They still slice, except when they rarely swing correctly they hook it off the map.  

I'd start with the basics, which is what i do every time my drives start straying -

1) Chekc your grip, make sure it is neutral.  

2) Make sure your alignment is good, clubface, feet, hips, shoulders all in line.  The feet aren't as important, but your shoulders will govern the club path more than anything, i've found.  A lot of slicers have their shoulders pointed way left or right compared to their clubface.  

3) Takeaway - wrist action.  Your wrists shouldn't turn at all - your left shoulder should just rotate in its socket - practice this with just your arm hanging htere to see what i mean.  9/10 slicers i've seen turn their wrist and shoulder on their takeaway, making it d**n hard to time the thing coming back down.  Wrist should only c**k, not twist.  

4) Start downswing with lower body, don't hit with your arms and hands until you've cleared your left shoulder a bit.  This is my problem, i do this too much and when I get lazy i yank the ball way left.  But, I almost never slice.  

Hope that helps... at least some things to try.

Answer 3

to woek out what your are doing so you can fix it yourself:

- video tape your swing

- sprinkle flour on your ball on the driving range and make sure you are hitting in the middle and not thos outer edge (otherwise, shuffle your feet closer)

- compare your videoed swing with How To tapes from the library

- or a surer but more expensive way ... take lessons