The slice shot with the driver is a common shot among amateur golfers. A slice is any shot that curves hard to the right in the air (for a right-handed player). How Do I Fix an Inside-Out Golf Slice? Get a Slice Out of Your Golf Swing. Put a Draw on the Ball. Correct a Golf Slice in a Golf Swing. Techniques to Not Slice a Golf Ball Off.
- The Callaway Rogue Driver is another club from the Class of 2018 that has features that can help fix a golf slice built right into the club. This driver was designed with all the features that make a driver forgiving and adept at correcting common swing flaws.
- There's a good reason why people who slice the ball want to fix it: Because on the road you take to playing good golf, nowhere is there a slice.
See How to Hit a Draw with Your Driver also.
The best way to fix your slice with your driver is to try to hit a draw. Unless you can hit a draw, you probably can't hit a straight shot.
So let's start hitting a strong draw.
1) Change Your Grip
First, let's change your grip. When you look down to see your grip, make sure you see 3 or 3 1/2 knuckles of your left hand. Also, rotate your right hand to the right to match your left hand.
For more details about grip, see grip.
2) Pick Your Target
This is the point that you want your ball to land.
3) Pick Your Aim Line
The draw shot is the shot that turns from right to left. So you need to start the ball right of your target.
I want you to hit a big draw, so your aim line should be 30 to 50 yards right of your target.
4) Alignment and Ball Position
Make sure your stand square to your aim line. Your feet, shoulders and knees should be parallel to your aim line.
Your ball should be in line with your left heel or a ball-length or two right of that spot to hit a draw.
5) Tee Height and Clubface Angle
The higher your tee height is, the easier it gets to hit a draw. So tee it up as high as you can. You can also use the extra-long tee.
When you set up to hit the shot, hover the driver head above the ground just behind the ball. There are pros that set up like this, and I think it will make things simpler.
As you set up to the ball, you can aim your clubface at the aim line or at the target. If you point your clubface at the target, rotate your clubface to the left first and then grip the club.
If you grip your club first and then turn it left, the clubface will open at impact. So make sure you rotate your clubface to the left and then grip the club.
6) Ball Flight
Before taking your club back, try to form the mental picture of the shot that flies toward the aim line and then starts to curve to the left.
Try to see the shot in your mind at least twice before taking the club back.
This is very important. If you can't see it in your mind, there is a very little chance that you can execute it. So try to see it in your mind first.
7) Backswing & Downswing
After seeing the shot in your mind, take your club back slowly. During the backswing and the downswing, the only thing I want you to think about is the shot that you saw in your mind before starting your backswing.
Don't worry about hitting it solid or hitting it far. Focus on the imaginary shot or ball flight in your mind.
8) Impact
A little before impact, I want you to make sure your clubface is looking left of your aim line.
If you are able to do this, the shot will curve to the left (draw). If you can't do this, go back and check your grip again. Make sure you have a strong grip.
Another reason why you can't do this might be in your swing speed. You might be swinging too fast. So slow down.
Slow it down until you are able to close the clubface at impact.
9) Follow Through
Don't worry about taking your follow through. Instead, try to limit your follow through.
Instead of worrying about your follow through, focus on your clubface angle at impact.
I see this mistake all the time: Slicers come to a hole with trouble on the right and tee up in the middle of the tee box. Thirty seconds later they're watching the ball peel off into the junk. The problem is, they're setting up to hit a straight drive, looking down the middle of the fairway, instead of playing for a left-to-right shot.
Fix Slice Golf Swing Drills
If you fight a slice, tee your ball on the far right side, next to the right tee marker. That gets your eyes looking down the left side of the hole. Looking straight brings all that trouble into view, which basically draws you to it. You need to start your ball to the left, so get your eyes tracking that way from the beginning.
Easy Golf Swing For Drivers
After you tee up on the right, go behind the ball and pick a target on the left that allows for your normal shot. Then step in and put the clubhead behind the ball, aiming the face at that target (above). Set your feet and body lines at a right angle to the clubface. Now you're in a square setup, just shifted 20 or 30 yards to the left. From there, swing where you're aimed (below). Fairway!
BUTCH'S BASICS
Most slicers start the downswing by moving the right shoulder out toward the ball. That causes the clubhead to cut across the ball from out to in. To swing from the inside, keep your right shoulder back as you start down, or your back to the target longer. That will allow the club to drop to the inside so you can release the clubhead out and through the ball.
Butch Harmon is based at Rio Secco Golf Club, Henderson, Nev.