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Golf Slice ? Golf Tips to Cure the Problem

Golf Slice ? Golf Tips to Cure the Problem

The two dreaded words that every amateur golfer fears, the Hook and Slice. The thing is low handicap and pro golfers use these two shots to steer their way out of trouble.

The pro’s will hit a hook spin shot or Draw the ball to provide a shot that can hold straight in a left to right wind and when it hits the fairway it will roll for ages on the grass due to the type of spin imparted on the ball.

The slice spin shot or Fade is used to hold a ball straight in a right to left wind and this shot will land and check quite quickly on the green. For the high handicapper these shots are usually mistakes.

In this article I will give you some tips to cure your slice.

The slice is a very common mistake that 90% of amateurs have to live with. Every golfer has experienced this shot. The slice is so common that every magazine will have an article on the subject.

So what causes the slice?

It is caused by an out to in swing path and usually the club face is open at impact with the ball. The big mistake that most high handicap players make to try and stop their slice is that they aim their body to the left of the target hoping that the ball will land on target.

What they fail to realise is that they set themselves up for an even bigger slice shot.
A Big mistake.

Before anyone can hit a perfectly straight shot you need to line yourself up square to the target line. A handy way during practice is to lay a golf club on the ground aimed at the flag. Set yourself up with your toes against the club and your shoulders and hips in line with the target.

The next thing to do is lay a club on the ground behind the ball as you are looking at it. It should also be lined up to the flag and parallel with the club laid down at your toes.

As you start your golf swing downwards, aim to swing the clubhead through the ball, but also try to keep the club travelling along the line of the club laid on the ground. This is done to keep the club head on a straight path through the ball.

With correct body posture and practice using this method you should see a marked improvement and reduce the likelyhood of that slice.

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Golf Slice Cure- Easy Steps to Resolve the Problem

Golf Slice Cure- Easy Steps to Resolve the Problem

One of the most common golf flight faults encountered by golfers is to “slice” the golf ball.  To identify if you are slicing the golf ball, check out your ball flight.  For right handed golfers, a golf slice occurs when the golf ball starts left of the target and then curves right of the target (often far right of the target)!

Here are several of our favorite golf slice practice drills to use on the driving range to help cure your golf slice instantly!

Golf Slice Tee Drill

Benefits

Helps corrects slices caused by OUT-IN swings and encourages proper IN-SQUARE-IN swing path.

Steps

1. Place two tees and a golf ball right to left diagonally (think of tic tac toe) with a tee in the upper right quadrant, your golf ball in the middle and another tee in the lower left quadrant.  Make sure to leave about four inches of spacing from each tee to the golf ball.
2. Assume normal setup and ball position with 7-iron.
3. Your goal is to hit the ball crisply without hitting either of the tees.

This golf slice drill is helpful because it forces you to take the proper IN-SQUARE-IN swing path to impact.  A common cause of the golf slice is to cut across the golf ball with an OUT-TO-IN golf swing (also known as “over the top”) which can put clockwise spin on the ball and send the ball left to right.  With the “golf slice tee drill” if you swing OUT-TO-IN you will hit the first and/or second tee.

Golf Slice “Right Foot Back”

Benefits

This golf slice drill helps correct also encourages the proper IN-SQUARE-IN swing path.

Steps

1. Use a 7-iron and a teed up golf ball and perform this practice drill at half speed.
2. Take narrow stance, then place your right foot back one foot.
3. Make sure to swing along IN – TO – SQUARE – TO – IN wing path and make solid ball contact.
4. As you begin to hit solid golf shots, bring your right foot back even with your left foot and hit golf shots without the tee.

Now you don’t miss the opportunity to enhance your confidence on the golf course. Bring these drills in your daily practice routines to lower your golf handicap.

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Know how to correct a golf hook shot

Know how to correct a golf hook shot

Article by Nicolus Cage







A golf hook is a shot that starts right of the target and curves left of the target. The golf hook is one of the most common swing faults. The golf hook most commonly occurs when the clubface is closed relative to the swing path and/or when the swing follows an excessive “in to out” swing path. Other common causes of the golf hook are too strong of a grip (which encourages a closed club face) or body alignment that is too far right of the target.

Quick Fixes for the Golf Hook Shot

Here are a couple of quick fixes that address the golf hook.* Align parallel to target line. To help visualize, think of standing on railway line.* Swing down the target line-not in-to-out.* Check your golf grip and ensure it is neutral – not too weak or too strong.* Take some practice swings and ensure that your club face is square at impact.

Practice Drills to Fix the Golf Hook Shot

To help fix the golf hook shot, top PGA teaching professionals recommend practice drills that help incorporate the proper golf swing mechanics into the golf swing and ingrain the correct “feeling” of a well-executed golf shot. Here are several popular practice drills to fix the golf hook.

LEFT TOE BACK DRILL

Corrects golf hooks caused by excessive IN-OUT swing and encourages proper IN-SQUARE-IN swing path. Also promotes strong balance.

* Assume setup with 7-iron and without ball.* Draw left foot back and keep toe on ground. Keep weight on right side.* Staying balanced, take 5 to 10 practice swings.* Continue drill by hitting balls off tee at half-speed.

HOOK TEE DRILL

Corrects golf hooks caused by excessive IN-OUT swing and encourages proper IN-SQUARE-IN swing path.

* Place two tees and ball left to right diagonally, creating an IN-SQUARE-IN swing path. Allow about 4″x 4″ spacing from each tee to ball.* Assume normal setup and ball position with 7-iron.* Hit ball crisply without hitting tees.

To quickly get rid of your golf hook, incorporate both of these drills into your practice routine whenever a golf hook creeps into your game.



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The Golf Pull Hook. Cure Golf Hook With 3 Easy Tips!

The Golf Pull Hook. Cure Golf Hook With 3 Easy Tips!

Article by Pjbergen







Many golfers are challenged with golf pull hook.

Are you?

Regardless of your golf ability you may be hooking.

And you want to know how to get rid of it once and for all!

Here are 3 Tips you need to do in order to stop pulling the ball,have more consistent golf swings and lower your golf scores.

Tip 1-

Adjust your swing path

Face of the club must be square with your flight path at impact. Not being square causes a hook.

The cause of the hook is that the club face is closed.

Adjust your swing path; -concentrate on shifting your weight and your body so that everything is going down the flight path.

Open your stance slightly, swinging with the line of the shoulders

Tip 2-

Adjust Grip Pressure

If your grip is too strong, you’ll pull the club to the inside.

Use only as much pressure as it takes to keep the club face square at impact.

Pay attention to your hand placement.

Follow through with the hands to the target, making sure your wrists do not turn over too soon.

Aim for consistent light pressure on the club.

Tip 3-

Adjust Ball and Stance

You want to place ball position in the middle towards the front of the stance.

When ball is too far back in your stance, you create a hook.

Position your feet square to the target line.

Keep both feet even.

Shift your weight to the front foot and make your swing with your weight on the leading foot.

Golf Drill to Cure Your Hook-

Lay club on grass, parallel to your target.

Place a golf ball 2 inches from inside of club.

Try hitting the ball without hitting the club.

If you’re making contact with the toe of the club your ball will go the right.

If your swing is coming from the inside the toe of your club will be lined up left of your target and straight down the fairway.

Instead of your driver, you can use a plastic pipe.

In Conclusion…….

Start with these tips;

however, there are so many more tips to help eliminate the dreadful golf hook.

Get yourself to the driving range and put these tips into practice now and you will start seeing your results immediately that lowers your handicap.

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Longer Driver Distance – Five Tips on How to Hit a Draw For Duffers

Longer Driver Distance – Five Tips on How to Hit a Draw For Duffers

The draw shot is popular shot shape for those golfers who want more distance. All other things being equal a tee shot hit with a draw will travel about twenty yards farther than a fade. Distance is king in golf and that extra twenty yards might be the difference between a 5-iron approach and a 7-iron approach.

A draw is different from a hook. The hook moves hard to the left in a totally uncontrollable fashion. The two may be related but like your rude Uncle Harry, the hook is not a member of the family we’re proud of. The draw moves about ten yards right to left while the hook can move more than the width of the fairway.

Strategically the draw shot allows the right hander to eliminate the right side of each hole as the draw moves from right to left. So all the trouble the architect built into the course to challenge those with a slice is not in play for those with a draw.

At my home course here in Charlotte, NC nine of the fourteen driving holes (excludes par 3s) a draw is the best shot shape. I have learned over the past year or so how to hit a draw with the driver and that has meant a lot to my improved scoring.

Let’s discuss five important elements to hitting the draw shot so you can improve your scoring too.

How to hit a draw

• Adjust your alignment – Align your stance along the line where you want the ball to begin. This will be closed compared to where you want the ball to finish. All of your body should be aligned together on this same line: feet, knees, hips and shoulders.

• Aim the clubface – Aim the clubface to where you want the shot to finish. The clubface will be closed to the initial line of flight.

• Swing path – Swing along your body as you would normally.

• Grip – Don’t bother with strengthening your grip as some suggest. The only adjustments required are those mentioned above.

• Ball position – Ball position will help determine the ball flight along with angle of attack. Move it a bit forward for a higher shot or toward the back for a lower shot. A word of caution though: it is much easier to hit a low draw than a high one.

Remember that the draw adds distance. You’ll need to consider that fact when making your club selection on iron shots. It will fly a bit farther but roll a lot more than a normal shot.

I would suggest that you groove this shot on the range prior to taking it to the golf course. These tips on how to hit a draw will help you play better golf and improve your golf handicap.

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Repair the Golf Slice – the Major Key You Must Follow To Cure a Slice

Repair the Golf Slice – the Major Key You Must Follow To Cure a Slice

Article by Sean O’Kelly







The golf slice is among the most irritating challenges to correct for some golfers, but if the factors behind why a golf ball slices are plainly comprehended, solution is not very difficult. But before we give you the answer to remedy that slice, please take a few deep breaths and SLOW DOWN your swing. All will fall into place if you think three-quarter speed.

The foremost key now that we will deal with to correct the golf slice is correct swing path. Since your golf swing is circular, that is, the club head begins behind our head, swings around our body and ultimately ends up behind our head, it might appear physically impossible to not impart spin on a ball. But at the point of contact tend not to think circular. Ok, I’ll explain.

When looking down at the golf ball, picture the ball moving in flight. For the right handed golfer, if the ball is rotating in a clockwise course the ball will slice, or move in the direction toward which the ball is spinning. Naturally, for the left handed golfer the opposite holds. The aim to correct the golf slice would be to eliminate this spin.

How can we accomplish this? If, by looking straight down on the ball, we were to imagine it as being a clock with twelve o’clock being the direction we’d like the golf ball to go, if we were to make initial contact on the ball at seven o’clock and hit through the ball to the one o’clock location, we’d impart minimal spin on the golf ball, and thus giving the ball a straight flight, or possibly a counter clockwise, or hook spin.

Of course this would not be hard if not for the fact we are swinging, to some extent, around the body in somewhat of a circular action. So prior to impact and just right after, we should think about the club taking a virtually inside out path. This isn’t as challenging as it seems. To correct the golf slice, practice accomplishing a couple of things:

1. Close the stance somewhat. Basically, ensure that the front foot is a bit closer to the golf ball than the back foot.

2. Position the ball further back in your stance. Many of us have the propensity to move the ball forward, frequently even past our front foot, which makes it extremely hard to reach that “one o’clock” position on the golf ball. Regularly sticking to those two swing keys will do wonders for the fix the golf slice. Of course some practice to fine-tune those techniques for your swing will be necessary.



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How to Complete Your Backswing

How to Complete Your Backswing

Article by melody







Tiger Woods is nearly unbeatable when he is tied for the lead on Sunday at a major championship. However, after watching yesterday’s round, I think there three things that could allow us to witness one of the most incredible David versus Goliath upsets in golf history. If one of the players follows the criteria below, they might be the one holding the Wanamaker trophy today instead of Woods.

Making a full shoulder turn is critical to both distance and accuracy.

From time to time, we all have a tendency to shorten our backswings. Your muscles may not be as loose as normal, you may be faced with a crucial shot and get over cautious, or you may think that shortening your swing will give you more control. Whatever the reason, not making a full shoulder turn can have some negative effects.

Firstly, and most obviously, you’re going to lose distance. The less you wind up the body, the less power you can translate into fast clubhead speed.

More importantly, a full turn gives your body the time and space needed to complete the correct mechanics of the downswing. A truncated backswing means your lower body has to do too much work to get the golf club moving on the correct plane. The result is often an out-to-in swing path, which will result in a pull or a slice (or at best, a weak fade). A full shoulder turn, on the other hand, gives your hips time to gently rotate, which pulls the upper body round in the correct motion, which in turn brings the clubhead on a more powerful in-to-in (i.e. correct) path.

Next time you’re on the practice range, make sure you are making a full shoulder turn.I believe that you can make an great progress only you practice like this.

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Several Very Simple Guidelines To Fix Golf Slice Issues

Several Very Simple Guidelines To Fix Golf Slice Issues

Reducing handicap is nearly always the aim of folks who are interested in golf. The golf slice is one area that frequently causes complications for such individuals. It’s a regular problem and there are a variety of things that can be the cause of it. The advice shared in this article can help you correct your slice and start elevating your scores right away.

Your consistency may be influenced dramatically by merely locating the golf ball back or forward in a player’s stance by just a couple of inches. Ideally you should line-up with the golf ball so the golf ball is about two inches to the inside of your left heel (for right handers). An outside to inside swing path, which usually is a culprit of the golf slice, is often encouraged by a stance where the golf ball is too far forward. Opposite of that scenario, a stance where the golf ball is too far back makes it tough to close the clubface on time which may result in a push slice. A repeatable swing that is precise and slice free can be achieved by establishing a consistent position in your stance.

Your hands should not be turned too far to the left on the golf club. The face of the club may be square to the golf ball at the outset, but this grip causes the club to rotate during your swing. Notice the “V’s” which are made between your thumbs and your index fingers. For the usual slicer these will point toward the leading shoulder at address. However, the “V’s” will point toward the right shoulder when implementing proper grip.

A great number of golfers unknowingly make a mistake as soon as they begin their swing. They will rotate the club clockwise with their hands upon takeaway. This causes the clubface to open on impact, even though it may feel right. The clubface should “open” during your backswing, however this should actually be as a result of rotation of your shoulders and your torso. Your hands shouldn’t be what causes it.

The correction for this is to simply grip your club making zero effort to twist your hands. Here is a simple way to see if you’re doing this right: At the top of your backswing the wrist on your glove hand must be perfectly flat.

Many players think that when they slice the ball, it can be merely adjusted by moving left for righties and to the right for left handers. They are wrong on this idea. You are not miss-hitting the golf ball due to where you’re standing; you are miss-hitting as a consequence of the place on the face of the club you are coming into contact with the ball and what direction the golf club is moving in.

You are going to slice the golf ball even worse if you shift your stance off target to compensate for your golf slice. As opposed to facing off target, make time to work on your swing and be sure you’re striking the golf ball squarely while being lined up with the target. This will correct golf slice issues that come from overcompensation.

Don’t let slicing negatively affect your scores and take away from your game. Utilize recommendations such as the ones above to correct your slicing problems and improve your all around game. You will be able to create a straight shot which reaches your planned target every time if you take time to ensure that your form is implemented the right way.

There is also a free site about golf slicing over at CorrectMyGolfSlice.com. There you will find video tutorials, drills and a variety of tricks that will help you remedy your slice and start shaving strokes off your game today.