does this give you a straight shot?

[Maverick]

My stance for all my shots (wedges through driver) is slightly open. The face is also slightly open at address..not much..just slighlty. I do have a stong grip..may 3 knuckles shown. I try to make contact with the ball on the inner quadrant..between 4 and 5 o'clock.

What should the path of the ball flight be? I noticed it's either a cut or straight..I'd say most of the time cutting..which is my desired path.

Does this sound right? I assume my strong grips but open stance and open face is balancing each other out for the most part but the open stance/face is a tad more overpowering and thus giving me the desired cut.

My question is should I weaken my grip slightly..maybe a 2 knuckle or LESS and line up more square with the face more sqaure than open?

..lots of band-aids huh..

[bjw181]

I try to invision the target line through my ball at address and then swing along that line. If you have a somewhat decent swing you will automaticly have an in to out swing. For me, thinking about anything other than that line is too much during a swing. As soon as you learn to hit the ball straight or with a slight draw like that, you can change stance-clubface to draw or fade the ball as needed. Just my .02 cents

[popey]

Sounds like you have more of a slice than a cut. I dont no but from the sounds of what your saying. It is easier and the more consitent way to line directly to the target with the club directly to the target. It is better to hit the ball straight as even a high percentage of single figure handicaps cannot draw or fade the ball on command. It is more important to try to hit the ball straight then to try to cut the ball.

This is just my opinion but it your golf swing and your way playing the game. Good luck!!!

[golfchief]

Take a good look at all the different set ups out their, if your happy with your ball flight don't worry about and have a great round.

[BritBoy]

Don’t change a thing. If it’s comfortable, and repeatable then your set. There are no magic fixes, changing a stance or grip won’t have you shooting par over night. Practice with what you have.

Your setup sounds very similar to mine, but I play with a weaker grip than you with my irons. I play a fade also; although I can hit a draw when I need to I don’t enjoy that shot. A fade looks so much better to me than a draw and in my opinion is easier to control.

The only exception to the above is my driver setup. I close my stance to square, and play the shot as straight as I can.

A lot of people will tell you that you loose a lot of distance by playing open like we do. I play my 8iron from 155 and can bully it to 160 if I need to. So play your way and when you outshoot them by 10 strokes the loss of distance talk will stop.

LONG LIVE THE OPEN STANCE!!!

[Maverick]

Long Live The Open Stance..lol

[Finn07]

Sounds like your okay to me. In situations like yours: where your hitting the ball well but just want to tweak some things, I would just hit the range and try out a few different things. I wouldnt go crazy though because it sounds like your fine. In my opinion, playing anti-left golf is the way to go.