How to correct and outside-in swing on the tee?

[Uthinkso]

I was with a buddy of mine that has a I-phone this weekend. The video was poor, but it was the first time I've seen my swing.

At any rate I don't stand square to the ball at address like I do with my irons. I stand very open, and very behind the ball. I also have a terrible slice, so that started making sense right away. I squared up and took note of my left arm and wrist angle and did my best to keep that rigid and in form, the result was more distance less of a slice, but it did still slice off at the end.

When looking at the second swing it was obvious to me that I was bringing the club inside at the take away and then trying to get it on plane to strike the ball. Also I noticed I bring the club head back about shoulder high and don't take a complete swing.

Is there a way to correct this that you would reccomend to me, or should I just take up a lesson with a pro?

[m11]

First things first. You need to make sure your setup is good. No good drives come from poor setups.

Feet slightly wider than shoulder width. Shoulders parallel to the target line and the ball is inside about an inch inside your left heel. Your hands should be hanging very loosely in front of the inside of your front thigh. Hanging them loose elimanates tension which destroys a golf swing. When you set your clubface, be sure that its pointing exactly where you want to go. Its interesting how often golfers dont actually pay attention to how they sole their clubs. The face of the driver must be perpendicular with the target line. Opening it up a couple degrees will cause the ball too fade or slice if its open too much.

Thats really the first step. If you can get that video posted...it would help certainly be helpful

[ElvisG]

Try this because it worked for me. It's sorta weird at first but I hit it perfect every time.

Goto YouTube and put this in the search "Golf Tips from Golf link".

[JMReynolds]

Are you standing too close to the ball and jamming yourself? I was having that problem.

[Uthinkso]

First things first. You need to make sure your setup is good. No good drives come from poor setups.

Great advice. I will work on that at my range trip this week. I'll see what I can do to get my video up.

[HytrewQasdfg]

When looking at the second swing it was obvious to me that I was bringing the club inside at the take away and then trying to get it on plane to strike the ball.

Instead of focusing on striking the back of the ball, focus on hitting the inside of the ball.

Tee the ball up with the logo facing directly to the back, then roate the ball so the logo is slightly on the inside towards you. Focus on hitting the logo. This will help groove an inside/out path for your downswing.

[Doctorfro]

Alignment is just something you have to work on....on the range, in your living room, wherever. But as for the swing, an instructor recently showed me that no good swing goes inside/ inside. Most amateurs who try taking it back inside end up coming over the top. A proper take away that's slightly more upright allows you the room to drop the club to the inside. My suggestion: get off here and seek some instruction. Someone who uses video would be best.

[Dub]

Instead of focusing on striking the back of the ball, focus on hitting the inside of the ball.

That is some excellent advice right there.

I really love this tip.....can't wait to hit the range and give it a whirl. Thanks!!!!!!!!!

[Uthinkso]

Instead of focusing on striking the back of the ball, focus on hitting the inside of the ball.

I'm gonna try this in T-minus eight hours at league play. Now for me I slice to the right, with the logo in toward me (slightly) in my mind it would feel like I'm hitting it towards the right. Do I still address the ball the same way? Sorry to be such a newb, but this idea sounds great I just want to make sure I do it right.

[Avid Golfer]

At any rate I don't stand square to the ball at address like I do with my irons. I stand very open, and very behind the ball. I also have a terrible slice, so that started making sense right away.

First things first. You need to make sure your setup is good. No good drives come from poor setups.

Shoulder alignment is more important then feet and hip alignment since the shoulders will set the path that the arms will move on. Correcting shoulder alignment may correct path. The ball may still curve away to the right (due to grip or arm rotational motion), but it will be more likely to start on line after correcting alignment (and/or path).

I squared up and took note of my left arm and wrist angle and did my best to keep that rigid and in form, the result was more distance less of a slice, but it did still slice off at the end.

What do you mean by you attempted to attempted to keep rigid? You shouldn't need to keep anything stiff in order to make a sound swing.