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Does anyone else suffer from the same ailment that I do?
Left to right is so ugly to me.
I try to fight it and then the ball just goes more and more right.

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I used to hate my left to right ball flight. Then I started to draw the ball and I realized that I was so used to taking the left side of the fairway out that I had no idea what I was doing with the draw. I am very happy with my fade and I wouldnt want any other ball flight. Are you slicing or fading the ball, there is a huge difference. Is your problem with all your clubs just irons, or just woods?
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I used to hate my left to right ball flight. Then I started to draw the ball and I realized that I was so used to taking the left side of the fairway out that I had no idea what I was doing with the draw. I am very happy with my fade and I wouldnt want any other ball flight. Are you slicing or fading the ball, there is a huge difference. Is your problem with all your clubs just irons, or just woods?

Honestly, I'm glad I do have a ball flight.

A lot of people don't have a consistent one and are all over the place. I can hit fairways all day, I just don't like it. "They don't paint pictures on the scorecard" is the line I hear all day. It's my woods. I can shape everything with my irons, but I have one ball flight with my woods, the 5-10 yard cut.

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I used to hit the ball very high - when I first started, I thought the higher, the better. Eventually, I lowered my ball flight, delofting the clubface at impact as I improve. I still have a naturally high ball flight though. I can hit the draw or fade equally well - sometimes I just don't know which one will result though.

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I have found that I hit that "bleeder" off to the right if I don't finish my swing. Release your hands, and let the club wip thru impact.

Remember what Dr. Dirt always says... "Swing hard in case you hit it!"

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I currently hit a Very very high slight fade.

I do not like it at all. I don't mind the very high part, but I don't like the fade. I started doing a little bit of outside-in on my downswing. I can't adjust to it yet, and haven't hit as many GIR's as i'd like.
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I currently hit a Very very high slight fade.

That may be a product of your grip. It's it's too weak, you can have a real high fade. I mean, most of the time it's swing path and other issues, but I had my grip too weak, and I was ballooning the ball with a high fade, and losing about 30 yards on each club, not even joking. I used to hit my 7 iron 125 yards (I know, it was pathetic, which I knew something was wrong...) and now I hit it 150.

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That may be a product of your grip. It's it's too weak, you can have a real high fade. I mean, most of the time it's swing path and other issues, but I had my grip too weak, and I was ballooning the ball with a high fade, and losing about 30 yards on each club, not even joking. I used to hit my 7 iron 125 yards (I know, it was pathetic, which I knew something was wrong...) and now I hit it 150.

That could be the case, But I'm not losing any distance, I can hit my 7i as high as someones PW and still get it to about 165-170. Distance is not a problem at all, I just hit it really high.

I can see in my divots though they are going left.
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Oh yeah, then that's just cutting across it with an open face...just work on keeping that right elbow tucking into your 'pocket' on your downswing.

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Honestly, I'm glad I do have a ball flight.

All you need to do is sing inside to out wich promotes a better realese throught the ball, a faster swing speed because you naturally turn your wrists over, and a slight draw.

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