Fix for my late swing?

[bustaone]

Hello,
I've managed to develop for myself a swing flaw where at impact my hands are ahead of my clubhead and it causes all of my longer clubs to shoot off (to varying degrees, based on club length) about 30* to the right of my target line with a severe slice. My shorter clubs go straight but when they land they bounce to the right side so I think I'm hitting them with the same motion.

Does anyone have a good drill to practice square impact?

Thanks for any help!

[shortstop20]

Try to get the feeling of your right hand being more on top of the club at impact, not on the side of it.

Although you could have another flaw, like coming from way inside. Hard to say.

[IceDave]

Here's my take on your problem. Don't mix up your original stance at address with the position of your hands, arms, shoulders or clubhead for that matter at impact. Those shouldn't be the same as far as I am concerned. Your hands should be ahead of the clubhead for a solid strike at impact.

If your are putting all or longer irons (full swings) 30 degrees to the right, it then sounds like the clubhead is in an open position at impact. A lot of things cause this, usual culprits being grip and stance. Check those out.

[bustaone]

Thanks fellas, I'll head to the range this afternoon to see if I can produce better results!

[Zeph]

Is your problem hands in front of the club head at impact? I would say that is a wanted position. You are hitting it to the right because of an open clubface, which does not have anything to do with hands ahead at impact. The cause of this can be rolling the wrists and opening the club face on the backswing, cupping the left wrist, or maybe tugging on the arms on the downswing, throwing the club face open. Can't tell without video. In any case, you want to work on keeping your club face square, but don't try getting the hands over the ball at impact, that is going away from what you want.

How do you know your hands are in front by the way? With video?

On the video below, you can see Ernie with the hands ahead at impact.