Best Tips You've Heard For Slicers?

[Bill Bowman]

I had a bit of a slicing issue last season and would like to get off to a better start this season.

I will probably get to a pro soon But it's still a ways off for that. So I thought I would start to

work on it indoors in the meantime.

I look forward to your suggestions and tips.

[Gioguy21]

regular set up, bring the back foot (right if you're a righty, left if you're a lefty) and bring it back an inch to two inches...as they start hitting it straighter, slowing inch the back foot to square

[kilbyman]

Two things that helped me immensely (they are my swing thoughts):

1.) Don't let the head move off (right of) the ball.

2.) Swing down not out.  Specifically, swing my hands below my body and past my left leg as fast as I can, versus out to the ball.  I generally slice it when I am trying to hit the ball instead of swing my hands down and through.

[Jasonbolt]

Don't come over the top - http://www.suite101.com/content/what-does-over-the-top-swing-mean-pga-tip-a113548

[motteler621]

swing more in to out. Essentially you are swinging out to in with an open face to the path although it probably doesnt feel like it to you.

[zeg]

Best general golf tip: Don't listen to golf tips.

[slabm7]

4 Things that helped me get rid of my slice

1. Proper neutral grip, if your grip isn't right then even if you do everything else in your swing perfect you still screwed.

2. Loose grip, do not squeeze the piss out of the club, this hinders wrist action and promotes a slice

3. Flat wrist at the top of the back swing

4. Right elbow tight to the body on downswing, helps to prevent and out to in swing and keeps you behind the ball.

[Gerald]

You have to create room in your backswing to be able to come from the inside in your downswing ....... what most slicers do is making a backswing which is a flat as possible and to the inside as much a they can, trying to compensate the slice ...... WRONG ...... the result is bigger slice, bc the only way the can come back is from the outside !

Take away with straight left arm, rotate till your left shoulders comes under your chin (your back to target) and just turn back in the downswing hit the ball and follow trough till your belly is at the target.

All slicers come over the top from outside to inside ...... bc lack of shoulder turn or apply force at the start of the downswing .... also having the highest swingspeed at a point 15-20 inches before hitting the ball, while you should accelerate through the ball, best way to practice that is be swinging at about 50-60 percent of your maximum swingspeed ...... focus on swingplane first and don't move to faster until you are back on track.

[Zeph]

Most common cause for a slice is out-to-in swingpath. From there it is up to the individual how to attack the problem. There is no one solution to a slice, it must be evaluated through swing analysis. You can of course try random stuff, but it may just make things more difficult.

[awmgolfer]

Just as Zeph said, first figure out your exact ball flight. From there consult the ball flight laws and figure out exactly what your club is doing at contact and your swing path, then you can begin really approaching how to fix very specific issues. For me I thought I was having my club face open so I spent much of last year trying to fix that and ended up making it worse because my slice was actually coming from an outside to in swing. My clubface was already squared so in trying to fix that I made it worse..lol, figures!

[jpd5184]

keep your elbow close to your body and really exaggerate the right wrist turning over the left on the follow through. left wrist should be parallel to the target at impact.(i.e. get your left wrist back to were it was at setup)

you can also drop your left foot back a little bit to help hit the ball right to left.

[Zeph]

and really exaggerate the right wrist turning over the left on the follow through. left wrist should be parallel to the target at impact.(i.e. get your left wrist back to were it was at setup)

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That is terrible advice. First of all, the slice may not have anything to do with the clubface. Even if it did, turning the wrist over at any point will just lead to inconsistency. If a push is the problem, checking lie angle, grip and wrist action (holding off, cupped wrist etc.) is a better place to start. In any case, finding the solution without knowing the problem is difficult.

[inthehole]

Here's the deal ... I always had a nasty slice off a tee.      It's not a complicated fix - all I needed to do was close the club face (meaning tilt the tip of the club face to the left - its just a matter of rotating the club in your grip slightly at set up).      thats it & I can't believe all the guys I ever played with never suggested it to me ... so there you go.       I doubt you'll have to make major swing or stance chages, just close the club head - you'll be amazed ... slice be  gone.

[shortstop20]

If that works for you, fine. But if you really want to improve your swing, band-aids like this aren't much of a solution.

Originally Posted by inthehole

Here's the deal ... I always had a nasty slice off a tee.      It's not a complicated fix - all I needed to do was close the club face (meaning tilt the tip of the club face to the left - its just a matter of rotating the club in your grip slightly at set up).      thats it & I can't believe all the guys I ever played with never suggested it to me ... so there you go.       I doubt you'll have to make major swing or stance chages, just close the club head - you'll be amazed ... slice be  gone.

[saevel25]

To fix a slice, Fix the swing path.

A neutral or weaker grip will keep the clubface open, but thats not the whole picture. I truely found that a slice is caused by people who believe they should use there upper body more than there lower. When i was practicing my swing in the winter recently, very slow swings. I practice on bumping my left hip before or just as my golf swing reaches the top of the swing. Get that sense of proper transition. Well when i did that the club was pulled down closer to my body into the slot. When i use to swing were i would muscle the ball with my upper body, my shoulders got ahead, i wouldn't get my hips pushed forward enough and this made it impossible to get the club in the slot, and i would slice it.

So my tip, fix the swing path. Then fix the grip to fix the club head open or close.

[evan01]

dude take a lesson from a local pro!

[evan01]

Hey in the hole is that your sister?

[EverythingGolf]

Originally Posted by saevel25

To fix a slice, Fix the swing path.

A neutral or weaker grip will keep the clubface open, but thats not the whole picture. I truely found that a slice is caused by people who believe they should use there upper body more than there lower. When i was practicing my swing in the winter recently, very slow swings. I practice on bumping my left hip before or just as my golf swing reaches the top of the swing. Get that sense of proper transition. Well when i did that the club was pulled down closer to my body into the slot. When i use to swing were i would muscle the ball with my upper body, my shoulders got ahead, i wouldn't get my hips pushed forward enough and this made it impossible to get the club in the slot, and i would slice it.

So my tip, fix the swing path. Then fix the grip to fix the club head open or close.

saevel25 hit the nail on the head, starting the down swing with the hips will allow you to get your hands and arms swinging more on plane.