I'm a beginner and I always seem to slice the ball. Please help!!!

[Juancd75]

i bet your slice isnt as bad as mine. my drives with my callaway look like
90* angles. LOL. I'm horrible with my driver. even lessons haven't helped.

[tbjohnston]

Can anyone suggest why I might be hitting my mid-irons (5-7) fairly straight but pulling my short irons (8-PW) when I use a full swing?

Playclub, spoon & cleek go reasonably straight (in the fairway off the tee 11 of 14 holes the last round). Thx

[mike_pinto]

Tbjohnson,
I was doing that as well. The problem I was having is that my weight was staying back just a hair too long and I was pulling left. Make sure you throw your hips through the ball the next time you hit..

Mike

[$2 Nassau]

Slices are nasty, but easy to cure. Do what I did when I first started playing....go to a Pro and take lesson= bye bye slice. It was only a 45 minute lesson too, taught me some basic fundamentals of grip, alignment, posture, etc. 95% of the lesson was PRE-SWING fundamentals. I thank that man every time I see him.

[tbjohnston]

Tbjohnson,

Thanks! I'll give that a shot.

[GolfLegend]

I was experiencing similar problems when I was a beginner, I'd just shoot a lot of balls, bucket, after bucket, adusting everything I could accordingly.. as someone pointed out ealier, I think that getting someone on your locals to help you is a nice way to start.

Also try to get the swing into your natural golf movements as much as possible so that your body remembers a good vs bad swing even before hitting the ball. There are many ways to physically program these things, but as I said this takes time and prcatice. Good Luck

[powerhitter]

Can anyone suggest why I might be hitting my mid-irons (5-7) fairly straight but pulling my short irons (8-PW) when I use a full swing?

Well I used to do that for another reason, that being that my backswing was far to long for my shorter irons. By shortening your swing you allow the club to stay on a more predictable path, and vice versa with a longer swing.