olimits7

Hi, Irons: With my irons I use a 2-3 knuckle grip, and use an upright swing plane. I hit my irons pretty good straight down the fairway with no slice/hook. Driver: With my driver I need to use a 3-4 knuckle grip, and I use an upright swing plane but not as high/steep as with my irons. With a 3-4 knuckle grip I hit my driver pretty good straight down the fairway with no slice/hook. However, if I were to use a 2-3 knuckle grip like my irons I would then end up slicing the ball with my driver. So my question is what would be different between my driver and irons swing when I use a 2-3 knuckle grip that causes my driver to slice, but not my irons? Why wouldn't a 2-3 knuckle grip not work with my driver as well? Thank you, olimits7

Hi, Ok, went out a few more times to practice my driver swing, but still having the same slice issue. I don't have a quick slice but it almost seems like a nasty fade where the ball travels left and towards the end just starts moving to the right. My irons are fine and I have no issues with them; which is good at the moment...lol. I tried these tips that I received from this post, and this is what my current results were. I teed up the ball with aligned with my left foot instep, I then tilted my upper body to the right this way I would swing up on the ball. This position felt good and it felt good hitting the ball but was still having slicing issues. At first my swing plane was kind of flat and I was taking it lower across my body, and trying a nice wide swing since the driver is a longer club. I still ended up slicing, and I think it was because of the flatter swing plane it was harder for me to rotate my wrists and release the club head so it would square up at impact. I then tried changing my swing plane up higher, and closer to where I would be on my backswing for a 6 iron. This definitely helped and at the beginning I would end up hitting under the ball and popping it up, but there was no slice; which was good. Since I was popping it up with this higher driver swing plane path; I ended up moving the ball position slightly further up on my left foot and teeing the ball slightly lower. This definitely helped with the popping up issue, but then the slice started creeping back into place. I then tried a couple swings with the same higher swing plane path, but trying to force myself to bow my wrist slightly on the backswing, and this definitely helped and I didn't slice the ball. So I'm guessing with my driver I have a tendacy to cup my wrist and I end up hitting the ball with a slightly open club face. However, its strange that I don't have this bow/cup wrist issue with my irons; maybe because my swing plane path is even more verticle than my driver swing plane path? I try to use the same strong left hand grip with 2 knuckles showing for both irons and my driver. However, the only thing that seems to work to cure my slice with my current natural swing path without trying to force myself to bow my left wrist in the backswing is to basically grip my driver with my palm directly down with my left hand; showing a lot more than 2 knuckles on my left hand. This grip with my left hand seems like the way I can get my club face to square up with my driver. However, I hate the fact that I have to hold my driver with my left hand with such a strong grip just to fix this slice. Does anyone have any other tips I could try doing to see if I could fix my slice with my current left hand strong grip showing 2 knuckles? The only other thing I could think that I'm not doing righ is having a light grip during my swing to allow the club head to realease easier, but I tried a couple swing like this and it didn't seem to help much. One thing that I did notice and made me also not slice the ball is I would just do a half swing with the driver and I would end up hitting a low line drive shot but it would be perfectly straight; with no slice. Thank you, again! olimits7

Ok, thanks! I can't wait to try these adjustments out on the range; hopefully I can come back here and report driver shots going straight down the fairway! :-)

Thank you for the replies! I'll definitely practice my tempo and slowing down my swing with the driver. I was watching a youtube video and I think I was having this issue with my driver setup. I tried posting the video link before but since I'm new here a moderator has to approve my previous post. Anyway, the video I watched was a "shawn clement - great driver tip" if you want to find it oun youtube. And he says to keep the driver club head centered in your stance even when you have the ball tee'd up by your front foot instep. I think I was doing this wrong because I would put the club head right behind the ball and turn my body towards the ball and push my arms out because the ball was tee'd up next to my front foot instep. I think this causes me to swing outsind/in and slice the ball. I think I will try to leave the club head in the center of my stance and not turn my body to face the ball; this way hopefully this will cause me to swing properly and hit the tee'd up ball on the driver upswing. Do you guys also keep the driver club head centered in your stance when you have the ball tee'd up by your front foot instep? Thank you, olimits7

Thanks for the replies! I will try to work on my tempo, and also try slowing down my swing when it comes to the driver. I was watching the following video and I think I'm at fault for setting up to the ball wrong on my driver by turning my body towards the ball when setup by my front foot instep and causing an outside/in swing which makes me slice the ball. From the video it seems that he keeps the driver club head in the center of his stance this way his body is in the right position during his swing, and would then swing up on the tee'd up ball by his front instep. Do you guys use a similar method by keeping the club head in the center of your stance but teeing up the ball by your front foot instep? Thank you, olimits7

Hi, I've been swinging my irons fine, but I'm still having an issue with my driver. I'm not 100% sure if I have a fast swing speed, but what I noticed is when I swing normaly I tend to slice the ball. However, when I take just a very slow swing I hit the ball perfectly straight. Some things that I think are causing this is, I feel with my irons I have the weight of the club head and metal shaft making my club face squar up on impact which makes my release happen automatically. However, I feel like with my driver not being able to feel that club head weight and having a regular shaft flex causes me to hit the ball with an open club face on impact and my release happens after making contact with the ball. I was thinking of maybe purchasing a driver with a strict shaft flex and maybe find a driver that has a heavier club head; I think this will help get my club face square at impact with my current/natural driver swing speed. I guess I could also just slow down my driver swing speed with my current driver, but I would rather just keep my mechanics and swing speed the same, and hopefully a new driver will help me out with this. Has anyone ever had this issue where a slower driver swing speed would make you hit the ball perfectly straight, but with a faster driver swing speed would cause you to slice? Thank you, olimits7