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Hello all! Looking for a decent golf tutor in Edinburgh, or as close to Edinburgh as possible, in Scotland. Does anyone have any recommendations? Also I'd prefer not to pay through the nose but a good rate for a couple of lessons would be great. Thanks in advance! Alan

Okay cool! Yeah that first video is exactly what I was doing without the extra tee. Sounds like its a winner even though it was just pure experimentation that I managed to do it. Thanks for the advice guys![@]TimS65[/@][@]iac[/@]

Hullo folks! Right. I have always struggled with a slice from my driver. The reasons for this have been vast and over the past few months my pro and I have been working hard on my swing (on all my clubs) to correct this. Faults have been chicken wing plus swinging out to in by 2 degrees with the chicken wing causing an open club face. These are almost completely fixed with the wing gone and swinging straighter through my irons. Now today at the range I managed to rid my slice with the big stick and actually started hitting draws and fades, both high and low, on command. Also this wasn't just to a massive field but setting myself targets for the width if a fairway with 80% of my shots going where I wanted them to go. Also I never just smash drivers all the time but change clubs at every shot. Now how did I do this? Well this is the big thing that I'm struggling with as it is "fundamentally" wrong. I setup as normal with my ball just on line with my big toe on my left foot (I'm a righty). Unfortunately, I also set up the driver in the middle of my stance like an 8 iron, and just swung at the ball with all my concentration on it. This felt very comfortable to me as spine tilt at a 'normal' address feels alien and I seem to bottom out far too early. Now, if I'm able to keep hitting good consistent shots like this, should I keep doing it? Or should I try and learn how to do it 'properly' and textbook? I was getting some funny looks with lads around me complimenting how well I hit it like that. Literally 200+ yards carry and I'm only 5"8 and 140 pounds. So. Should I keep doing it? Or is there a reason that I might be hitting it like this as there is a fault elsewhere that I haven't seen?

I've done some more research on this and the train of thought of a lot of articles is one degree of open club face to path will cause a ball movement of 4 yards (roughly). With the video above I need to re-align my body by 4 degrees, So does that therefore mean for a 200 yard drive I need to aim by body right by 48 feet at the point where the ball will land? Sheesh! That seems excessive! Is that really how much you should aim your body? If so it is no wonder I have a love of the next door fairway haha

Also, cheers for the warm welcome!!! :)

Thanks for that Billchao! This confirms what my thoughts were. I'll see what happens during my lesson later in the week (no doubt there will be other things which will cause my slice - bah) but a brilliant video nonetheless!

Hi there, I have a swing thought that I would like some comments on when it comes to slicing my driver. Any comments appreciated (including you are talking nonsense haha) I am having an issue with my driver (don’t we all) that seems like it is fairly common – the dreaded slice! Half of the shots I would normally hit with my driver fly dead straight however every other shot will result in a ball flight that is dead straight for say, 50-100 yards, and then the last two thirds of the flight will see the ball slicing to the right. All of my irons will fly straight as well as my fairway woods however my driver is giving me a huge problem. My golf pro has remarked on previous lessons that I have a golf swing that is ‘on plane’, hence nice straight shots with a slight draw shape to them naturally. For my drives I have tried a stronger grip and having my alignment looked at, which my shoulders were open by the way when using a driver – now fixed which results in a lesser slice, but still a slice nonetheless. I am having a lesson towards the end of this week but I would like some comments on a swing theory as to why I may be having so much trouble with this club. If my swing is ‘on-plane’ or slightly in to out naturally it is highly likely that my swing would be the same for my driver than all other clubs. I certainly don’t feel that I swing any differently and indeed any videos that I have taken show similar swing characteristics. However, as I am hitting the ball on the upswing, could it be assumed that my swing at the ‘point of impact’ is out-to-in as the club would naturally swing left on the upswing? If this is correct, and if I hit the ball with a square club face in relation to my target with an out-to-in swing path in relation to my target at the time of impact, is it conceivable that my ball will start straight (85% of the initial ball path in relation to club face orientation) and then curve right due to the swing pointing left of my desired target? In this case, should I align my body further right with my club face pointing at target to counteract? I am getting a lesson with trackman at the end of this week which will no doubt tell me exactly what is happening but could the above possibly be conceivable considering all the advice on here is “you have an out to in swing path” which may be incorrect in a global swing sense? Any thoughts? PS. I’m a righty haha