| Need a golf slice cure? Of course you do! You are | | | | help close the club face. |
| sacrificing both DISTANCE AND ACCURACY when | | | | Now that we have applied part 1 of the golf slice |
| you slice a golf ball! No need to worry as most | | | | cure, it's time to tackle part 2-- an over-the-top |
| golfers develop a slice when they are new to the | | | | swing path. This problem is fixed by changing the |
| game. In order to fix a slice, you must first | | | | dynamics of your swing. Your swing path is left of |
| understand what causes it. | | | | the target because of faulty weight transfer-- both |
| A slice is caused by 2 major swing flaws: | | | | on the backswing and downswing. You hear a lot of |
| 1) Open club face | | | | instructors talking about slicers initiating the |
| 2) An over-the-top swing path | | | | downswing with their upper body whereas pros start |
| The remedy for an open club face is to alter your | | | | with the lower body. The truth is, your upper-body |
| grip at address. You do that by rotating your hands | | | | lunge is the only way you can make contact with the |
| clockwise on the grip until you see between 2-3 | | | | ball because you haven't shifted your weight |
| knuckles on your left hand. You also need to make | | | | efficiently. So the golf slice cure is to treat the cause |
| sure that your right hand is positioned correctly. You | | | | (faulty weight transfer) and not the symptom (upper |
| do that by making sure the "v" formed by your | | | | body dive). If you start shifting your weight |
| thumb and forefinger is pointing somewhere between | | | | correctly, the upper body dive will go away. |
| your right eye and right shoulder. Anywhere in that | | | | The key to good weight transfer in your golf swing |
| range is acceptable, so adjust it to your comfort. | | | | is to NOT SHIFT YOUR WEIGHT AT ALL! Let me |
| Once the grip is fixed, you will most likely notice that | | | | rephrase- you don't CONSCIOUSLY shift your weight. |
| your shots are going straight left of your target. If | | | | All you have to do is setup in a way that makes it |
| they are still slicing back to the right, then you are | | | | AUTOMATIC. This is accomplished by using the |
| simply not rotating your hands enough through | | | | ground as resistance throughout your swing. Setting |
| impact. Try and imagine that you are catching rain | | | | up and maintaining this pressure in your legs is the |
| drops in your left hand on your thru-swing. This will | | | | golf slice cure. |