7 Easy Ways To Cure Your Golf Slice Quickly

It is said that the majority of golfers suffer from one form of a slice or another. It can very often lead to reduced distance, lost balls in the rough and most irritatingly a disappointing score. It is possible to take steps to cure your slice. This article will offer a number of quick and easy steps to  help solve your problem.

The slice is the product of an ‘outside - in' swing plane where the clubface is open at contact with the ball. The result is a squirt to the right. It can be so bad that the ball can literally fly off on a right angled trajectory. Common reasons why this happens are a lack of full shoulder rotation, standing too upright, weak grip and a stiff swing to name but a few. Lets get in to some of the ways you can remedy these problems and get your handicap down to where you want it to be.

Check to see if your stance is too open at address. If your shoulders are aiming too far left and you are aiming your clubface at the target then you will cut across the ball. Try bringing your stance round so that your shoulders are almost aiming directly at the target.

To help flatten your swing plane be sure to bend from your hips to the ground. Standing too upright promotes too steep a downswing. Try and imagine you are swinging a baseball bat.

If you cant see any of your knuckles on your left hand (your right hand if you play left handed) then your grip is ‘weak'. This will promote a slice so move your hand round the grip so you can see 2 of your knuckles.

A simple way of reducing slice can be addressing the ball with the clubface slightly closed. If your tendency is always to open the clubface at contact this may help in straightening out your shot.

To get you to have the correct shoulder rotation and stance so that the swing plane is moving ‘inside-out' try this drill. Take your driver and place it across your shoulders. Have the grip by your left shoulder sticking out. Now set up as you would normally and make your shoulder rotation. When you have completed the backswing the butt of the grip should be pointing about a foot beyond the ball. Anything nearer and your swing plane is probably too steep and you are likely to slice the ball. Practice getting your set up and shoulder rotation so that the butt ends in the correct position.

Try this to help promote a nice loose swing with the shoulders rotating fully through the swing. Stand with your legs together and play as you normally would. You will sacrifice distance but you will also discover a more consistent swing through proper shoulder rotation. This reduces the domination of the arms in the swing which often leads to the club moving off plane and cutting inside the ball.

On your backswing many teachers promote the idea that you should flatten your left wrist. When you come back on your downswing the wrists should then be rotating so that the clubface returns square to the target with the right hand rotating over so that it is on top of the grip on your follow through. This is a difficult motion to master for amateurs and results in the left wrist staying above the right and therefore causing an open clubface at impact. Try and eliminate this by concentrating on getting your left elbow to be pointing down at the ground on impact.

If you employ some or all of the tips contained here you should see a real reduction in the number of sliced shots during a round and  you will get much better scores. Get out there and give it a go. Best of luck!

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