Cure Your Slice

Cure Your Slice

Slices and pulls are very different results on the golf course but they both come from the same place. Think about the times you are on the course and have sliced the first few tee shots the obvious cure is to aim more to the left but this only exaggerates the fault. The further left you aim for a right handed golfer the more you attack the ball from the outside (photo 1). If you release your  club well you will hit a pull and in the other case a poor release will lead to a big slice. It is so important and many golfers have a very poor alignment. You must improve your direction and get your body square to the ball to target line. Think of it as a train track, the outside line is the ball to target and your body (feet, hips and shoulders) is the inside line both  pointing parallel to the target (photo 2). Pick a target in the distance and work on getting your alignment aiming at that target. Try then at the top of your backswing to hit the ball from inside the target line and you should start to see that perfect draw we all dream about.

1.Feet & Body aiming left

2.Body square to Target Line