Fix Your Golf Slice Today

One of the golf swing basic you must master is to control you slice. Fully more than 70% of golfers hate to slice the golf ball because it is almost impossible to control the direction of the ball. This article will help you to fix your golf slice.

In fact, if you are a right hand golfer your golf ball will most probably curve to the right. To help you cure your “banana ball”. You must first understand your slice. Following are the 3 types of slice you might encounter.

Type 1: The straight slice

Your club is open when applying a bit of spin to the ball. Normally, you ball path will look straight initially and then curve to right. This is known as the straight slice.

Type 2: The Pull Slice

This kind of slide result from which your club facing outside in (clubhead facing slightly to the left). The result of this slice is first the ball will travel to your left and then curve to your right.

Type 3: The Push Slice

The opposite of pull slice which is club facing inside out (club head facing slightly to your right). The ball will first travel to your right and then curve to the right giving you a nice (as intended?) banana curve.

Now, you can judge your slice by looking at your ball path. You should have a better idea why your ball go in those directions. To fix your slice, follow these few tips.

Tip 1: Fix Your Swing

Chance are you have a bad habit of slicing the ball outside in creating a left spin on the ball. When enough left spin applied your ball will curve to the right naturally. To fix this, you have to hit your ball inside out.

Try to drop your right foot to about 10 inch (for right hander) to the back, this will allow you to swing outside in easier. Adopt this swing to your normal stance, you’ll be amazed.

Tip 2: Throw A Bag?

This is a simple yet effective practice. Get something with decent weight, perhaps an impact bag. Swing and drop the bag to the direction you want your ball to land on. Remember to choose something light enough not to hurt your back but heavy enough to control your swing motion.

This practice helps grooves an anti-cut motion. Keep your left arm connected to your chest as you swing back, and maintain that connection until you release the bag to the right of the target line.

Tip 3: Fix your direction

If your swing is straight, ie, not swinging outside in, chances are your clubface it facing the wrong direction. To fix your direction, get a small magnet with the size of a calculator battery and a tee. Glue the magnet to the tee and place the tee onto your clubface.
Place your DIY magneted tee to your clubface with the tee pointing out. Make a few slow-mo swings, and study your clubface to see whether the tee pointing to the direction you intended?

As clubs get longer and as players swing faster, it is quite impossible for beginners not to slice their shots without clear instructions. However, with proper practice and analysis, any golfer can slash his handicaps by 3 to 7 within a short amount of time.

By: Eason Chan

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Most beginner golfers and even professionals loose strokes playing their short game. Unfortunately many golfers find their ball lands in the grassy area surrounding the green or a sand trap, they are then confronted with the tricky shot of pitching the ball onto the green and getting it close to the pin without overshooting the green.

When in the ruff or sand, the golfer is faced with a difficult choice of determining the conditions and choosing the right club for the shot. Pitching onto the green can be done with any club from a 3 wood to a 60 degree pitching wedge. Quite often beginner golfers will choose a seven iron regardless of the conditions, find pitching the ball difficult, and not get very close to the pin. A pitching wedge should be chosen based on the distance the ball needs to travel to the pin, condition of the grass or sand, and wind may be a factor. A lot of this knowledge will come from trial and error as well as regular practice. As a rule of thumb there are 4 basic types of wedges to choose from.

The pitching wedge typically has 45-49 degrees of loft and is used for longer shots. Men will typically hit about 110 yards and women about 90 yards. It’s most often hit from the grass, and has minimal bounce of about 2-5 degrees.

The gap wedge typically has 49-54 degrees of loft and is used for shots of about 100 yards for men, and about 95 yards for women. The bounce is typically 5-12 degrees; getting a little more loft on the ball then the pitching wedge. You should choose a loft that divides the “gap” evenly between your pitching and sand wedges. For example, if you have a 48-degree PW and a 56-degree SW, buy a gap wedge that is 52 degrees. This club is also known as a “dual” or “attack” wedge.

The sand wedge typically has 54-57 degrees of loft and is used for shots of about 90 yards maximum for men, or about 80 yards for women. It also has the most unique club head, with a lot of bounce ranging from 10-16 degrees and another feature called heel-toe camber. Heel toe camber is what gives the sand wedge an oval shape on the bottom of the face. Finally, sand wedges have more sole width (the distance between the leading and trailing edge). All these features are designed to reduce the risk of digging to deeply into the sand. On occasion sand wedges may be used from the grass if the circumstances are right.

The lob wedge typically has 57 or more degrees of loft and is used for shots of about 65 yards maximum for men, and 60 yards for women. These clubs are also referred to “finesse” wedges, and are for “touch” shots around the green that need to get into the air quickly and land softly. The bounce is minimal from 0-10 degrees, because there is usually very little room under the ball, and a tiny error can make the club bounce off the ground causing a bad shot. It has less sole width and a sharp leading edge. One reason many players like this club is because it allows a full, unrestricted swing to cover a short distance, rather than making you shorten your swing. The ball flies short and high.

Practice and choosing the right wedge will improve your short game, allow you to hit more greens in regulation, and will likely result in more pars. Just remember your short game is usually what will make or break your game, so you want to have the right club for the job.

By: Tracy Patton

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