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I have been custom fitted with my irons and am fine with them except the odd one or two long irons have a slight fade to them which i can accept.

However, with the driver (Ping G2, stiff 8.5 deg) into the wind or with the wind off the left, I lose everything way right, its really frustrating. But if the wind is behind me, it goes straight. I hit the ball a long way anyway but lose so much distance with this awful shot shapeand often I am not sure as to where the ball is going to finish up as it doesnt matter how far left I aim to compensate it.

Please can someone give me tips?!?!!?

I have been told that having an 8.5 degree driver doesnt help, and I should maybe consider a higher loft.

People I play with tell me that if I sort out my driving I could be single figures and I believe that too, but with the wind in my face, I will be struggling for par.

Advice please on basic driving techniques or whether I am wrong..

Thanks

It might be an issue with the torque rating of the shaft. Do you know what your driver shaft torque rating is and your swing speed?

I have a handicap of 11 and a strong swing speed, unfortuanltely I dont know what it is but I know it is of a consistent speed of a 7 or 8 handicapper.

My driver shaft is :-

ALDILA NV 65-S 350 its yellow!

Any help and advice

Would it help if i say that I carry the ball around the 255 mark in no wind conditions with average temperature and pressure conditions, but have very little roll after the bounce on a fairway, if I am honest I have been known to get a touch of backspin :/

Could there be an issue with the shaft type if I am not getting a big fade with my irons, only very slight with 3 and 4 irons if I dont swing right through the ball.

I have an 8 degree driver also...I have found that I tend not to swing as hard with a tail wind but with a head wind i try to steer it, I tighten up. Now I try to relax knowing that it is not going far...I swing slow and smooth....amazingly it flies fairly straight and not bad distance.... try going to the driving range on a windy day and hit them into a wind..

I have done this repeatedy yet still the same problem rears its uglyhead,

Have I maybe got the wrong equipment or are you right in what you say that I may be tring too hard.

Dont know if the shaft type helps in anyway.

Lessons, lessons and more lesons. Then once your pro nails down the problem. Practice , practice and more practice. About 10 different things could be at the root of your slice.

remember that hitting down wind makes it very difficult to slice. I never practice down wind because it knocks the ball down too.

There is no magic bullet I'm sorry to say.

Golf is hard work. Fixing a slice is even harder work.

It will boil down to how much you want to fix it.


brianf

very :(

Got a lesson tommorow

I just read in Golf Magazine that most amateurs should not use stiff shafts because they tend to fade/slice them. So if I had to guess, get a regular flex shaft and a higher lofted driver. The article also suggested that amateurs should be using a higher lofted driver. I use 10.5 but would like to switch up to an 11.5 or 12. If i could get better control while losing 5 yards, it's worth it to me.

Oggy, you have to have backspin...that's a good thing. I'd say more loft on your driver will keep your slice airborne longer and, hence, in more trouble.

My guess is that you are getting ahead of the ball, lagging your hands behind your body. Maybe even coming over the top a bit. You must be getting some good contact to nail it 255, so your slice isn't that weak.

Listen to your teacher, of course, but I had the same problem. My grip was too weak, I was getting ahead of the ball, and I was constantly aligning myself to the right, which only makes things worse. Also, I was standing too close to the ball. So I strengthened my grip a little, stood back from the ball and flattened my swing, shortened my backswing. The last thing I did was tee it higher.

Now, I can't slice the ball until I try extremely hard. I don't draw either, until I try to. Most of my mishits are pulls, or just the result of a 14-handicapper sometimes mishitting, chunking, or topping.

I have just come back from my lesson and I was hitting the ball straight after a bit of tweaking.

Basically, my left hand was lazy, the club was resting in the heal of the hands as opposed to having the club rest across the base of my little finger to the middle of my fore finger.

This felt really awkward at first but now after the lesson I am hitting it straight with a touch of draw if anything. Very happy :)

Try a sronger grip. If you are right handed: Grip the club as usuall, now move both hands slightly to the right. You can also move your right foot back in your stance. Try either or both at the same time. Left me know how it works!

My left handed friends: Grip the club as usuall, now move both hands slightly to the Left. You can also move your left foot back in your stance. Try either or both at the same time. I'm a left but I play golf right handed. Just wanted to show some luv to my fellow southpaw dawgs.