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A few years ago, I was having problems with a slice and the local pro told me to shift my right hand under the shaft, so basically my right thumb is along the side of the shaft with my left thumb in the palm of my right hand. I have a terrible out-to-in swing path and cannot hit a driver to save my life. I am constantly toeing the ball and usually just leave the driver in the bag. I have tried and tried to get my hand back over the top, but I feel as if I have no control over the club and have no idea where it is going to come down at. With the swing plane I have now and the really weak grip I have found that if I line up the ball inside the hosel with the head outside the ball I can make decent contact at times, but it is really annoying. Any suggestions?

ehhh I would just break down, and retrain youself....The worst thing you can do is try to band aid your golf swing by making your grip weak or strong...I would get one of those weighted golf clubs with the right grip on it, and swing that for about a week...Just feel what it feels like to have the proper grip.....You might not hit the ball great for awhile, but it is going to help you in the long run...A proper grip, stance, and posture are key in a good golf swing!

i have never been a fan of drastically changing things to fix a fault.....

instead of doing whatever that idiot told you to do, ridiculously strong grip to fix a slice, you should clear out some space in your living room and get a big mirror

...stand so that when you swing the club back the club is going to the mirror....with that part set up

...set the driver on the ground...just let it rest there naturally....step into it as if there were a ball teed right in front of it....ensure your stance is correct (i.e. spine angle, knee flex, arms hanging naturally....)

take a neutral grip...both thumbs down the middle...now slowly take the club back till it is parallel with the ground and check for

1. toe of club is pointing straight up....
2. LEFT WRIST (right handed) is flat and mirrors the face of the club
3. hips and shoulders are turning


then finish out the swing and hold at the top of the backswing, check for

1. LEFT WRIST IS FLAT AND CLUB FACE MIRRORS IT
2. back of left hand and club face are square, not over the line, and left arm is straight (mostly straight)
3. hips and shoulders are turned and you are not reverse "c"ing....

....do this several times over and over again until the flat wrist and squared club at the top feels natural then focus on just dropping your arms from the top into the "SLOT" and finishing the swing.....don't think about strong grip, weak grip...when you get to were your backswing looks CORRECT in the mirror and you get a good feel for the new positions go to a range....

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BALL FLIGHTS...just repeat what you practiced at home...implement that same swing with the ball there and just make sure you don't try to change it any....soon the slice should be gone and if you really focus on delivering the club from inside to out you should start to see the ball moving right to left (right handed)...the more confident you are in your swing being right the more likely the ball flight will follow....

I don't know of many good pros that have an excessively weak or strong grip except maybe those that have atrocious swing planes....

you look at the best ball strikers in the world and at the top their BOTTOM WRIST is FLAT and the CLUBFACE MIRRORS that and is SQUARE TO THE TARGET.....

in the end you want a good ball flight you have to have a good swing...you could make homemade work but you would end up working harder to make it and it will be less consistent than just learning to do it correctly.

good luck....

btw...when i started i hit huge slices that went 150 yards....so i left the woods alone and only hit irons and on some days i wouldn't hit more than a 8 iron because of the ball flight....eventually the more ingrained the in to out swing became the more the ball straightened out until eventually it was drawing everytime....then one day i figured i'd try a driver again...i hit 10 perfect draws that went about 260...it got so ingrained that i was unable to hit the ball left to right for the longest time....since then i have injured my right elbow and can't hit anything but slices for now.....

imagine my dilema...in to out swing with everything looking right but still slicing badly, oh and by the way every 10 or 12th ball will be a quick hook.....

why did i have to arm wrestle...stupid