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Hi all,

I really hope someone could shed some light on why i have this problem.

About 6-7 shots out of 10, especially driving with woods my ball will start off going where it should do but then after a few seconds will simply go off to the right, and by quite a bit i must add.

I have tried a few things such as turning slighty more to the left etc, could it be that i'm opening the clubface but i do try not too so is there anything else it could be?, my feet possibly although im sure im standing properly.

ANY tips or suggestions what-so-ever will be gratefully received!

Thanks for your time :)

Always check grip first. I prefer a neutral grip, where the palms are facing one another and are square to the target line. The second thing to check is your leverage foot (right if you are right handed). Make sure your weight is on the INSIDE of that foot at the top, and that your knees remain flexed at the top. If your weight gets to the outside of that foot the natural tendencey is then to "slide" the hips toward the target rather than allowing them to uncoil, which will cause an open face shot such as you describe.

A great many slices which you describe come as a result of an out to inside swing path in relation to the target line. Typically this comes from attempting to start the downswing from the top using your shoulders,hands,or arms which forces your shoulder out toward the target line rather than working underneath your chin with your right elbow almost brushing the right side as it approaches impact. Be sure you are initiating the downswing with the lower part of your body, ie. a hip rotation; a bump of the hips or returning pressure to the inside of you forward foot without sliding forward. The downswing occurs properly from the ground up: hips, shoulders,arms, hands.

There are several threads on slicing the ball here on GR that could help you in more detail.
Also if you run a search on Google or others ...( golf: slice) you will get plenty of gems to get you working the ball a little straighter. Don't despair as I would guess 90% of new golfers come across the ball and create a slice at some stage in their development.
Cheers,
Bob

I play with my Dad often who has the same problem, he swing path is fine its just he leaves the clubface ever so slighty open at impact.

Shot looks good for a few seconds, then it falls off to the right.

instead of doing a load of guessing for the rest of the year have yourself a vidio lesson. they dont cost that much and you will see yourself doing what causes your problem and see yourself cure it. One thing is definate though, open clubface, caused by,
1)Swingpath out to in or/and
2)grip too loose rotating club or/and
3)Stance not moving through to a finish

Good Luck.

If you aim yourself more to the left, that could do more harm then good, unless you were blocking yourself out with your right side and aiming too far to the right. Most people should have a parallel stance so that the ball is going towards the target and the stance line is aiming parallel left of it. To correct a slice make sure that you swing down the target line. Do not swing across the ball at impact because that will cause you to cut across the ball. The right arm should extend out towards the target when you are swinging through the ball. Please visit my website: link removed

Folks, i cannot thankyou enough for your suggestions and time!

Next time i'm on the course or the range i will definately give some, if not all of the above a try!

Many thanks again!

Another thing you could check is your ball position. For your driver/woods most people have the ball setup just inside their front foot(left foot if you're right handed). Sometimes I put the ball too far forward in my stance, and it causes me to really reach for the ball on the downswing, making it hard for me to turn my wrists over, thus leaving the clubface open.

Sometimes it's as simple as moving the ball back a few inches...

One thing must be clarified before anyone can answer your question: is your ball starting off to the left of your intended line and then turning right, or is it starting out straight and then turning right?

Two rather different problems and, therefore, different solutions.

As the old saying goes, one way to guarantee a slice is to play for one. If anything, aim straight at your target and then drop your right foot back away from your target line - essentially aiming yourself right of the target, not left. Golf is a game of opposites.

Anyway, can you clarify point 1 above?

The simplest solution is to go get a lesson and ask the pro why you are slicing. As for swing path problems, video or a friend watching you could help you detect that.

One thing you don't want to do is to try to fix the problem with a compensating change somewhere else. Then you really have 2 problems and are trying to fix a mistake with another mistake. An example would be some golfers I've seen with an outside in swing that compensate by addressing with a closed club face and possibly also aligning to the right.

Strengthening your grip could help, but if it just compensates for another problem, then that isn't a good solution. The fact that you don't know what you are doing wrong suggests that the best solution would be to have someone that really knows about the golf swing looking at your swing.