Slice no more with some help the pros! Find your golf slice cure with our three easy fixes, glove secrets and other expert advice.
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A timely fix to the dreaded slice
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By Nick Kumpis, PGA, Illustration By Steve Karp
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 Most players who slice only have a vague idea of why they do so. Some
think it’s due to their swing path or their release, and some even
blame their equipment. The angle of the clubface is an element they
often overlook. However, the simple fact is that if a shot moves left
to right, you can be sure the clubface is open at impact.
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Look to the finish to end sliced shots
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By Pam Wright, LPGA, Photo By Warren Keating
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 One of the best indicators of a good golf swing is the finish. If
there’s balance when the swing is over, it means there was probably
balance during the swing. Often, players who slice do so because they
don’t finish correctly. See the photo of the finish below?
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By Barry Goldstein, Photography by Warren Keating
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 We’ve all experienced this one time or another. Midway through the
round, after hitting what seems to be a decent number of fairways, the
ball starts to slice. And not only does the ball begin creeping to the
right, the slice becomes more and more pronounced with each swing. This
then causes the body to tense up and limit the needed rotation of the
hands through the impact zone. Now that’s an awful thought, isn’t it?
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By Kevin Scheller, Photo by Warren Keating
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 Body alignment is one of two key setup elements most frequently changed
by amateur golfers (the other is ball position). Because players often
associate the alignment of their upper body with the starting direction
of the ball off the clubface, they tend to incorrectly alter their
alignment for a variety of reasons, the most common of which is to
compensate for a chronic pull slice. While the logic of aiming the
torso further left to prevent hitting the ball to the right may appear
sound at first, this faulty compensation actually causes more harm than
good in the long term.
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By Jeff Ritter, PGA
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 The first fundamental I teach every new student is how to properly hold
the club because good golf swings start with good grips. Your hands are
your only connection to the club, thus making them the primary mover of
the shaft and controller of the clubface. If you hold the club
incorrectly, you’re immediately at a disadvantage and more likely to
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By Rob Stock, Illustration by Phil Franké
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 If you can’t hit your woods off the tee—or when you do hit them, the
ball slices uncontrollably—chances are that your downswing is too
steep. The reason this occurs is that the clubface can’t return to
square when it comes down so vertically, and the open clubface creates
a slice.
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By By Jeff Ritter, Photography by D2 Productions
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 There’s only one thing that can cause a slice, and that’s a clubface
that’s either open (or opening) at the point of contact. That being
said, here are three tips to help you square up the clubface and rid
your game of that slice forever!
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By Barry Goldstein, Photography by Terry Renna
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 The majority of my new students fight a slice. That is, they tend to
leave the clubface open at impact. An open clubface will impart
left-to-right sidespin on the ball regardless of the path on which your
club travels through the hitting zone. If you struggle with a slice,
you know how frustrating the game can be. Fortunately, it doesn’t have
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