Golf Slice Cure – Time To End The Golf Slicing Misery

The slice in golf is one of the most common golf faults affecting golfers of different playing abilities. When you first start playing golf, you kind of expect the golf ball to go flying in all directions, but when your game settles down you can be plagued by a golf slice which can become remarkably difficult to cure. In this article I offer a golf slice cure, and I am sure that by ridding your game of the golf slice you will enjoy the game of golf even more.

Why put up with the misery of the dreaded slice longer than you have to? In case you are not sure what a slice in golf is, let me tell you it is when the ball starts to the left of the target and then arcs round to the right. Once it hits the fairway, it generally has a lot of backspin, which will take the ball sideways across the fairway and into the rough or some other hazard.

Some golfers are tempted to live with the slice rather than try and cure it. They do this by playing a controlled slice, aiming the golf shot to the left of the target and allowing for it to swing back to the target they are aiming at. This is alright, if you are confident you are in control of the shot. There have been many well know and successful golfers who have played with a controlled fade of the ball, Lee Trevino being an example. Note I said fade, not slice. Both a fade and slice are similar shots, but the golf slice is definitely a destructive shot and should be eliminated altogether from your game.

That said, advanced players should know how to play a slice when needed, but the beginner just needs to get rid of it.

Golf Slice Cure

The slice in golf is caused by striking the ball with an open club face at impact, and swinging the club in an outside to in swing plane. If the club face was closed at impact the end result would be a pulled shot. The club is taken, in the backswing, too far to the inside, so that at the top of the backswing the club head is pointing to the right of the target. From there the shoulders are rotated too early in the downswing, throwing the hands, arms and club head outside the correct swing path, so that the player cuts across the ball at impact and the result is a golf slice. This phenomenon is called the over the top golf swing.

Take the club back straighter at the start of the backswing. The way to cure the over the top golf swing is to start the downswing by moving the lower body to the left, and getting the club to the hitting zone which is at waist height. Once you get into this position, whip the hands through the ball. You will no doubt notice that this position and movement feels strange to start with and you might not stop slicing the ball straight away. But adopt this technique as a golf swing drill to practice on the range, and you will do your golf a lot of good. And cure the golf slice as well.