An Easy Way to Cure a Golf Slice

An Easy Way to Cure a Golf Slice
By Lawrence Bredenkamp

The one question all golfers ask is; "Is there an easy way to cure a golf slice?" It seems at one point in every golfer's life we are inflicted with the dreaded slice and then spend a fortune trying to get rid of it.

The harder we try the more pronounced the slice becomes. Eventually it becomes such a problem that it plays on the mind and thinking about it does not help the rest of your game.
To cure a golf slice you really need to understand what causes the ball to slice.
It is vitally important that you can distinguish between:

• What Causes a ball to slice and



• What causes you to do whatever it is you do to cause the ball to slice.

I hope that makes sense.

Put another way the ball slices for only one reason but it is your action that creates the two things that are needed to cause a ball to slice.

The two things that have to be present for a ball to slice are:

1. An out-to-in swing path and



2. An open club face through impact.

There is no way the ball can slice unless both these factors are present.

The easiest way to cure a golf slice is to change the angle of the club face through impact. Try the following;

With your normal swing address the ball with a closed club face. I want you to exaggerate this (really close the face) so that it looks ridiculous as you prepare to take your shot. Now using your normal in-to-out swing go ahead and hit the ball. Voila! You've just cured your slice and replaced it with a pull. If not you did something wrong or different to what you normally do in terms of your swing.

Repeat the exercise but open the club face slightly and play the shot again. Keep doing this until you find the point where the club face is square through impact. If you have done everything correctly and maintained your usual out-to-in swing path you will have got rid of the pull shot and now have a nice little fade. That was easy wasn't it?

Practice this fade until you automatically place the club face square to the target. At this point you may find that you are quite happy with the fade and need go no further. Lots of pros actually prefer the fade.

If however you want to hit a draw the exercise becomes a little bit harder because the draw requires an in-to-out swing path with a square club face through impact.

The easiest way to develop an in to out swing path is through ultra slow motion drills so that you can train your muscles to the right movement. This is a bit like sports teams walking through set movements until they are comfortable enough to attempt them at higher speeds. These drills are practiced over and over until they become second nature.

You will have to do the same to break the habit of an out-to-in swing path.

Try starting off with a three quarter back swing and concentrating on making sure that your right elbow remains in contact with your chest throughout the backswing and the downswing. Do it in ultra slow motion to get a feel for what it should be. Do this every day for a week in slow motion before attempting to do it a little faster.

Increase the speed slightly each week so that after a while it feels natural to you.
Finally you can try it with a golf ball! Hey I never said curing your golf slice was going to be a quick fix. I promised to show you an easy way to cure a golf slice and now you've decided you want to learn to draw it!

Seriously though if you want to cure a golf slice getting it to a controllable fade is more than acceptable, but for that extra distance you need to work on getting a draw going.

By doing the above drills anybody will be able to cure a golf slice. And if you learn the different ball flight laws you will soon learn how to play a variety of shots. This will give you more control over your game - something you won't have till you cure that golf slice.

Now wasn't that an easy way to cure a golf slice?

As a qualified EGTF golf coach Lawrence Bredenkamp takes great pleasure in helping people improve their game. Why not head over to Play The Lie for more information on how to stop slicing and lower your scores?

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