Your swing path is outside-in.
You’re coming “over the top,” which means that your club is basically traveling right to left at impact, causing a lot of sideways spin on the ball. Try moving your right leg away from the back by about a foot. That will sort of force the correction. Play with it and see what works!
Face open at impact.
Jo said:
Face open at impact.
Correct. And out to in path due to open stance.
Take a lesson, kid. You’ll learn a lot.
Emerson said:
Take a lesson, kid. You’ll learn a lot.
I’ve taken 3-4 lessons at a top-rated country club in Florida. Drastically changed my iron game, but now trying to work on the driver before my next lesson. Albeit I’ve forgotten a decent portion of what was taught in my lessons lol.
@Mai
This actually makes sense, as you’re swinging the driver like it’s an iron. Longer backswing and longer follow through. Your instructor will take it from there.
@Mai
I used to have the same issue with driver when I first started out because I was a baseball player when I was younger. It feels counter intuitive; I swing my driver like I am trying to hit the ball between ‘1st and 2nd base.’ This makes me keep the club path inside-out instead of outside-in. A drill that my local pro did with me to fix this was to sit a ball 5 yards ahead and 5 yards to the right. I would begin my driver downswing on a path towards the ball, and this helped get the feel of what the swing path should be. No matter what, listen to your instructor and they will help you get it dialed in.
@Channing
Yep, but nobody could possibly write up a whole “how to” on Reddit. Easier to say “OTT” and hit comment.
Your hands beat your hips to the target. Rotate your hips, torso, and shoulder fully and the ball has a chance to be on line. From there, check grip, stance, etc as people have mentioned. Your shoulders are currently closed to the target and more appropriate for a draw. Open them up slightly for a straighter shot.
Great vid for some basics that helped correct my fade slices.
Step closer to the ball at address. Fix your swing path. Look up the swing path tee drill.
You’re just picking the club up in the backswing and slamming it into the ball. You need to make a much fuller backswing turn and get your hands much more around you courtesy of your turn. This is basically a 1/3 swing so you’re obviously not hitting the ball nearly as far as you’re capable of.
The setup needs some work. My bet is the grip is running through the palms of your hands causing this straight line and reaching for the club. Get the grip into the fingers. YouTube neutral golf grip videos for reference. Then stand closer to the ball and let your arms just hang from the shoulders tension free and address the ball. This is too much tension in setup and I think it’s partially causing this very limited swing.
You’re also aiming left with your feet and shoulders so close both of them so you’re more parallel to your target.
Next, going to give you a backswing turn drill. This will help you turn fuller and get your hands deeper. (8:00 mark)
https://youtu.be/d1YMt63QiuE?si=tCrS8-Gq3HwGSdHf
Need to get your hips and shoulders and torso much more involved in this golf swing.
Let me know if you’d like my help with this!
Grip is no bueno and your stance is open at address.
Yeah - no. Take a full backswing.
Feet setup open, shoulders open, club face open the whole time. Fix the first two before working on your path. Then work on closing the face more in your takeaway.
You’re set up for a fade but your open club face makes it a slice. Start setting up for a draw.
Every answer to the same question is: You’re over the top, outside to in swing path. I suffer from the same issue.
Ash said:
Every answer to the same question is: You’re over the top, outside to in swing path. I suffer from the same issue.
In his case, his backswing is pretty low which propels his body to come over the top for his downswing. His open stance and far back ball placement has him set up for an ultra slice as well.
At least watch a few YouTube videos. If you don’t know the word “slice,” you haven’t tried hard enough.