One thing that has really helped me is maintaining good posture and leading with my arms. I’m pretty strong, athletic, and mobile, so I used to fire my hips too early, leaving my arms and wrist behind, which opened my clubface quite a bit. Looks quite similar
Measure one club length back from the ball and put an alignment stick in the ground that matches the angle of your shaft at address. Don’t hit the stick
I hate Royal Hawaiian. I lost at least one ball on every hole. A ball could barely fall off the fairway or green and it gets lost forever
Is this heaven
Looks like the Predator from Tiger Woods PGA 2003
Sick course
Move to Australia, at least then it would be a hook
That looks like a really unforgiving course. Buy the cheapest balls you can find and enjoy the view
The first time I was there, I had to buy a box of balls at the turn. The guy at the pro shop told me I wasn’t the first that day
Pause at the top of your backswing. It’s an old Tiger drill
If you use only one drill, it should be the figure-8 drill. It instantly teaches you what it feels like to keep the club behind you while coming from the inside:
Put a head cover about 6 inches behind the ball. Hit the ball without hitting the head cover.
It’s not just one thing, but it won’t take much time if you understand the concepts better.
Start with a better grip. Your left hand looks like it’s running through the palm. Get the grip in your fingers.
Work on a fuller backswing turn. Use this drill at the 8:00 mark.
https://youtu.be/d1YMt63QiuE?si=gxuaWu8rNhsMdqUQ
From there, you’ll be in a better position at the top. You will need to adjust how you transition and wait instead of just throwing the clubhead towards the ball. But get a better grip and backswing turn with more hand depth, and you’ll be very close.
Let me know if you need my help with this
Set up to a ball without a club.
Now skip a rock with your trail hand, getting your body open at the finish. Hips open, chest open, shoulders open. Your lead arm will swing around behind you, and your lead shoulder will be wide open.
Now don’t do that again at all for golf.
Set up again. This time hold your lead arm out in front of you, palm down. Skip a rock again and try to open your body. But keep your lead arm where it is. When you finish, your body should be open except for your lead shoulder and arm. Your arms should finish crossed tightly, with your trail arm under your lead arm. Hold that finish for a few seconds, focusing on extending both shoulder blades as far as you can.
Now pick up a club and swing at the ball.
Doing this will teach you how to lag your lead shoulder and get your body more open at impact. If you freeze at impact, your hips might be a bit open, but your shoulders will be too. That can lead to pulls or slices. Work on getting your hips and chest more open while keeping your shoulders square to the target line at impact.
Sweet brag, dude
Is this Royal Hawaiian
That’s the classic over the top slice pattern. You asked for one drill, but I need to give you a combination of drills for this issue.
First is the wall drill. Find a wall, take your lob wedge, and make nice easy full swings where you keep your butt and left hip against the wall for the entire swing. When you watch a pro swing, try to put your finger on the screen near their butt and notice how they keep contact with it, even when looking up at the ball.
The next drill is the rope drill, which helps with your tempo. Your tempo is very rushed and shortens your backswing too much, which leads to that over the top swing instead of a golf swing. The rope drill, or anything like a rolled-up t-shirt, will work. The goal is to take it easy, stretch your body, and let the rope gently hit your back instead of whipping yourself.
The last drill will help with your tendency to have that over the top movement on the downswing. Think about your hands at position 6. Imagine your hands moving horizontally through the ball. It may sound simple, but this is powerful. By waiting until you feel in position 6 and moving horizontally, you’ll naturally tell your body to relax and then add speed once you’re set in the right position
More backswing rotation and less follow-through rotation. Flip your swing around and you might hit draws
Your swing path is outside in. You are coming across the ball at impact. Try rotating your body clockwise. Remember, your swing is like a circle, and you want the clubface to strike the ball at 12 o’clock. Make sure your swing path matches your circular movement through the ball
A great fix for a slice is to stop hitting balls