Hello!! I’m very new to golfing. Played maybe 5 rounds of 9 holes last year, took an hour lesson in Hawaii in January, and just hit the range for the first time this year. My issue is I can hit pretty straight with irons, but whenever I hit with a driver it always goes right. I’m aware I’m using a men’s club, but those are the only kind of clubs available to me at the moment. Working on getting some women’s clubs soon! Any advice would be much appreciated!!
by xpworkout
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Out to In swing path + open face
Start with the face pointing slightly more left and then feel like your flinging the club head out to the right.
There’s way better advice out there than that but I definitely started hitting way more fairways only thinking about that. Eliminate the big slice then get better advice.
Take with a pinch of salt I’m no expert. Looks like your body went too far left before impact and the face is a little open. Hips can shift left but keep your head and shoulders behind the ball longer and the extra few inches should give a little more time to square the face.
I’m no expert but you seem bent way too far forward for a driver?
Your club face is pointing right at impact. Need to square it to your target to stop the slice. Hard part is finding what works for you!
Even at address you’re past the ball lol
Slightly wider stance doesn’t seem shoulder width and you tend to open club face on the way down. Adjustments should straighten you out.
I think you have a slice because of the swing path
Your first move on your downswing is to fire your shoulders which send the club into a steep over the top slice pattern. Here is a good thread on how to fix this pattern.
https://x.com/nickolgolf/status/1974514215668093218?s=46&t=Rp_TRlidQvkX9EKog1WH_w
(Click the comments of the first tweet to see the thread)
Your swing is like 80% percent of the way there. Keep your spine angle, make a shorter back swing, and try trapping the ball to close the face. You’ll probably start hit a power draw soon. Good luck.
Try addressing the ball near the toe rather than near the heel of the club
Out and in, but I think it’s caused by you lining up too close to the ball. You’re starting the swing with the ball aligned at the hosel from what I can tell. Needs to be slightly in front of the sweet spot, towards the toe.
welcome to the club. even when they start straight the ball is magnetically predetermined to go right
Having the same challenge, started to address the ball at the toe instead of the sweet spot and started to hit them straight (you’re addressing the ball at the heel of the club or even the hosel). This was just one of my challenges, but may help you dial in your swing!
Set up with the toe of the club on the ball.
Too much upper body not enough lower body. “Close the car door” with your hips, at the same time, this makes you “pull” down on the grip of the club. Almost like you’re trying to slide your hands off the end toward the butt end of the grip. Then rotate the hips and follow through.
Hands look good through the swing honestly, but you’re a little out of sorts at address. Too close, and choked up on the club. Maybe it’s a little too long for you?
I think you’re in a good spot, just firing the upper body too soon ending up out to in
Haven’t seen anyone say this but it looks like you are swinging with your hands and not your body. The hands need to only move up and down, and the shoulders make the rotation. It looks like you are wrapping your hands around your body instead. This is a pretty bad habit to get into, and very tough to break if you do it for too long
Women are always right.
You have to control the club at the top. If your hands stop and the club still moves around, where it stops will be fairly tough to guess.
A lot of people are saying good things… definitely follow them! What I noticed is that you’re out the heel the entire time. From the lineup to impact, it’s out the heel, which causes the ball to go right when combined with what others are saying
Right elbow moves away from torso too far on backswing that forces the swing path high and creates the out to in path. Visualize trying to hand the club head to a person standing directly behind you without letting the right elbow move away from your torso. This will create a flatter swing path on backswing. On downswing, feel your right elbow near your torso and pull through with your left side with arms remaining relaxed and extended. Currently looks like you’re releasing yours arms in the swing well. Keep the release but lead with the left side. Good luck.
Girl I had this issue too!! Like others have said, you need to work on club face awareness to close your face at impact. Slow down your swing and feel like you’re slamming your club face down on a table in your down swing. Try googling “table top” drill or dm me and I’ll try to send you a video!
Firstly you are way past ball at address. Also your backswing with your body ends but your arms keep going (the right elbow goes away from the body and flexes). Last thing but i can not be fully sure from this angle: you seem to add even more movement with your wrists at the top of the swing, that is hardly ideal and it may also lead to cupping your wrists (a better angle would be if this was filmed more from the right side)
Some good advice here with swing path, keeping club face closed/square and where to address the ball. I would say other than that your backswing is basically all arms and then you fire your hips late coming forward. Definitely something you don’t want to get in the habit of. Saw someone say closing the car door with your hips, never heard that before but it’s a good analogy of the motion you want.
address closer to center of driver and ur chicken winging at impact like ur fighting to get back to the ball which can send it right.
This might help,especially around 9 mins where he talks about left arm bending at the top the backswing and club pointing right at the top which u do the same
https://youtu.be/pl9CO7-lKps?si=NALDtupiPNtM_umS
In your address position you are standing with your butt too far behind you and too crouched. Stand a bit taller and more relaxed, get your butt more over your feet
[like this](https://www.perfectgolfswingreview.net/AB-AddressComposite.jpg)
Let me give you some advice that will really help you and save you some time- obsess over your address position. It may seem small but I’ve been playing for 3 years now next month and only really started understanding my swing making big improvements to it in the past 8 months or so. What I’ve found is it is insane how much address position influences your golf swing.
The good news is it’s the easiest thing to fix even for a total noob, just keep snapping pics and video and comparing side by side of pro pics and researching.
I used to change so many things, tinker with my swing so much but I was never in the correct position to allow my body to move correctly so I never got a consistent swing. Once I fixed the address position I immediately hit super straight real consistently and I was baffled how good my swing looked on video. My body just… did it
Act like your shaking someone’s hand in front of you. You don’t shake with an open hand you have semi closed (turned over). This helped me a lot
Get your left palm facing the target at impact, currently your palm is facing in front of your chest
A slice comes from any combination of an open face and out-to-in swing path. I think your issue is more with an open face than a swing path, but you might be able to further improve the swing path by shortening up the backswing a bit. It looks good at first, then you come a little over the top.
Face control is the hard one (and something I also struggle with). Some quick fixes are closing the face more at address, more of a strong grip (lead thumb closer to the right side of the club, trail hand closer to palm up at address), and lightening up the squeeze pressure on the grip. Ultimately, though, you need to rotate the wrists through follow-through to close the face, like a forehand shot in tennis. I’ll let you know when I figure out how to do that consistently myself haha.