Flatten out your Back Swing
A quick hint for those of you wondering why a slice might have crept back into your drive.
Recently, with what little time I have been spending on golf, I have been working on my middle irons. Mostly my 5, 6, and 7 iron shots. These seem to be the most used by myself as I usually hit my drive leaving about 140 to 180 to the green. These are a little steeper back swings, again I’m using the one-plane swing, and the steeper the back swing with a longer club, the more difficult it is to bring back around to square.
When I went to hit my driver, which I haven’t been hitting, I have seen a slice come back into my shot. In order to remedy the slice I have determined that I need to flatten out my back swing concentrating on keeping the swing on one plane. If I bring the club back and then up over my head it tends to dip my left should (righty) and cause my swing to come outside-to-in. This brings about a slice.
What I need to remind myself when I draw the club back is to immediately angle the club on the same line as the club was on approach. This will give me the proper angle when I initiate my downswing and bring the club back to square hitting straighter shots. I tried this on the last few holes and was successful.
Too often I want to wind up and whack the ball as hard as I can causing errant shots from a poor swing plane. Think about flattening out your shot, keeping it on that single plane and you will help alleviate your slice and properly fix your golf shot. Hope this helps get you to scratch golfing.