Slice the ball? The fix is ‘knuckles down,’ says No. 1 Teacher
All slices are caused by an open clubface. Use this downswing thought to square the face and keep the ball out of right field.
If you’re tired of hitting weak slices, I get it, but the fix isn’t as complicated as you might imagine. Let’s simplify things. Every slice is caused by the same thing: the clubface is open in relation to the path of the club.
As the clubhead is swinging down, it’s traveling too far from out-to-in and the clubface is pointed too far to the right (for righties). That looks a little something like this, below. Notice how in the downswing, my clubface is pointed upwards.
That’s way too open and is a slice in the making. Your browser does not support the video tag. Chronic slicers spend lots of time trying to fix their dreaded over-the-top move, but they still hit banana balls.
Why? You can have a perfectly neutral club path, but if you’re clubface is open, you’ll hit it to the right every time. The face is the boss, and that’s what you need to fix first.