The sliced golf shot is probably the most chronic problem that beginning and higher handicap golfers struggle with.
Its an easy thing to explain, but certainly a much tougher problem to correct. So, without getting into a very lengthy article on the subject of the sliced golf shot, I’ll do my best to give you an understanding of what causes the slice and a couple of tips that will get you on your way to forever correcting this game robbing problem.
First of all let me make perfectly clear that there is a difference in a fade (shaping your golf shot from left to right) and slicing your golf shots. A fade is a perfectly legitimate shot that many people and professionals use. A slice is not.
Lets begin with the bottom line cause of the slice.
When your clubface enters the hitting zone either the clubface itself is open or your swing path is coming from the outside in (from away from your body coming toward your body).
The part about the outside to in swing path is probably the more difficult of the two swing anomalies to correct, so in the interest of time lets take a look at working on that for you.
Lets fast forward just a bit, and...