re: What was the key to fixing your driver slice when you started golfing?

My slice was gone on my round friday afternoon. Stepped up to the first tee and bombed it about 280 right down the middle of the fairway.

That's the only time in about 10 rounds that I haven't sliced one out of play right off the first tee at that course.

I'm not positive on what I was doing wrong, but it was one of two things. Either I was swaying back, or I wasn't getting a full torso turn. I focused on keeping my back leg straight and turning back and up. Outside of two line drives to the third baseman (over swinging) I hit every fairway that I drove. I played a round with a 3 handicap and outdrove him on every hole, often by a substantial distance. Damn did it feel good to watch them fly long and straight. I think that not getting that full turn plus an aggressive downswing was throwing off my path/clubface. Basically there wasn't enough space to really get it torqued into the right position because I wasn't creating enough space in my backswing turn for that. That's my theory anyway. That first tee shot was the purest ball I've ever hit and it happened several times over the course of the round.

Now, if you'd have been watching my round you'd think I never picked up an iron in my life. Didn't hit the first one crisp. Chunky shots, thin shots, weak fades. I was struggling to even get the ball in the air with my irons. Back to the drawing board there

Salvaged a birdie on 16 though, a long par 4 that dog legs right.