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

Thanks, wouldn't have caught that

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Also, you gotta be careful with “clearing the hips”

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This right here. Was in the same boat OP, played baseball through high school, decently athletic and started playing 2 summers ago. Game came pretty naturally but really struggled with slicing the driver.

Still do if I clear my hips too aggressively and at the wrong time.

No homo but you look fairly natural and athletic from the shots. Big helpers from me are focus on clearing hands at the correct time and also shorten the back swing ala Finau, that has helped me tremendously control the club head. Most of your power comes from legs/hips anyway, don't need a John Daly backswing to hit it 250+ on a consistent basis.

I'd watch vids and focus on hip clearing correctly, you're probably hitting it pretty strong, just gotta get those hands moving at the right time to close the face naturally. There's also a guy on IG, FVZGOLF that will analyze and help your swing front and back for like $30 bucks, its pretty legit and has helped me a lot during lockdown.

^ All shite everyone has posted but it has changed my game completely. Dropped 4-5 strokes per round from it and don't have to hit my 3 wood off every tee anymore.

Mine was switching from an interlock to a ten finger "baseball" grip on my woods. I have a natural draw with my irons.

I can still slice it into the next parish when I overswing lol

Aim further left.

Take a full turn.

Stay behind the ball.

At the top, things look really solid.
You are turning, not swaying.

My problem is sometimes I sway instead of turn.
You are not swaying.

Did you have your driver fitted for shaft stiffness, kick, etc?

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I just looked at a different video from a few weeks ago. My club head is getting on the outside of the target line. Hands are drifting out creating the steeper angle of attack. Even with a square face that's going to put side spin on the ball. I really think that's going to be my main issue and a difficult one for me to correct.

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If it starts straight and then fades then your club face is likely square at impact and your swing path is out to in.

You are coming over the top. Your first move from the top is probably with your shoulders and upper body. Watch some videos about coming over the top. Initiate the downswing with your lower body and drop your hands down instead of coming over

I picture hitting the inside of the ball and following through to the outside of the ball as I keep my head behind the ball and let my wrists naturally roll over. Loose hands and wrists are very important if you do it right you shouldn’t have to “control” the face or path.

100% of slices are caused by an outside to in swing path with an open face. Fix the path first. It’s easier to fix the face once your path is right.

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That's the same tip as knuckles down I believe. Same tip changed by iron game.

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I think you’re right. It’s amazing what such a simple move / feeling can do to your ball flight and game.

“My” driver isn’t fitted. The woods/driver I’m using were free. Honestly my swing speed probably is fitted to a regular flex shaft. I started with a ladies flex (girlfriends moms clubs) and used a senior flex on Saturday (girlfriends clubs)

Sliced one on the first hole. My swing thought was to get the knuckles down. I used the driver on probably 13/18 holes and only had one more slice. I did pull (not hook) two and hit a pop fly to shallow center on one. Hard to tell for me if the knuckles down was a “fix” or if I just managed to do a sequence of things correctly. We played a scramble on the back 9 and ended up playing my tee shot on 7/9 holes. My buddy has played for a while and typically out drives me by 20 yards. I kind of black out on the tee box so it’s hard for me to realize what’s working without videoing it. I know I’m still not getting all of my weight onto the front foot, but I found it hard to focus on that when I was hitting them relatively straight by focusing on getting my knuckles down