Fighting A Slice

Closing your stance means nothing if you can't control the path and avoid casting. Your best bet is to search youtube (crossfield has covered this a bunch) for some tips and understanding of what's taking place. Then get your swing on video. Study the down-the-line view mostly. Work on controlling the swing and not swinging hard to get the move right.

This is a loaded question. So many things can be going on. I struggle with a slice myself. I stop turning my hands over and I just can’t physically not do it unless I focus. Not sure how much baseball you played. I do my best to envision I am swinging a baseball bat and roll my hands over. If I can focus on that and keeping my elbow in I can eliminate it. The minute I take my mind off those two slice doesn’t begin to describe what happens. I encourage you to get on a track man to see what you are doing.

I forgot he did that. Good call because it was a really good series of videos. It will at least help the OP understand what's going on.

Man that’s funny you say that about the grip - I just changed to that about two weeks ago and it really helped on my irons!
I’ll look up the Stenson video. Thanks !!!

I agree with everyone stating it is difficult to pin point to one thing. A drill that helped me many years ago is this;

Pretend your ball is behind a tree and the fairway is straight ahead.
You have to release the club to make the ball go around the tree and down the fairway.
I hope this helps. It helped me play a draw the last 20 plus years.

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keeping right elbow in,

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Are you left handed?

This is a very informative video and not too overwhelming to grasp. I think it will help you. Youtube

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the physics of how and why a golf ball does what it does

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Thanks doucheambeau

I have always struggled with this problem my whole life. With drivers, woods, and long irons. Hell sometimes I even do it with my wedges. For me it was because i would come from over the top and leave the club face open. I recently started swinging the club and on the downswing creating a feeling that my front shoulder is more closed and my back is almost pointed toward the target as I strike the ball. I don't know if it actually is, but it is just an exaggerated feeling. Ever since I've started doing this a couple of weeks ago I have yet to hit a single slice with my driver and I have never hit my woods and irons better.

I had this same problem. I watched a ton of videos to try to figure out which of the things I could have been doing wrong. I went to the range and started with my grip, and that pretty much instantly fixed the problem. I went out and played the best round of my life.

Last time I played I even hooked a drive, and two iron shots. Not that this is a good thing, but I at least knew I fixed the slice issue. I think those three shots were the first three hooks of my life.