Finally Stop Slicing Your Driver: 3 Simple Tricks to Start Hitting Nice, High Draws Today
Are you still struggling to stop slicing your driver? Are you one of the countless golfers who can consistently hit a solid, straight shot with your irons, only to slice the ball every time you pick up a driver?
It’s aggravating, but for what it’s worth, it’s not just you. As a golf instructor, I could easily fill my days just helping people fix their golf slice.
The slice is an extremely common problem for golfers, but not because it’s difficult to fix. It’s common because most golfers are working with bad information. In very recent years, we’ve learned brand new insights about the science of the slice. This new knowledge has revealed that traditional advice for fixing the slice has actually done more to hurt golfers than help them.
Not only that, the rules for helping you hit a nice, high draw on your iron don’t apply when you’re trying to stop slicing your driver. The bottom line: With the right information, you can finally start hitting nice high draws off the tee. This skill is not at all out of your reach. I’m about to tell you:
What’s causing you to slice your driver
Why you slice your driver but not your irons
3 keys to fix your slice once and for all
Plus, I’ll teach you a bonus drill to help you get more distance off the tee, so you can make the most of that nice, high draw. First, a little clarity.
What Causes You to Slice Your Driver?
For the purposes of fast-tracking you from problem to solution, I’m going to keep my explanation of the slice super simple. If you’re interested in diving deeper into the science of the slice, I encourage you to check out some of our other videos and articles on the subject.
For now, I’ll just say this: When we talk about the slice, we want to focus on two major factors that have a big influence on your ball flight. Those factors are:
Path: The direction in which you swing the club. The path of your club head might be traveling to the right, left, or directly at the target.
Face: The orientation of your club face in relation to the target. Again, your club face could be pointed to the right, left, or square to the target. The combination of these two factors largely determines whether you’re going to slice the ball or hit a draw.
If you’re a right-handed golfer, the formula for a nice, high draw is something like this: Path is aimed about 4 degrees to the right of the target. Face is either square to the target or 1-3 degrees to the right. If you’re like a lot of golfers, it’s your swing path that’s tripping you up. Instead of traveling to the right of the target, your path is traveling to the left at impact.
Now, you might be thinking, “But my path has great results with the iron. Why would it be different for my driver?” Stick with me. I’m about to explain why you haven’t stopped slicing your driver even if you’re hitting great shots with your irons.
Understanding the Slice: Driver vs. Irons
This is where it gets interesting. Even if you already knew about the importance of face orientation and swing path, I’d be willing to bet what comes next is brand new information. To understand why the exact same swing gets you different results on your driver versus your irons, start with this question: What is the one thing people tell you to do to get maximum distance off your driver?
If you’ve ever been to a club fitting or a golf lessons, you have almost definitely been told that you want to hit up on the ball. This is the first and greatest key to driving the ball as far as possible. When you hit the ball off the tee on an ascending blow, you increase launch and decrease spin. The result is longer distance. For your irons, on the other hand, you always want to make contact at a descending angle.
So, let’s say you’ve been following these two tips to the letter. But you use the exact same swing path for both your drivers and irons. You’re going to get different results.
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