To be fair, there is likely not one quick fix you can do that will eliminate your slice. It must be completed in stages, but the fix happens quicker than you think. I could go through the step by step process of hitting a golf ball, but after the third step, you have likely stopped reading and moved on to something better. I know I do most of the time, so today, I am going to offer you one tip as a place to start and you can fix the domino effect of the fall out. It is something I continually work on in my game and when I have a handle on this error, I hit the ball consistently straight off the tee.
In my case, I have a challenge of coming over the top with the club head. What that means is that my swing path is from out to in as in the first image below. For some reason, my left side turns first and fast to create a poor swing path. This usually happens when I am trying to hit the ball far and think I need to engage more muscles to make that happen. Well, I am wrong and need to not do this swing fault.
As I fight with this swing error routinely in my game, I have to be cognizant of my intended target and force my clubhead to release towards my aim point. This simple motion usually corrects my swing error and I hit the ball straight. Of course, I am not a professional instructor, so lets see what Butch Harmon and Rickie Fowler have to say:
There a quite a few points to unpack in the video, however the point I want to make or focus upon is not coming over the top with the clubhead. Chances are that if you swing a little more under control on the proper path, then your ball will go straighter and farther.
I have broken down my swing on the range starting at 10% of swing effort. As I slowing increased my swing speed, I as able to control the swing path better. This simple process helped create the feel I needed to swing the club on the proper path and make square contact. I also found that the ‘grip it and rip it’ style of swinging does not work well for my game. It results in all kinds of swing errors I cannot control. Therefore, I try to swing just fast enough on the proper swing path to maintain control and prevent my over the top movements.
There you have it. Fixing your slice the easy way. I realize that much of this is easier said than done, but if you start with preventing an over the top swing path, then several other aspects of your swing will improve. If you give my advice a try, let me know how you make out. And remember, if you are in play off the tee because you fixed or controlled your slice, then lower golf scores are in your future.
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
The Grateful Golfer 
Fixing a slice involves two things. Path and face must be in sync. Those of us who have some modest amount of control will tell you that we can blow it and come up with all manner of shots that aren’t what we wanted. I’ve hit slices that started left and went right and slices that start right and went further right. And I’ve hit draws that started right and went left, and some that started left and went further left. And then I’ve hit what I planned on being draws that started right and went further right. Bad execution will give us bad results.
One way to learn to control path is ball position. Experiment moving it back in your stance to force an inside to out path or move it forward to get the over the top path. Both are useful depending on circumstances. Might as well learn to do both equally well. It’s mostly just setting up right.
Controlling path is the easier of the two tasks to end the slice. It’s the face that needs the most work most of the time. Path just keeps getting worse because it’s the easier way to get a ball to land somewhere safe. You learn to hit more slice that way, but it’s what we do. It works that way with those of us who hit draws too. We get to swinging out more and more and end up hitting bigger and bigger draws until they’re monster hooks that can’t be played except at the most open holes on the course. Ask me how I know. lol
If I want to hit a draw with my driver, I set myself up with the ball in the middle of my stance where I’d have it for an 8 iron. Just farther away to give me room for the longer club. Having it back in the middle will make it harder to hit if I come over the top. With it there, I will set my body up to swing out through it. That’s the thought anyway as I set my body before I swing. My hips and shoulders will be aimed a little right of my target line. My right foot will be half an inch behind the left. And when I swing, I’m looking to get the feeling like I’m hitting a two handed topspin shot with a tennis racket. I want to feel like the club head rolls over the ball at impact. If I get that feel, I hit the draw. If not, I just pushed right. Hopefully I’ve aimed to cover both cases. But I have a bit more faith that the draw will come so that’s not a given. lol
And if I want to hit a crazy high slice over trees to a green only 180 yards away with my driver I’ll choke up, put the ball off my left toe teed high and make sure I swing over the top bottoming out well before the ball so I hit it on the up swing with the face wide open. I might not make that green, but the ball will go over the trees and it will slice. lol It’s a fun shot. Not my go to on ten anymore now that the 7 wood can clear going straight at it, but it’s still an option. Control the face, control the path, and you control the ball.
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Kevin,
That is a a great overview of clubface and swing path relationship. Thanks.
Cheers Jim
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