If youre hitting a driver, the club which is most likely to cause a devastating slice, the ball should be. If your left hand position is too weak on the handle, your struggles with a weak ball flight and golf swing inefficiencies will be long lasting. Many golfers struggle with a slice with the driver and most golfers understand that it is caused by the club path being left of the clubface at impact. How do you know where in your stance to position the ball. First and foremost make sure that your grip is correct. Move the ball a little back into your stance and keep your stance narrow. Correct golf ball position for driver, irons, wedges. The ball position with the driver should be farthest forward, just inside your left heel, then move progressively farther back until you get to your wedges, which should reside squarely in the. Lets start by making an incredibly obvious and unsurprising statement. Of course while this is as known in the world of golf as the name tiger woods, a sliced golf shot. If you can bomb your current driver 250plus and slice free, congratulations youre in select company. Unfortunatelyit is just the opposite as you said due to my swing of course.
Having the ball out of position even by a few inches, whether its too far back or too far forward in your stance, is going to do two things. The golf ball should be positioned just forward of center to ensure a proper. The correct ball position driver, right hand golfer, square stance, the ball should be just inside of the left heel and the hands should be in line with the ball. Learning how to get the best ball position as part of your stroke will help make you a better golfer. Why do i hit my irons straight but slice my driver.
But if i ask those slicers to play the ball more toward the right foot, they will even hit a bigger slice to the right. Slicers tend to play the ball more forward than hookers. Now that you have the ball position for your driver and your wedges under control, you can find the right position for all of the rest of your clubs. Drop your right shoulder until the base of your right thumb is even with your lefthand fingertips. Use correct alignment and ball position to stop slicing your driver. Set up to the ball with your head a few inches behind the ball. Each of them has different characteristics, cons, and pros, prices, manufacturers, etc. Most slices with the driver result from a downward angle of attack, which produces weak distance and a slicing spin. Grip the club with the left hand first again, for a righthanded golfer. Theres a good reason why people who slice the ball want to fix it. With this in mind, heres a drill that will help you learn to transfer more energy into the back of the ball for more speed and distance.
Best driver specs for those who slice their shots golf tip. The next important lesson is to ensure that your feet and your shoulders are aligned straight down the target. The forward ball position shifts the shoulders open to the target, which leads to an outtoin swing and usually a slice. How to avoid slicing with your driver off the tee in golf. This gives you the best chance of hitting the golf ball on the up launching the ideal flight towards the target. Striking the ball on the upswing will help promote a straighter flight. For the average golfer, who has a slice, i would work on the swing path. How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest. The vast majority of golfers struggle to consistently hit shots that result in their desired ball flight. The next point is allowing the club to sit on the ground the way the manufacturer wanted it.
If youve suffered from a big slice for years its unlikely a draw driver is going to iron out your banana ball flight on its own. Tee the ball up as normal and take your normal grip on the driver. The ball position must be placed at the front of the stance, usually just inside the front foot. While the dispersion with the ball in the middle of my stance was slightly tighter, the ability to hit the ball higher with a long iron is critical.
You can go from hitting a hook to playing good golf, but if you dont learn how to. As a player starts to slice more, they aim farther left thinking this. By playing the ball too far forward, you are forced to come over the top and hit a slice or pull it left. Heres how to find the perfect ball position with every club from short iron through to long irons, and the driver. When a good player sets up to hit the driver, he or she invariably does so with a nice, wide stance and with the ball positioned opposite the left heel.
How to grip a driver not to slice can this really be. A low liner is usually the result of hitting down on the ball and using a driver without enough loft. A push ball flight is one in which the ball starts out to the right of the target line for righthanders and continues traveling right in a straight line no additional curve, as with a slice, finishing well right of the target. Standing too far from the ball pulls the upper body downward, leading to a. Science proves traditional golf ball position is wrong. Each club between the driver and wedges will land somewhere on the scale of ball positions.
The longest club in the bag, the driver, should be played just inside the front foot or opposite the left big toe. Ensure your left wrist angle is in proper position, by way of your grip. When you do this, you either hit a slice or pull it left. I have been tinkering with the driver all ball position all winter and i finally think i have it figured out. Correct your ball position to stop slicing your driver youtube.
Lift the club into a twothirds backswing position, with your left arm in front. But you change drivers, dont get the same weighting, your going to hit it 6. Its going to affect the way you set up to the golf ball. This club is designed for players who need help in the distance department, struggle with the ol banana ball and make inconsistent contact from both tee and fairway. For me, this will not work and i get the best results with lower tee. A slice occurs when the face of the driver doesnt strike the ball squarely. Perfect ball position with every club golf monthly.
Stop slicing your driver once and for all usgolftv. Place the back of your driver head immediately in front of the ball and then adjust your position so that your left arm and club shaft are at 90 to your target line but in all other respects your stance should be as per normal. The ultimate guide to ball position at address usgolftv. The wider stance helps position the head behind the ballexactly where it should be. When i play it off my heel i get a nice fade to almost a slice but when i play it off my middle toe well out front i get my draw. Travis fulton shares why having the ball too far forward in your stance can.
Over the years as golf ball and club designs have improved, club makers discovered that for many players limiting the spin on shots with the driver allows. So many things have to go right in a golf swing to hit it straight and minor deviations in the swing can send your ball offline. Also, what if you change drivers in the future, you gotten your swing to to were, hey i am only 6. The complete guide to maximizing driver distance everyone is currently focused on how far the pros are hitting the ball, and whether or not the golf ball should be rolled back. Most slicers play the ball too far back in their stance, which doesnt give the face enough time to square up. Our new driver has many options to optimize your performance. The construction of the ball and the club guarantee a high degree of rotation. Most slicers tend to pull their driver inside on the backswing with an open clubface. In this golf video tutorial you will learn how to avoid slicing with your driver off the tee in golf. When you take your driver setup, you want the ball to be forward in your stance. Niall mcgill shows you how a change in ball position can stop your slice. The ball should not be outside of your left foot for any drives. Impacts of a square, closed, and open stance in golf.
With the ball in the front of my stance, i can hit the ball farther, higher, and reasonably accurate with my 5iron. Tee marks on the bottom of the driver that are at an angle. Next time before you purchase a new driver, make sure to get the lie angle adjusted to suit your swing and game. Find out the common errors in ball position among slicers or hookers and how to fix them. Position the ball off the inside of your front foot, about even with your heel, to promote an upward strike of the golf ball. With the driver, most golfers play the ball too far forward and stand too far away from it. Turn your slice into a draw with driver by just changing ball position many golfers struggle with a slice with. Instead, the heel of the club face is ahead of the toe, leaving the club open and causing the ball to leave the. A simple drill for perfect ball position and pure strikes. For each longer club, the ball position should move roughly half an inch towards your front foot left foot for righthanded golfers.
Weights in driver head instruction and playing tips. Faulty ball position if the ball is too far forward in your stance toward the leftlead foot, youll hit it when the club has turned back to the inside of the target line and the clubface has rotated closed. Play the ball where your righthand fingers point when hitting driver. Then check to see that your ball position is correct. Ball back in your stance the standard rule is to play driver shots with the ball directly opposite your left heel. I heard tiger say his bunker play improved when he put the ball. How and where to position the golf ball in your stance. Golf distillery tweaks setup feet position impacts of a square, closed, and open stance in golf impacts of a square, closed, and open stance in golf in addition to how feet can be positioned relative to the ball or to each other, the feet can also vary in how they are positioned relative to the target line. How to measure and adjust driver lie angle flat vs. Best driver specs for those who slice their shots golf tip video lesson by pga pro pete styles i was thinking one of the most infuriating shots for golfers is when they swing quickly they make great contact on the golf ball, the ball flies off, and then it tails away with that eversofamiliar slice down the righthand side for the right. The tips below are written by instructor roger gunn, from the perspective of a righthander. Advising to put the ball that far forward is not the right advice. Lets assume youve got a pretty standard lie, maybe in the fairway just short of the green or just off the fringe.
How to correct a drive slice golf tips and tricks golfweek. The driver lie angle will either be in the standard, flat or upright position. This might feel powerful, but it sets some bad things in motion. What we would say, though, is that for golfers who typically aim left and slap balls into the right rough, draw drivers do have the capability to lower the amount of sidespin you impart. The offset actually places the clubface slightly behind the hosel of the club, allowing players who tend to slice the ball to more easily square the club at impact and hit the ball straighter. So a 7 iron for example, would be played a couple of inches off centre, towards your front foot. How does low spin with your driver affect the trajectory. Lets talk about the effects of improper ball position on your golf swing.
Ball position for a standard chip shot around the greens, ball position is equally important so you can chip it close and save par. I hit my irons dead straight, but my drivers always slice. However, by placing the ball too far forward, you will be forced to cut across the ball. Eliminate incorrect ball position and improve your whole golf swing. Learn how to fix your slice or hook by changing your ball position. Ball position slicers prefer to place the ball too far forward because they need more time to square the face. Its key features are more weight in the heel of the golf club and a shaft flex that encourages. Browse our list of golf ball position instructional tips and videos, below, to improve every aspect of your golf swing elements. Then, they have to make a big outtoin swinging left through impact that opens up the club face. Thats because they have their clubface open on the downswing. Ball position in bunkers bunker shots should also be played with the ball in the same position rose says. Fix your slice and hook by changing your golf grip by golftec digital.