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I use a 11.5* X hot with the face set at closed someone on here said that a Pro that he was getting lessons from said that a club with a closed face would actually promote more slice side spin and he should set it at square. Has anyone got any thoughts on this.
 
Using a driver with the face set at closed

If you come across the ball over the the top, that would make sense to me
 
That doesn't make sense to me. Closing the face should make the face more square to that across the ball path, thereby creating less side spin.
 
tequila4kapp said:
That doesn't make sense to me. Closing the face should make the face more square to that across the ball path, thereby creating less side spin.
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Thats what I thought I have set my face to square and the slice is bigger
 
Aussie Dave said:
Could you explain why
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Honestly, I don't know if I can over the internet. But a closed face and an out to in path would start the ball more left while the swing path would curve it back to the left. Probably cause a distance loss. I think.

tequila4kapp said:
That doesn't make sense to me. Closing the face should make the face more square to that across the ball path, thereby creating less side spin.
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But a closed face won't square the swing path.
 
face angle has nothing to do with swing path. Your swing path creates slice/draw. Face angle will decide what line your ball starts out on. Two different things.
 
greggdrews said:
face angle has nothing to do with swing path. Your swing path creates slice/draw. Face angle will decide what line your ball starts out on. Two different things.
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Maybe thats what it is I usually tee up on the left side of the Tee Box if i hit a good shot it only fades a little and ends up in the middle of the fairway if I hit a bad shot it fades more and ends up on the right of the fairway and loss of distance. Every now and then not often it will go to the left and it will go a mile some of my longest drives have been on the adjacent fairway lol.
 
Aussie Dave said:
Maybe thats what it is I usually tee up on the left side of the Tee Box if i hit a good shot it only fades a little and ends up in the middle of the fairway if I hit a bad shot it fades more and ends up on the right of the fairway and loss of distance. Every now and then not often it will go to the left and it will go a mile some of my longest drives have been on the adjacent fairway lol.
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Sounds like an over the top move. At least when I was OTT those were my flights.
 
blugold said:
Sounds like an over the top move. At least when I was OTT those were my flights.
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Could you explain what an over the top move is
 
Using a driver with the face set at closed

Aussie Dave said:
Could you explain what an over the top move is
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Your swing is coming into the ball above the shaft plane created at address.
 
blugold said:
Same thing. Or at least that's how it has been explained to me
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Ok because that is my swing path it just must be more outside to in sometimes.
 
Aussie Dave said:
Ok because that is my swing path it just must be more outside to in sometimes.
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For me, speaking only for me, when I used to come OTT I was never able to release the club for fear of a pull hook. Since I have learned to come from the inside, I can now release the club.
 
blugold said:
For me, speaking only for me, when I used to come OTT I was never able to release the club for fear of a pull hook. Since I have learned to come from the inside, I can now release the club.
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So what was your fix to come from the inside.
 
Aussie Dave said:
So what was your fix to come from the inside.
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The two big things for me were a one piece takeaway and starting my downswing with my lower body. Everybody is different though
 
Looks like you are all dialed in
 
blugold said:
The two big things for me were a one piece takeaway and starting my downswing with my lower body. Everybody is different though
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Exact same for me. These are actually currently my main two swing thoughts
 
blugold said:
The two big things for me were a one piece takeaway and starting my downswing with my lower body. Everybody is different though
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I still struggle coming over the top, and these are the things I am focusing on to try and eliminate that swing flaw.
 
blugold said:
The two big things for me were a one piece takeaway and starting my downswing with my lower body. Everybody is different though
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Can you explain a one piece takeaway
 
Agreed with the others. I have an offset driver, and the closed face + OTT = pull fade.

Along with my OTT, I was coming in with a very cupped left wrist, which resulted in a very open face. So you might want to look into your left wrist conditions as well.
 
These two thoughts killed my slice and I hit a nice draw now. That is when I make decent contact.
 
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