TripleThreat802
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My woods would mostly stay in my bag. I had confidence in my irons and if I could hit a low iron straight off the tee, even at sacrificing 50yds, I would do it. The fairway wood and 3 wood might come out occasionally, but never the driver.
I went to the range a few times and decided I need to learn how to hit woods. My problem has always been a pretty significant slice. I tried a few things with my swing, but nothing seemed to work.
Two weeks ago I went out for the first time this year with a buddy and asked him if he did anything different in his swing / stance when hitting a wood versus a mid to low iron. He suggested choking up on the club a bit and putting the ball more toward my front foot in my stance.
Wow.
Tried it on two holes, hit the ball straight. The shots ended up straight left (because my aim is off being so used to accounting for a slice), but they flew straight. Wasn't sure if this was a fluke or not so I decided to try to same changes last week when I played 18. I can't believe how consistent I can hit a wood straight now! I'm not sure how much choking up on the club accounted for this change, I think it's more the ball placement in my stance...but I'd like some more experienced players to chime in.
Is it possible that putting the ball more forward in my stand (almost lined up with my front foot) would correct a pretty bad slice? Is that only part of the solution, the other part may be mental or something to do with my swing? Maybe there is no definitive answer...
I went to the range a few times and decided I need to learn how to hit woods. My problem has always been a pretty significant slice. I tried a few things with my swing, but nothing seemed to work.
Two weeks ago I went out for the first time this year with a buddy and asked him if he did anything different in his swing / stance when hitting a wood versus a mid to low iron. He suggested choking up on the club a bit and putting the ball more toward my front foot in my stance.
Wow.
Tried it on two holes, hit the ball straight. The shots ended up straight left (because my aim is off being so used to accounting for a slice), but they flew straight. Wasn't sure if this was a fluke or not so I decided to try to same changes last week when I played 18. I can't believe how consistent I can hit a wood straight now! I'm not sure how much choking up on the club accounted for this change, I think it's more the ball placement in my stance...but I'd like some more experienced players to chime in.
Is it possible that putting the ball more forward in my stand (almost lined up with my front foot) would correct a pretty bad slice? Is that only part of the solution, the other part may be mental or something to do with my swing? Maybe there is no definitive answer...