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Not nearly enough info provided to answer. One thing we can be certain of is that the face is open relative to the path of your club at impact causing a sidespin. The slicer’s conundrum is this: They instinctively want to swing away from the area they are avoiding. In your case to the left. So you swing more to the right and just put more sidespin on the ball. There is a big difference in squaring the club at impact and swinging to the right. The slicer feels like he is making the correct adjustment but is actually making the problem worse.
Slicer’s swing the club across the intended flight line. In the case of a lefty, you are most probably coming through the ball at impact on an ‘outside’ line, or put another way, your downswing is ‘over the top.’
The simplest solution to cure a slice is to keep your left elbow tucked into your left side as you swing down to the ball. This will force an ‘inside-out’ path of the clubhead, which, for a lefty, imparts clockwise spin on the ball, keeping it from slicing.
Also, check your stance. Lefty slicers get into the habit of aiming right to compensate for the slice. In fact, doing this only increases your chance of slicing. Set up with the toes of your feet aimed down your intended flight line. To check this, take your stance, put a club on the ground touching your toes and see if it is pointed straight down your intended flight line. If not, move the club then put your toes to the club.
You will also be aided by turning your left foot out just sightly to help you bring the club back more easily.
Finally, remember to rotate your hips as you swing back – do not ‘slide’. Try ‘posting’ your weight on a firm left leg as you start your backswing.
without seeing you swing, I’m just going to throw out some suggestions.
1. put a headcover or golf towel under your right armpit. That will force you to “stay connected” through the swing to the finish.
2. as you get to the end of the swing, your forearms should form an “X”, with the left forearm crossing over the right.
3. do some practice swings slowly. You want the toe of your club to point to the sky at the halfway point of both the backswing and throughswing.
4. Feel like your driver is a big screwdriver. You want to “turn the screw” clockwise as you’re getting into impact.
The whole idea behind these “tips” is to get your clubface rotating closed through impact. If done correctly, the face of the club will be square during the moment of impact, leading to straighter shots.
As always, though, you should see a local pro. S/He can see your swing first-hand, and give a real diagnosis, and a lesson plan to iron out the kinks. It should only run you about the cost of a round of golf (unless you see someone like Butch Harmon or Hank Haney- then it’ll get EXPENSIVE), to put it into perspective.
Play the ball in the center of your stance. Aim to the right of your target. This should cause you to hook or hit it straight. Good luck.
Go take a few lessons and if that doesn’t work after a month or so, put some grease on the face of your driver it will help. (SMILE)
I know of some free videos that you can watch online that talk about curing your golf slice. I think there’s 4 videos on there right now. Maybe more. I saw them on this website a few days ago. Check it out.
http://www.golftipsinsider.com/blog