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Two reasons: 1-you swing that way. It is an odd way to swing, but it is possible. 2-you open your hands as you are in your downswing. I had this problem a few years back and to help correct it, (being right-handed) I turned my right hand over counter-clockwise slightly more than usual.
the way it was hit by the club face
The obvious answer is that the club face is open. An open clubface is a reaction to your swing. 99% of golfers see the pros swing and try to duplicate it. Rotation is the root cause of the open and closed face. More than likely you lift the club in the air and as you swing down to the ball your arms decelerate exactly as your hips are rotating to get out of the way. You’ll hear swing the club faster but that won’t help because your arms are not moving through the impact area fast enough so when you try to swing the club faster, your hips turn faster. Every good golfer has square hands at impact. Every poor golfer does not. So no matter what swing you have your right hand must be square. What is square? Stick you right hand out as if to shake someone’s hand, that’s square. Fold the right wrist into the right elbow and stretch out your right arm. You’ve now compressed the ball.
Just a couple of notes.
01. Your left hand should be strong or rolled to the right at address and your right hand must be weak or rolled to the left.
02. Backswing inside around your waist like Hogan.
03. Downswing below your right knee for depth.
04. Wrist break only on the backswing to fold the wrist back into the right elbow like Hogan.
05. Fold right forearm into right shoulder on backswing like Hogan.
06. Unfold right arm to your right heel not toe.
07. Hips follow. They don’t lead. That’s why golfers have the slice in the first place by leading with their hips.
08. Swing down with your arms and let your shoulders and hips follow.
09. Try to square your shoulders at impact without rotating your hips.
There is a spin produced by hitting the ball with club face facing a little right.
There are many reasons to why your ball slices… One your club face is open…2 you are “chopping” at the ball…you are coming across it…
Try to fix it (if your are right handed) by doing this…(if your left handed do vice versa)… Hold the club with your left hand and set your right hand on it. Your right hand is probably trying to do the job for you so you need to hold tighter with your left. You can also try building your left hand up with a stress ball.
The ball can only “slice” because of the side spin put on it by the position of the clubhead relative to swing path at impact. It can slice no other way. A ball with backspin only (a well struck shot) cannot slice. A ball that slices has been struck with a clubhead that is open at impact relative to the swing path. Fixing it is an entire different topic.
If your backswing is not straight you change the angle of the club head an it doesn’t hit square.
It happens when you rotate your wrists ( turning the club face from side to side ) during your swing.
Most golfers in the beginning of golf have a tendancy to slice the ball. which it spins away from whatever handed you are the reason for this is that: 1 – The club face is not square at impact and is left open: or 2 – You are swing path at the moment of contact is from outside to inside or swinging acrossed your body. Things that can help (you might want o look in a mirror to check this:
1. Make sure your elbow is tucked into your body at the top your backswing. This keeps your swing on plane.
2. On your downswing you shift your weight to the front foot.