Guide For Beginning Golfers

When I first learned to play golf over 30 years ago I had trouble hitting a good straight drive off the tee because I used to slice the ball. Many golfers, beginners and experienced alike have the same problem. I would like to offer some golf tips for beginners and experienced golfers to help correct the dreaded slice. My advice to help correct this problem can be done in four steps. 1) Strengthen your grip – if you are a right handed golfer make sure to rotate your hands to the right when you grip the club.( See frame # 1 below) Three knuckles of the left hand should be showing and facing up after taking your grip and the meaty part of your right hand that is connected to the thumb should also be facing upward. The opposite for each hand would hold true for the left handed golfer. 2) Strengthen your stance – Strengthen or close your stance slightly will also help promote a right to left ball flight, which is what you are trying to accomplish. Note: To close you stance move your left foot slightly back of parallel when you align to your target. 3) As your clubhead is approaching the contact area with the ball, visualize your forearms rotating from right to left as you pass through the hitting area. Note: Consciously pronate your hands and forearms as you pass the ball and keep your head down and behind the ball as long as possible 4) FINISH THE SWING – what I mean by finish the swing is that the weight transfer from the right side to the left must be completed and if done properly your body will be facing the target and the right foot will up on the toe denoting that the weight transfer was in fact finished.  

They  say one picture is worth a thousand words so please view the photo sequence below to see the steps noted above – Step # 3) In the 7th frame of the photo sequence the golfers hands are turning over to the left and in frame 8 the golfer is completing his swing, facing the target and his right foot is up on the toe, all as noted in Step 4) above.

Note: Practice these four steps and before you know it you will probably be drawing the ball, which means creating a powerful right to left ball flight instead of the weaker slice shot to the right. Good luck and Happy Golfing to All!