You may want to examine the things that make you slice a ball. Do a search on Youtube.com for some video instruction....may find some video help there.
I have a natural fade shot (long ago used to be a 'banana slice'), so I "know your pain".
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Cutting across the ball, outside to in, can put sidespin causing it to 'slice'.
-Even if you were to hit the ball straight down the line
, if you had an open face, it can put sidespin.
There's probably a half dozen ways to slice the ball to various degrees.
One thing I'd look at, the
tee marks on the bottom of the driver....if they're not going down the middle, perpendicular to the face, then that's one indication of either hitting with an open face or cutting across the ball. If the tee marks are starting near the toe and going toward the middle/rear of the driver....
If you have an opportunity to video tape yourself (I've often taken a camcorder on tripod to our driving range), you can more readily see/convince yourself what you are doing.
Or, put a row of 2-3 tees on a line just inside what you would consider a club head path through the ball....if you are cutting outside to in, you will 'take out those tees' with your swing, lol.
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Originally Posted by LockStock666
I currently own a pretty standard 10.5 degree driver with regular flex shaft.
I have probably hit 3 decent shots with it since I bought it about 4-5 years ago. Most shots are heavy slices. I slice with the consistency that others could only dream of. The shots that do go straight are usually thanks to topping the ball and getting very lucky with the roll. Or the proper shots that I get to go straight I have slowed down so much that I might as well be using my 6 iron.
I also own a 7 wood. 21 degrees of loft. I am usually hitting 200+ yards with it. On occasions at the range I have known it to carry 250 and roll out to 300 but that is more luck than judgment!
On course I'd say I hit about 20% dead straight. Around 40% with a light to med fade, that if I anticipate will end up ok. And the other 40% are sliced OOB.
Off the tee I tend to hit this club worse than when I play a shot out of light rough. I think it’s because in the rough I attack the ball from the correct descending angle and it seems to fly high and straight.
So my question is, if you were me with a driver that I can’t use and a 7 wood that is successful some of the time what club would you buy next? Would a traditional fairway wood i.e. a 3 or a 5 be easier or harder for me to hit? I'm guessing harder but any advice would be welcomed.
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