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  1. This problem was the thorn in my side the 1st year of learning the game.
    Okay irons, but terrible slicing or pushed driver. I never had any lessons.
    One day at the range, an elderly man was watching me and he fixed me up
    quick. He had me stengthen the grip, stand a little further away, and
    brush about 8 inches of grass behind the ball as the driver pulls back to
    encourage a flatter swing plane. That got me straightened out.?

  2. The answer to this question is always that his path is cutting the ball. If
    he is consistent with his iron then his face control is not an issue. A
    longer club ball forward in stance and he is cutting it without even know.
    Even if he thinks he is coming from the inside he is still cutting it. This
    problem is always path?

  3. Your hitting down on it. Same fault I had . 2 things to do. Make sure you
    stay behind the ball and imagine a nail sticking out of the ball just below
    center now stay behind and hit that nail into the ball with the thought of
    it coming out of other end of ball from just above centre.?

  4. *Why Do I Hit My Irons Straight But Slice My Driver?*
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    time about driving and how to understand why your golf driver slices more
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  5. Thanks, Mark! I appreciate it greatly! Indeed, a lot of my driver hits are
    off centre…which would make sense with what you are saying here. I am
    presently looking up d-plane/deplane (not sure which it is, so I’m trying
    both), so that will hopefully help out as well. My plan is also to get a
    couple of lessons with a coach within the next few weeks or so. Thanks
    again for the help and the vids! They are an incredible help!

  6. 6 months later, I’m pretty much the opposite. I actually changed to a
    scotty cameron, and I average about 27 putts per round, but I am having
    trouble keeping my swing consistent. Whatever, because I’m shooting high
    70s on average now ;).

  7. I’ve paid my dues on this topic. For me it started changing when I tried to
    hit my right leg on the downswing and stopped cupping my left wrist. In a
    spinning back fist (think taikwondo) you might give your wrist a snap, but
    this won’t do anything positive for a driver swing, unless you’re fighting
    60mph right to left winds.

  8. I’m 14 and i have this problem, so this is a bit hard to understand with
    the face and things but i have booked a lesson with the pro at our local
    course for thursday so hopefully will get it straighter!

  9. I think you missed an important point. If you strike the ball an ascending
    angle of attack of say 5deg then you need to have a horizontal swing path
    of 5 deg to the right to zero the path. I think the relationship between
    angle of attack, horizontal swing plane and vertical swing plane on a zero
    path could help the average golfer understand while you need a different
    swing direction feel for iron and driver.

  10. I had this problem too and it was getting on my nerves. So I booked in a
    lesson, and the guy told me to open up the club face on my backswing
    (because he noticed I wasn’t doing that with my driver, whereas with my
    irons I was). Then told me to simply be aware to rotate my wrist back to
    position zero as I do my downswing. Worked like a charm. May not apply to
    your problem, but the point is to book in a lesson and get a pro to have a
    look.

  11. I have looked at the d plane vids and that would suggest to me that it’s
    important to have the driver custom fitted !!!

  12. Hey Mark, good videos again! Why is there always a tape in the middel of
    the saft of the driver you have in your bag at that given time?

  13. Hey Mark, I have a lot of issues with putting, especially on the short
    ones. I seem to use too much of my hands/wrists and not enough of anything
    else, and I push it most of the time (put if I fire the wrists fast enough,
    I so conveniently pull it…). Do you have any tips on how to keep my hands
    more passive in the putting stroke? I could potentially hit scratch if I
    get this information (I average about 60-70% GiR, but also average about
    36+ putts).

  14. I had this exact same problem as well but the remedy is the opposite. With
    my swing I was actually getting stuck because my hands were too close to my
    body so when I drove with my hips, my arms got stuck which lead to
    unconsiously flipping through impact (slow mo swing dicovery) because the
    driver was so long, I could never square the clubface which lead to those
    massive slices and when I did try to concsiously flip through impact
    (thinking it would square the face) I pullhook instead.

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