Correcting a golf slice is not difficult, but may require plenty of practice, patience and more practice.

here are three ways to correct a slice. Hire a golf instructor, purchase some DIY books and/or grab a golfing buddy to follow you around the fairways and tell you what you’re doing wrong.

In the meantime, practice these simple guidelines in the backyard or out on the course.

1. Line your feet up correctly – square yourself up with your feet approximately shoulder width apart and the golf ball about half way between them

2. Point your leading shoulder in the direction of the hole. Wherever your shoulder points is where the ball will go

3. Keep your swing even and relaxed, knees slightly bent. Don’t try to hit the golf ball too hard, jab at it or over-correct

4. Head should be down and eyes fixed on the ball. Don’t look to see where the ball is going, your aim should

already be lined up with your body positioning. Lifting your head will destroy your aim

5. Always remember to follow through. When the ball is hit and the club is over your head, then you can look up

Afterward, don’t forget to shout your golf buddy some liquid refreshment at the clubhouse. Important tips can be traded and your golf slice discussed with all the minutiae a relaxing cold drink allows.

If you hit a golf slice, have you taken lessons; bought any training aids, and done several drills only to still hit a slice? What a frustrating situation! Do you realize what&’s causing your golf slice?

A golf slice is caused by the clubface coming across the ball from outside the target line, creating side-spin on the ball. Upon first thought, this may seem like a mechanical issue. And it is&’but if you dig a little deeper, you&’ll find it&’s a &’physical&’ issue.

You see&’your body dictates your ability to swing the club efficiently. If your body has &’physical limitations&’, your swing will not be mechanically sound and swing faults will appear.

In the golf swing there are many compensations for lack of proper mechanics. If you can&’t make a 90 degree shoulder turn on the backswing, you&’ll do whatever it takes to feel like you are making a full turn.

A good example of this would be to rotate your hips beyond the desired 45 degrees to enable your body to make a full backswing. What this does is rob you of power. You have no torque built up in your core to unleash into the ball at impact.

The same thing with a golf slice.

A golf slice is caused by the upper body getting ahead of the lower body, creating an &’over-the-top&’ move, which in turn results in your clubface slashing across the ball and creating side-spin. Here comes the banana ball!

Your first inclination will be to take a lesson to fix this. If that doesn&’t work, you might buy a training aid. If that doesn&’t work you&’ll buy an &’offset&’ driver to help eliminate your golf slice.

Does this sound familiar?

Now the real answer! Take a break on your lessons. Don&’t buy anymore training aids. And keep your normal driver in your bag.

You need to work on you core rotational flexibility to be able to initiate the downswing with your lower body first, to avoid the upper body getting ahead of it. It&’s that simple. The minute your able to separate the upper and lower body upon initial move down&’you&’ll see that golf slice improve dramatically.

Doesn&’t that make sense?

Along with fixing your golf slice, you&’ll add up to 30 yards to your drives. You will get more roll when the ball lands from a draw ball flight. A golf slice is a weak shot that does not penetrate the air for maximum distance.

All of my programs, dvds, and books focus on core rotational strength and flexibility which will improve your power output and eliminate swing faults. You will not experience compensations on the golf course anymore.

When you work on your &’machine&’, your golf swing takes care of itself! You will finally eliminate the thought, &’fix golf slice&’.