00:04Hi, my name is Nick Drane. I'm a PGA professional and Master Fitting Specialist here at the
00:09Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn and today we're going to talk about helping you to stop
00:13slicing your driver. The most common reason I see why golfers slice the golf ball is because
00:18their setup is not quite correct. If we can get you in the right setup in terms of your alignments,
00:23your feet, hips, knees, shoulders and grip, we can then produce the right golf swing to get the
00:29golf ball flying at its optimum flight and distance. So typically the slice is caused by an over-the-top
00:34swing path with an open club face. We'll talk about a few fundamentals that are going to help you to
00:39prevent you from doing this. So the first one is going to be our ball position. So the ball position
00:44we want opposite our left heel. The shaft in my left arm form one line. My right shoulder then drops
00:51slightly lower than my left, creating a nice angle there. That's going to allow me to deliver the
00:57golf club with a positive angle of attack and swing the golf club out to the right. One of the
01:02most
01:03common mistakes I see is that as you can see my head is positioned behind the golf ball. A lot
01:07of
01:08the time where people slice the golf ball and they cause that over-the-top club head path is where
01:12they
01:12are two on top of the golf ball. My shoulders are now pointing away to the left and that causes
01:18the
01:18club to come across the golf ball with an open face. It's going to start left and move right. By
01:24staying
01:24behind it with my correct grip I'm going to control the club face and produce a nice high straight golf
01:34shot. As well as following these fundamentals I'd always encourage you to get properly fit for your
01:41driver by a qualified PGA professional using a launch monitor if available. A couple of additional
01:46things you can do to help you preventing your slice. At Titleist we use a sure-fit hosel. Through that
01:52we can
01:52make different lie adjustments to the driver that will help you with your start line. Also we can
01:56then adjust the loft. By adding a little bit of loft we can also close the club face. That's also
02:01going to help minimize your slice. I'm now going to demonstrate to you the incorrect setup position.
02:06So I've got a weak grip that's going to cause the club face to be open. I'm on top of
02:12the golf ball.
02:13My shoulders are pointing to the left. All these three attributes are going to cause that golf club to go
02:18out and across the golf ball causing it to start left and curve to the right. What we like to
02:25see
02:25is that proper setup position. Ball opposite my left heel. My head is now positioned behind the golf ball
02:31looking this direction. My correct grip as I've got the V's of my thumb and forefinger pointing up to my
02:38right shoulder and now I can make a nice turn behind the golf ball and deliver it with a nice
02:44positive angle
02:45of attack hitting it on the up, launching the ball nice and straight and high for optimum distance and direction.
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