03-29-2005, 03:37 AM
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| Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Re: Old-guy newbie needs to stop slicing
Thank you LowPost42 and Bonzi 532 for your responses and tips. It is always great to get input from professionals. =) LowPost42, I greatly appreciate your expert advice. I will apply your following suggestions: - Try something with a lower flex. - I will try something with less flex than firm flex (I currently have a GBB System 60, Firm Flex), Regular flex, and ultra flex to see which one better fits my swing. - Try something with the lowest torque I can find. - I will try several soft shafts with low torques to see if this helps. Just for yucks, I will try to see if I can find a driver with a steel shaft (minimizing torque) to see if this helps in the opposite direction.
- Check grip size - good suggestion, but I checked the grip size (girth and length) and found it to be the same as my irons and fairway driver.
- Check to see if the shaft is too stiff, which makes it tough to load, and tough to square up at impact - causing a slice. - I checked my swing, and found that my hands are too fast and are at the 4:30 position (forward of the ball) when the head hits the ball (the shaft bends a lot on my swing, not allowing me to square up at the 6:00 unless I deliberately slow my swing and let the head catch up). I get a hook when I slow things down. Yes, I "spray the ball all over the place" when I try to time the swing to allow the head to catch up and become square at impact. All my steel and titanium shaft clubs hit pretty straight. (Is 200-220 yards using a 3 iron an okay distance?) Bonzi 532, Thanks for the suggestion! I have tried your following suggestion: - Move the ball up in your stance and away from your body. - I have the ball just inside my left foot (I am right handed) and have put the ball away from my body. This does allow me to have a straighter hit, but I am still slicing when I take a strong swing. I hit straight only when I slow my swing down. I can force a draw by adjusting my swing speed, but lose about 50-60 yards. I usually hit straight about 215-230 yards using my fairway wood (5 wood Taylor made titanium shaft), but hit cars and homes at about 180 yards (yardage before the ball leaves the range) using my Big Bertha II. I will keep you all in the loop as I try the different suggestions. It might take a while since I will have to save enough money to pay for the shaft change on my driver after finding someone to lend me the different shafts to test. Thanks again for the suggestions! Aloha! Newbie4me
Last edited by Newbie4me; 03-29-2005 at 03:49 AM.
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