Desire to straighten out driver

My natural tendency is to slice. In efforts to work this out and not learn to play with it I found that if I slowed down my swing I was able to straighten it, but my distance started to suffer to around 230.

My friend then worked with my on hitting through the ball and saying that I was not finishing my swing. Then my drives started to straighten out and BOOM. Now, I am slightly pulling all my drives left and too often a violent pull-hook as well.

This only happens with the driver as my irons I hit straight and very consistent.

Any help as to how to still hit through and finish my swing, but it seems not overcompensate?

Hi Wallywojo, I have a similar problem with the driver and fairway woods to a lesser extent. Just last week I was told by a reliable 2-handicapper that my speed through the ball was excessive causing a loss of synchronised movement by all upper body muscle groups. Just like you I slowed down and adjusted the stance slightly to the right and it seems to be working! But alas old habits die hard and I would be grateful for any advice to get rid of the demon slice.

I've been fighting a pull lately. What I have found causes my pull is a lack of hip rotation. When I focus on starting with my hips and really getting them turned on the downswing, I hit much, much farther and a lot straighter. If I let my hips get lazy, I start pulling bad.

Thanks for your reply. I'll try applying more attention to hip rotation to see if it assists with my other advice gained....you never know, and it's worth a try!

a pull to the left is usually because of early hip turn. instead of moving your weight forward towards the target line you are trying to hit the ball too hard and your sync is out which is the resulting factor of turning your hips too early.

your alignment goes from | to \ hence the pull.

try putting the ball back 1/2 inch in your stance and take a bit of speed/power off your swing.