The 3 Most Common Grip Mistakes That Cause a Slice
A flawed grip is the source of most amateur swing problems. If your clubface is open at impact, no amount of hip turn or shoulder shift will correct your ball path. Before adjusting your swing mechanics, we need to lock in grip alignment.
The weak lead hand
Amateur golfers frequently set the lead hand too far round to the left on the grip. This is a "weak" position. In motion, the hand rotates back to its comfortable neutral alignment through impact, and the clubface fans open with it.
“Your grip is your only point of physical contact with the golf club. If it is misaligned, every link in the chain breaks.”
Holding the club in your palms
The club must lie across the base of your fingers, not rest inside your palms. Held in the palm, your wrists lock, which prevents a fluid release through impact and produces both slices and heavy contact.
Mismatched hands
The two hands have to work as one unit. A strong lead hand paired with a weak trail hand leaves them fighting each other through the strike, and the face arrives wherever the stronger of the two puts it.
Watch: squaring the face through impact
Where to go next
Fix the grip first, then the path. Working on swing path with a face fault still in place just changes the shape of the miss.
