When Im playing golf and using long irons or woods, i always seem to hit the ball with fade to the right, Why?
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The root cause of a fade or draw is an open or closed face club when striking through the ball, thus causing the ball to travel with a sidespin motion. Naturally this sidespin, unless adjusted for, will occur on a side hill lie. However, a unwanted fade from a reasonably flat position  usually indicates a fault in the players swing. One or several corrections of a players swing could be required to eliminate this condition, but most importantly the adjustment must cause the player to swing STRAIGHT though the ball. Without seeing your swing, it is not possible to say exactly how to eliminate your troubles.\n\nThings to focus on are:\nthe angle of your backswing.\nAre you pulling back your left shoulder on follow through? \nthe width of your stance may too narrow or too wide.\n(even) a club which is too flexible for a strong player can cause fade.\n   \nWhat causes an unwanted fade in one players game is not necessarily the cause for another.\n\nIf your serious about improving your game, ask your club pro or some other to look your swing over and recommend to you some changes to your swing. (cost or no cost)
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If you are pulling the ball left, it's because you are not swinging straight through the ball.  Maybe just getting you thinking about a good swing path will cure any other related flaws.\n\nMake a box out of six tees by making two parallel rows of three tees each. The rows should be about 12 inches long and 6 inches apart.\nLooks like this:\n* * *\nswing-path \n* * *\nPractice swinging with your driver making the club path go through the box (i.e. through the two parallel rows) without hitting a tee. This exercise will help you see flaws and teach you to swing straight through the ball.\n\nOne additional reason I like this exercise is that when you don't swing right, you have to stop and fix the tee box - penalty.  If you swing right, the box is still there ready to go again and this helps with building muscle memory of the good swing.
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I predetermine a spot where I want the ball to stop, and bare that in mind. At address, you should looking at the ball not the hole, or the imaginary spot where you target your ball to stop. Try hitting on the practice putting carpet until you know the right strength to give your putt. Golf is a target game, like dart.
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Golf lessons.  I learned it is a waste of money spending on clubs.  You can hit it much better if you know how to hit it dead center consistently.
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Lefty or righty doesnt matter, welcome to this great game.\n\nI would say you should get a used set of clubs and regrip them and play untill you develope a fairly consistant swing, maybe about 5 rounds, Then get to your local golf pro and seek some advice and several lessons, do this befor you ingrain to many bad habits. \n\nAfter a few lessons you then may want to continue and now should get to a better set of clubs because there is a big difference in clubs. \n\nCavity back - more forgiving\nForged - better feedback on misshits\nBlades - maximum feedback on solid or misshits.\n\nAlso the shaft flex is important for your individual swing.\n\nAll these things can be checked out by your local pro.\n\nGood luck and good golfing.\n\nLeon
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Typically this is called a SHANK.\n\nMany golfers consider "the shank" the worst shot in golf. In a shank (if you are right handed) the ball squirts almost straight right from the moment you hit it. The first time it happens, it comes as a complete shock. You were probably winning and/or about to shoot your best round ever, when it happened.\n\nYou were probably playing "a safe" or "no brainer" shot when it happened. It was "the worst" --- "most unexpected" thing that ever happened to you in golf. The scene gets worse because --- you probably shanked your next shot as well.\n\n\nSo what is a shank?\n\nWell technically it is NOT a "golf shot." A golf shot is something a player tries to hit. As far as I know, nobody has ever tried to intentionally hit a shank on the course while competing.\n\nThe shank is the portion or part of an iron where the clubface and hosel meet.\n\nWhen a golfer hits the ball in that area of the clubhead it produces a unwanted ball reaction which is called and widely accepted as a "shank."\n\nOddly, due to it's recessed position the shank rarely makes contact with the ball.\n\nThe reason a shank happens is because the golfer is trying to play a safe shot. They are trying to "push" the golf ball rather than hit it.\n\nIn other sports or games when we play a safety we "push" rather than hit. In baseball for example a "bunt" is a safety of sorts and we "push" or hold the bat rather than "swing it."\n\nIn golf when we "push," we "push" only the grip portion of the club forward and the clubhead lags behind. When that happens the face twists open allowing the hosel area of the iron clubhead to enter the impact area first.\n\nSo in a shank the hands are in front of the ball (as much as 6 to 8 inches) when the clubhead contacts the ball.\n\n\nNow for the second important part, "What do I have to do to get rid of the shank?"\n\nI'm sorry but as far as I know NO ONE has ever gotten rid of "the shank." We may control it and do our best to prevent it but that's the best we can expect.\n\nSo, how do you prevent or avoid them. Well you need to do, "the opposite."\n\n\nTo correct it, you "must" reverse the club's overall position at impact.\n\nIn this case the clubhead "must" now come into the ball (impact area) before the grip portion of the club.\n\nIn a properly hit golf shot, the "grip" portion of the club and the "clubhead" should be in a relatively straight line at impact. Indeed that is our goal, but at this time we need to overcome and reverse our present bad habit.\n\nSo to do the opposite you must get "the clubhead" into the impact area ahead the hands. Picture a pane of glass so big as to cover an area from the back of the ball up to your hands.\n\nIn a shank your hands or the grip portion of the club make the initial contact with the glass breaking the top of the glass first. Now to correct it, you want the clubhead to break the bottom of the glass first.\n\n\nTo do it properly:\n\nFirst --- relax your grip (this is necessary because the wrists must be able to act like hinges and allow the clubhead to pass in front of them).\n\nSecond --- mentally picture the clubhead hitting the bottom of the glass before the hands.\n\nThird --- just let it happen.\n\n\nOnce a golfer knows what they need to do, then the best way to do it is to simply let the body do it for them. I tell my students, "What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve --- "if" you let it."\n\nThe next thing I had my students do was to shank the ball on purpose. That's right, in order to correct anything you must completely understand why it happens. What better way to understand a shank then by intentionally hitting it.\n\nSo for your drill, I want you to intentionally hit three shanks in
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This a fairly common problem with a swing change. You are probably decelerating worrying about where the ball is going. You have confidence with your driver so, you swing through it. \n\nNow that you are swinging correctly, you probably need a new ball position with your 5 wood.\n\nJust swing the club smoothly through the ball on the swing path that your instructor taught you and don't worry. It's going to be a while before you get good results. Any swing change takes some time to get used to.\n\nAlso, the "chicken wing" tends to show up when you make a change like this and will rob you of power. This is when your target side elbow, left elbow for right handed golfers, folds outward pointing towards the target as you swing through the ball instead of folding next to your side. This happens because you are trying to guide the clubhead along the proper path. Make sure that your target side elbow doesn't jut out but folds close to your side before your hands are pulled up over your target side shoulder during the follow through. \n\nJust swing away with the club but, swing smoothly.
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very hard to diagnose without seeing your swing.  the slice movement of the golf ball is caused by striking the golf ball with an open clubface.  would be helpful to know the initial line of yuor ball flight after impact to further diagnose what's happening, i.e. straight, left, or right.\n\na couple of common causes of slicing include:\n\n1. picking the club straight up at takeaway and returning the club at impact via an outside inside swing path and/or \n\n2. doing what's known as a reverse pivot, i.e. shifting your weight forward at takeaway and then backward at inmpact.  \n\neasiest ways to rectify these problems are to ensure a proper shoulder turn away from the ball on your backswing and properly shifting your weight forward on the downswing, trying to ensure either an inside to outside swing (which will promote more of a draw movement) or a square to square swing. \n\nbest advice would be to contact a local golf pro and get lessons...even the pros like tiger do that. :)
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When I start hitting the ball heavy I typically move it back about a 1/2 in my stance. I also focus on a point towards the back of the ball and not on the back itself. This should give you a little better contact. \n\nWhen the ball is above your feet you should take one club more and grip down a little bit. I also try to hit cut shots when the ball is above my feet. This helps to prevent pulling the shot. \n\nHope that helps a little.
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Here are a couple things you can check on your swing:\n\n1. Your swing path.  If you're  taking the club out and bringing it back across then this will cause a slice.  Check where you're bringing back the club.  Try bringing it inside more.\n2. If your shaft is not stiff enough then the club head will be lagging behind at impact causing the face to be left open.  Try choking down on the shaft about a 1/2 inch and see if that reduces the slice.\n3. If you have an open stance this can also cause a fad/slice.  Check your alignment by lining up and place a club at the toes of your shoes then get back behind the ball and see if you're lined up parallel to the targer.\n4. If you have a neutral or weak grip then this could cause a fad/slice.  Try rotating your hands about a 1/4 inch to the right on the grip.  Don't move the club while rotating your hands.  Rotate then grip the club.\n\nGood luck
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Two things are happening.\n1) You are hitting the ball with a slightly open face.\nThis alone produces a high shot that starts right and goes right. \n\n2) You are swinging from outside to in and not straight through the ball.\nThis alone produces a shot that starts left and slices right.\n\nCombining the above will produce a high shot that starts out straight but then slices badly once the side spin overcomes the velocity.\n\nRe-check your swingpath and grip.
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You are drooping your shoulder or pushing down with your right arm.  The best thing to do is go to www.playgolfamerica.com and sign up for a free golf lesson from local PGA pro or go to www.pga.com improve your game section and take a look at the swing section
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For a right-handed golfer, the right hand has more influence.  Both hands have to be properly positioned at the grip though.
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One of two things lead to most of the tops.  One is make sure you stance is not to wide.  Shoulders length apart.  When you take the club back make sure you keep you knees bent.  A lot of people who top the ball straighten the legs up on the back swing.  You only have to move 1/2 inch to top it and a little more and you miss it.  \n\nThe second item is keeping the left arm straight.  Golfers talk about that all the time.  You bend the left arm and you shorten you golf club, which results in topping the ball.  \n\nYou can sign up for a free golf lesson from a PGA pro at www.playgolfamerica.com  You can also go to www.pga.com improve you game section for more tips.  They have pictures and video.\n\nGood luck
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A shot that moves to the right for a right handed golfer.  A controlled slice.  \nYou can find a list of golf terms at www.playgolfamerica.com You can also sign up for a free golf lesson if you would like to play or see if you like it.
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Talking to a Pro is the easy way out, but you're playing golf.....to hell with things coming easy.  Here's a couple of tips you should try before dropping a C-Note on some Club Pro.\nGo to the Range and tee the ball up and stand so to the ball is even with you left heel. (you said it goes to the right so you must be a right handed player, you freak lefties do the opposite) If you aren't doing this already this may be the key.  What's happening is you're not getting the face of the club around on impact and it's hitting at the wrong angle of the club and spinning dramatically wrong.\nIf that doesn't work try changing your grip.  Shift your right hand clock-wise like 30 degrees (like one hour on a watch) or if you inter-lock your fingers or overlap try gripping the club like a baseball bat(No inter-locking and No overlapping and bring your right thumb over).\nI had similar problems and this straightened me out and if all else fails, bite the bullet, hit the ATM and see a Pro.\nGood Luck
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power the swing with a turn of your torso. Many golfers who cast try to swing with the hands and arms.\nSomeone mentioned keeping the right elbow (for right handers) tucked close to your ribcage - and turn your upper body, the clubhead will follow. This is difficult to get comfortable with, but it is the correct feel. Have a look at a swing sequence of a PGA player and note how close his elbow is to his side on the downswing.