Aaargh face control!

[Beezerk]

I've been really struggling with face control for a while but it's getting daft now, I'm losing about 3 balls a round recently so it's getting expensive as well as annoying.
Shots can vary from a massive hook to those which start right and slice further, I've an out to in swing path which is reasonably stable when looking at my divots but balls are very rarely starting on the direction I want.
I know, get a lesson but I'd like to try a drill or two first if there are any recommendations?

 

[anotherdouble]

I feel your pain Martyn. My downfall is a cupped left wrist at impact which keeps face open at worst 8 deg.

 

[Beezerk]

Lets hope for a fix then mate

 

[clubchamp98]

I've been really struggling with face control for a while but it's getting daft now, I'm losing about 3 balls a round recently so it's getting expensive as well as annoying.
Shots can vary from a massive hook to those which start right and slice further, I've an out to in swing path which is reasonably stable when looking at my divots but balls are very rarely starting on the direction I want.
I know, get a lesson but I'd like to try a drill or two first if there are any recommendations?

I have had this over the years and have always found it’s my grip.
I get a bit lazy in the set up.
I bought a grip trainer by Skilz it just clips on your grip and it’s like a moulded training grip ,it’s brilliant .
I just swing in the garden or practice ground.
Your hands control the club.

 

[Beezerk]

I have one of those somewhere, I bought it a couple of years ago and that's when my hooks started lol.
I'll dig it out and properly practice with it

 

[clubchamp98]

I have one of those somewhere, I bought it a couple of years ago and that's when my hooks started lol.
I'll dig it out and properly practice with it

The reasoning was my left hand was ok but my right hand was strong.
My hands were fighting each other so the ball could go left or right.
Mainly left as my dominant hand always won.
My divots like you say we’re ok and off the tee no prob , but once I got a bit of loft it was left.
I could hold it off to hit it straight but could not hit a fade to save my life.

 

[spongebob59]

I really like the stuff Andrew Rice does in this . Plenty of stuff on u tube.
i follow him on Twitter and revolution golf.

https://www.golfchannel.com/video/andrew-rice-clubface-control-through-impact

 

[Depreston]

I've been really struggling with face control for a while but it's getting daft now, I'm losing about 3 balls a round recently so it's getting expensive as well as annoying.
Shots can vary from a massive hook to those which start right and slice further, I've an out to in swing path which is reasonably stable when looking at my divots but balls are very rarely starting on the direction I want.
I know, get a lesson but I'd like to try a drill or two first if there are any recommendations?

If I block slice another ball into the river wear on the 5th I’m going to snap my driver

 

[Maninblack4612]

If I block slice another ball into the river wear on the 5th I’m going to snap my driver

Wearside or Chester le Street?

 

[Depreston]

Wearside or Chester le Street?

Chester

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I feel your pain Martyn. My downfall is a cupped left wrist at impact which keeps face open at worst 8 deg.

This. Working hard on a better takeaway and a shorter swing to try and keep the wrist in a better position. A work in progress but moving forward with it and feel I have more time through the shot and more control

 

[Maninblack4612]

Chester

Playing there tomorrow in the Invitation

 

[bobmac]

If I block slice another ball into the river wear on the 5th I’m going to snap my driver

So your clubface is open at impact.
Clubface is controlled by your hands.
Check (strengthen a touch) your grip would be my advice

 

[bobmac]

Shots can vary from a massive hook to those which start right and slice further, I've an out to in swing path which is reasonably stable when looking at my divots but balls are very rarely starting on the direction I want.
I know, get a lesson but I'd like to try a drill or two first if there are any recommendations?

If your missing it left and right I would guess your left hand is weak and your right is strong.
Just a guess without seeing the grip. (It could be vice versa).

 

[Maninblack4612]

So your clubface is open at impact.
Clubface is controlled by your hands.
Check (strengthen a touch) your grip would be my advice

Open to what? If it starts right & goes further right it's the last one in this diagram, suggesting you need to strengthen your grip & adjust the swingpath. https://www.golftec.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ball_Flight_Chart.jpg

 

[bobmac]

Open to what? If it starts right & goes further right it's the last one in this diagram, suggesting you need to strengthen your grip & adjust the swingpath. https://www.golftec.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Ball_Flight_Chart.jpg

Open to where it needs to be.

 

[Depreston]

So your clubface is open at impact.
Clubface is controlled by your hands.
Check (strengthen a touch) your grip would be my advice

Did it again today don’t think it’s my grip though I have a pretty strong left hand (been working on it as that was my first thought)

It’s getting chronic though my irons are now fading and can be really weak ball flight wise

 

[MartynB]

Split hand drill has made a huge difference to me and my open face woes which includes both slices and out to in shanks. I was so focused on trying to get shaft lean at impact I was holding off the release and wasn’t finishing the swing with any follow through.

 

[bobmac]

Did it again today don’t think it’s my grip though I have a pretty strong left hand (been working on it as that was my first thought)

It’s getting chronic though my irons are now fading and can be really weak ball flight wise

Maybe your weight is on the back foot at impact and you're cutting across it (hard to tell without seeing the swing

 

[Depreston]

Maybe your weight is on the back foot at impact and you're cutting across it (hard to tell without seeing the swing

Maybe I’m aiming my lower body about 30 degrees right couldn’t believe it