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tee it up | BALLANTYNE Elevate Your Game Here's How to Turn a Slice into a Draw By Andrew Kiger, Staff Instructor, Dana Rader Golf School Photos by Ray Sepesy FOR A RIGHT-HANDED GOLFER, a slice is a shot that starts left of the In the diagrams below, compare the slicer's club path and clubface (top picture) and the drawer's club path and clubface (bottom). target and then curves well to the right. A draw is a shot that starts right of the target and then curves left toward the hole. For most amateur golfers a slice ruins their game, and they would give anything to Andrew Kiger learn how to hit a draw for more distance and accuracy. How can a slicer learn how to hit a draw? Let's start with the question that every player and every instructor should know the answer to. Why With a slice, the path is extremely left of the clubface angle. The ball will curve severely to the right. does the golf ball fly the way that it does? The two biggest myths in golf are that the path the golf club travels on is responsible for where the ball starts and that the clubface is responsible for the curve. Thanks to recent advancements in 3D golf radar technology and slow-motion video, we now have indisputable science that says exactly the opposite. Trackman and Flightscope, the two leading radars in golf, help explain that the ball actually starts much closer to where the clubface angle is pointing at impact. The curve is then produced by the relationship of the club path to the face angle. In layman's terms, the ball will start on line with where FALL 20 1 3 With a draw, the path is more right of the clubface angle. The ball will curve left. BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE 93