As we learned in the last section to cure your slice you must change your thinking of how the backswing begins. The swing begins with our arms, and the hands, shoulders and body react to the weight of the golf club swinging back. The top of the golf swing is an important phase of the swing. Why? Because we can easily evaluate our swing since the swing is traveling relatively slowly at this point also because the transition, or change in direction, from the backswing to the downswing occurs at the top of the swing. Let see what we need to analyze.
Thumb Under the Shaft

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John Ball Jr. was born in Hoylake, England in 1861. He grew up playing golf at Hoylake against Harold Hilton. Even though he was known as a shy man he had a high competitive spirit. John Ball Jr. won the British Amateur eight times and the British Open once. He was to British amateur golf as Bobby Jones was the amateur golf in America.

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Generally, a set of golf clubs off the shelf isn’t likely to be a perfect fit for you. Manufacturers create golf clubs for folks of average build – whatever that is! Not only is everyone different in their physical make-up, but no two players swing exactly the same. So one golf club size definitely does not fit all.

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A common problem for many golfers when they swing is they lose the flex in their trail or back knee. The flex in this knee helps the golfer maintain proper balance, posture, support, and allows the golfer to swing the club on a better plane.

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Born on an Island in the English Channel Harry Vardon was not exposed to the game of golf until the town decided to build a golf course. It was after this when Harry began to learn and play the game of golf. Even though he loved the game he did not play many rounds of golf, however he became on of the most influential golfer of all time.

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Just listened to a Podcast from SoloStream.com in which Michael Pollock interviewed Stephen Shapiro regarding his new book called Golf Free Living.

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For some of us, they come way too often. Shots that leave you wondering how on earth you’re going to stay balanced enough to hit the ball. Shots that aren’t as simple as the instruction videos make them appear. Let’s look at some ways to handle some of these tricky shots.

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This third instalment of Stop Slicing works on the path of the club once more. It also works on flattening the plane of your swing. Both factors are inter-related. To help create an inside path we need to flatten the plane.

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Willie Park Sr. will be immortalized for winning the inaugural British Open in 1860. He became one of two players to win the Challenge Belt, for his first three British Open wins, and the Claret Jug, for his last British Open in 1875. The other golf to accomplish this was “Young Tom” Morris.

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Now that we know what basic fundamentals we need to work on to avoid a slice and have created a solid pre shot routine we can focus on the swing motion. We have set up to the ball with a neutral to strong grip, the ball is in the correct position, and we have aligned correctly to our aiming point and in this article in the Cure Your Slice series we are going to focus on the backswing.

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