Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Just ...

A slice is caused by a mismatch between clubface and swing path at impact. Many golfers try to fix the swing instead of ...

Ask 100 amateur golfers what their biggest problem is on the golf course, and I’d bet 90 percent would say it’s slicing the golf ball. But just because slicing is what most of us struggle with doesn’t ...

If you’re tired of hitting weak slices, I get it, but the fix isn’t as complicated as you might imagine. Let’s simplify things. Every slice is caused by the same thing: the clubface is open in ...

Playing a round of golf when the unexpected slices set in sends most golfers into a panic. This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek explains how to troubleshoot a slice without ...

Question: If I'm a slicer, and I set my driver to a "closed face" position, won't that simply make me pull shots left? Answer: This is one of those questions that pains us because, frankly, it reminds ...