If your hand and lower body get ahead of the ball on your downswing, you’ll struggle to square the clubface at impact. That can lead to a slice. This drill can help you correct the flaw:
Take your normal address position, with a 7-iron in hand and a ball at the normal 7-iron position in your stance. Have a friend hold two shafts—one directly above the other—against your club at address. Now swing. Then try to hit the lower shaft on your downswing. Have your friend pull the shafts away just before impact.
The drill encourages you to release the clubhead earlier in the downswing, which squares the clubface at impact and straightens the ball flight. Make sure you don’t flip your wrists.
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