Anti Slice Golf Drivers - Good Or Bad?

Anti slice golf drivers have become increasingly popular in recent years, and it may seem strange to ask if they are actually a good thing or not. You may be surprised to hear that not everyone thinks that they are.

One of the reasons for the popularity of these clubs is that the drive is a shot that has a huge impact on a player's overall score. Of course in a sense you could say that about every type of shot, but if you hit a straight drive you are on your way, while a pull or a slice will put you in trouble right from the go.

The slice is the most common problem that players tend to have with the drive. The extra heave to get more power into the shot simply means that the club face does not hit the ball square on.

The simple advice may be to work on the swing, and of course this is a very logical answer and also the traditional way to go. However, with new developments in club design and technology, people have begun to wonder why not just use a club which corrects the problem for you?

An anti slice driver will be shaped in a particular way so that what would have been an off straight shot with a regular driver, with this club hits the ball straighter. It also tends to get the ball higher with more backspin, and the backspin will counteract the side spin of the slice.

Great! So why do some people not like them?

Well, some people think that these clubs are covering up the problem rather than correcting it. They would argue that as soon as you use any other club, your slice will be evident again. That is a reasonable point, but with a lot of slicers it is the extra length of the drive that makes the problem evident, so it is never as bad with the other clubs anyway. In some cases it might only be a problem with the drive.

A second reason some people do not like them is that they view them as cheating. That is nonsense to me! The pros throughout the history of the game have tried different types of clubs to reduce their score. The clubs are regulated by rule, and you can be sure that any popular club fits the rules. Within the rules, there is no way that you can say that a new design of club is cheating. Unless we are to start having standard clubs for every player, this argument will never stand up.

So while some people find cause not to like them, the majority find their enjoyment of a round goes up a great deal with using an anti slice club. This is especially true of players who have worked and worked to try to correct a slice but have never been successful. So we must conclude that yes, anti slice golf drivers can help your game!

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Author: Peter Charalambos


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