FULL SWING BANISH YOUR SLICING TRANSITION

The external focus value of tee peg drills is nowhere better demonstrated than in this exercise, which can overcome an apparently ingrained over-the-top slicer’s move to see you shallow the club and the plane with surprisingly little effort.

1. Tee it up

You’ll need four tees here. Place the first two a clublength apart, both on the ball-target line. Place the third six inches or so inside the target line, in line with the rear tee. Position the ball between the two target-line pegs, three quarters of the way towards the forward peg. Stick the fourth tee into the butt of the club. Take your address.

2. Takeaway: Far tee focus

Move the club away with the intention of it pointing down at the far, rear tee peg. This will help you start your swing on line, and avoid any tendency to whip the club inside – a common root cause of the over-thetop swing pattern.

3. Backswing: Near tee focus

Swing back until your lead arm is horizontal. Your goal at this point is to have the peg in the butt of the club – and therefore the shaft – pointing down at the near, inside peg. This will perhaps put your backswing on to a slightly steeper plane than you are used to; but if we want to shallow the club rather than steepen it on the way down, we need to get here first.

4. Downswing: Forward tee focus

Now, as you transition into the downswing, picture the tee peg in the butt of your club pointing at the peg in front of the ball. Stage the position and you will feel how the clubshaft naturally shallows, putting you in great shape to attack the ball from the inside. As you begin to hit balls, focus on a different peg/position on each shot. After just a few swings, you’ll start to feel the shape of your action changing from that ugly shallow-to-steep to a far more effective steepto-shallow.