Top Tip From Your Golf Professional

"Forehand for Power & Direction"

If you have the chance try & watch any forthcoming tennis match, in addition to watching some of the best tennis players in the world. You are likely to have a good chance of seeing how to rid your game of that horrible slice, if you know what to look for!
I do not know of any top tennis player personally who plays golf, but I would imagine them to be very reasonable golfers. The key to holding your slice is to watch when a player inflicts topspin on the tennis ball. See how the player exerts his topspin, not to where the ball flies but to the movement of the arms, hands & racket. The racket will move up & out towards the ball. This inside-out type swing is what produces topspin.
A tennis player's forehand technique mimics the desired motion of a fundamentally sound driver swing. A good driver of the ball swings up, out & around just like a tennis player swings at the ball.
Many golfers, which I have seen & talked to, especially slicers, hit down and across the ball. Such a line of swing will impart sidespin (clockwise spin) on the ball, which creates left to right, ball flight. This type of spin will also reduce overall distance.
To make sure you are swinging the club head on the proper path, hit a few mid iron shots & check your divots. If the divots are deep & points left of the target you are almost guaranteed to be imparting sidespin on the ball, thus creating a slice. Putting this little exercise into practice, your divots should become shallower & hopefully start to point towards the target. Eventually, with practice the divots will point at the target (or a little right), and if they do, then you've positioned yourself to achieve greater arm extension, create previously unused power & straighter shots.

Good Luck - Gary Hagues, Snr. PGA Golf Professional, Grassmoor Golf Club