I hear it all the time. "Keep your left arm straight on your backswing".

For the longest time, I felt like I was keeping my left arm straight. Then, yesterday, I met this cool old duffer who was actually the ranger on hole one who showed me how to keep my left arm straight.

He told me to keep my head up...especially my chin. this allows me to tuck my left shoulder under my chin on my backswing. Before, I was wrapping my left arm around my chin which would inevitably result in a bent left elbow. With my left shoulder tucked under my chin, the result is a straight left elbow.

And the result on my swing?

Bye, bye slice. In fact, my natural draw is back. I'm liking it a lot. I made good contact on one drive yesterday, a beauty that went 245 yards. Everything else hit the fairway (except one) between 190 and 210 even without making good contact.

edited to clarify...I hit a natural draw, not a natural fade.

That is something I have tried with positive results. I am myself a slicer and although it is now an exagerrated fade it still won't go straight. It is definately not a push, and my self analysis tells me to work on correct weight tansfer and follow through.

I can testify to the chin up, straight left arm...It will straighten out a shot if you tend to slice, although like me, there may be more than one flaw in your swing. TOP TIP: fix one thing at a time or you may make things worse by taking something else out of alignment to get the results you are looking for.