l go golfing once a week and strike all my clubs well, but lose 30-50 yards from my fade, and sometimes a huge slice with my driver. How can l hit the ball straighter or with some kind of draw? Any kind of suggestion would help. Thanks!!!

without looking at your swing, l would suggest to keep your right elbow tucked into your right hip as close as possible. Stay down on the ball and swing out towards your target. Should produce a straight ball maybe even draw it.

Hitting the straight shot is ''the hardest shot in golf'' according to my instructor. l would recommend trying to hit a slight draw, as this will increase ur distance the most. The problem most golfers have is swinging ''over the top''. This basically means u start the club too far inside & then outside ur line to in. To fix this u need to take the club more outside in ur backswing & then tuck ur right elbow to ur ribs in ur downswing. This is very difficult without the help of an instructor & many hours of practice.

Try to release the clubhead earlier, or move the ball forward in your stance, or a stronger grip more in the fingers, or a harder hipturn, or keeping your back shoulder up, or keeping your head down, or try kicking the ball. If none of these help, try to grip lighter,and if that does not work, see a pro,.

A good drill to fix this is go to the range with the clubs you have a problem with, tee up each shot and make sure you roll your wrist over at impact. Do this with about 10 balls then try doing this hitting a couple of full shots, do this with the whole bucket, it should help. Good Luck.

Have a good one.

You will lose distance when you hit a fade. Just take more club. If you lose that kind of distance, then you may need to take a couple of clubs more into the green.

l had the same problem as you. granted l was only 17 but it would bug the hell out of me when l would hit a 260 yrd drive instead of my average 300 do to fades & slices.
my dad then took me to many golf instructors, & they all said, keep ur elbow in, kick ur foot out, dont go back so far, but then my newest golf teacher just said to me ''forget about all of that & swing the ball''. it turns out that the way to get the ball straight is like imagining ur swing as a pendulem in a grandfather clock. there is the head that never moves that makes the same exact motion every time. but if ur head moves, then ur swing changes. so next time u r out at the range (or the course) then think about not moving ur head. start off aligning like normal, & square ur club to the ball & dont move ur head & swing.