Your divot pattern indicates the outside edge is digging in early, popping the face open at impact. An upright lie adjustment (1.0° Upright) is required to restore center-face contact. Playing 5–10 years old gear with a shaft that feels stiff like a board prevents proper energy loading at the top. Moving to a lighter shaft weight (65g - 75g) will allow your hands to release naturally & gain carry distance. Because your current driver setup is 5–10 years old, modern high-MOI weighting & multi-material face geometry will immediately reduce spin loss on off-center strikes.
You cannot out-practice a lie angle mismatch. When a club sole is 1.0° too flat, the toe catches turf milliseconds before ball strike, physically twisting the face open. The slice you are experiencing is an equipment symptom, not a mechanical flaw.
Trying to swing "in-to-out" to fix a slice caused by flat lie geometry leads to nasty two-way hooks and lost compression.
Playing an off-the-rack shaft that feels "stiff like a board" prevents proper kinetic loading, killing 18+ yards of carry.
Older clubheads produce 450+ RPM excess sidespin on toe strikes compared to modern multi-material tungsten weighting.
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