The "big name" instructors adapting to the correct ball flight laws........

[uttexas]

but still not quite there. I picked up a GD magazine at the airport and read it cover and cover on my flight (usually don't read the instruction misinformation, but I had lots of time). I've been reading GD since the late 80s, and this was the first time I remember lead poison mentioning club face in relation to path. In a nutshell, he said to hit a draw, the club face is to be closed in relation to path. Well, this is a half truth; but to hit the kind of draw most people would want for most situations, the club face is open (to the target), but more closed to the path. This is a detail, but a very important one, that was not mentioned. It's as if the "old guard" is trying to cover their tracks by saying something like "oh, we meant closed to the path all along". Well, if that's what you meant, your most famous students didn't understand your instruction (see Nick Faldo ball flight law videos on this website) Then there's the multiple videos and instruction pieces of you aiming your clubface at the target and closing the stance to hit a push draw.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by uttexas

but still not quite there.

I picked up a GD magazine at the airport and read it cover and cover on my flight (usually don't read the instruction misinformation, but I had lots of time). I've been reading GD since the late 80s, and this was the first time I remember lead poison mentioning club face in relation to path. In a nutshell, he said to hit a draw, the club face is to be closed in relation to path. Well, this is a half truth; but to hit the kind of draw most people would want for most situations, the club face is open (to the target), but more closed to the path. This is a detail, but a very important one, that was not mentioned. It's as if the "old guard" is trying to cover their tracks by saying something like "oh, we meant closed to the path all along". Well, if that's what you meant, your most famous students didn't understand your instruction (see Nick Faldo ball flight law videos on this website) Then there's the multiple videos and instruction pieces of you aiming your clubface at the target and closing the stance to hit a push draw.

I was always taught to aim or swing out to the right with the face a little closed to the path so may that's why this great conundrum never occured to me. Doing it that way results in a face that's slightly open to the final target. I would think that logically starting with feet and face at the target then turning the body a bit to the right should bring the face along with it, resulting in straight push or a pull draw, much like the pull draw you're hitting in your swing videos.