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Reading this book at the moment, halfway through and I've learnt A LOT of useful things. I can feel a re-shape coming on.

I was interested to hear he has won on his 100th, 200th and now 300th starts in the PGA tour. 400th the 19th major? ;-)

I'd look into drivers now as well, test them as well as the fairway woods. Then buy the wood now, get used to it and you can look forward to getting the driver in a year (for cheaper).

You could do worse than the Cobra Amp Cell. They are adjustable I think but kinda pricey. If your driver is a Taylormade, I'd suggest sticking with the same brand for now, unless you plan to replace the driver later.

I'm quite bad for OCD on brands in the bag. Though I'm thinking of introducing more soon. As for fairway wood suggestions: the Callaway X hot's seem to be getting good reviews, not hit one myself but I need new woods and this is one of the one's I'm thinking about.

How are you hitting the draw? If it is by aiming to the right of the target and turning the club face towards the target, then it may be that your club face at impact is too closed. When I first started playing I was a slicer, never really had a problem with hooks. But when practice, sometimes I fool around deliberately trying to hit hooks and it is quite easy to do by swinging in-to-out, but what makes a more drastic effect is turning the hands over, so this could be your problem. Difficult to know without seeing.

I've got money on Colsaerts....there's still 3 days

No one posted this yet, so I thought I might as well. I don't think his tooth is so sore, as has been mentioned he didn't say anything about it until after he left.

You should think about sliding the hip towards the target and then clearing. The hip slide is pretty important.

My PW is 45 degrees, SW 55 and I have 59 degree and 64 degree wedges too. But I'm thinking of ditching the 64 for a filler between P and S.

I know what you mean, first 18 holes since November the other day and I hit a single drive...the 3h was used from then on! Agree with most of what has been said previously except the driver swing is not the same as the rest of the bag. For irons and wedges you are looking to hit down on the ball, whilst for the driver you want to hit it on the up...so shift your weight to your right foot a little bit (if you are right handed).

Also see here: http://thesandtrap.com/t/29616/the-biggest-secret-slide-your-hips

This is a good question. I find it hard to feel which I am doing. If I look in a mirror front on and do a swing, it looks as though I'm driving hips towards the path the ball will take, but it doesn't feel that way. It's kinda hard not to have some sort of lateral movement in the hips and I think it's probably a mixture of both you should aim for.

Greatest day of my life and I got an eagle once.