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I found these videos of Sean giving a lecture at the Professional Golfers Career College in Orlando and I upped them to youtube. Just wanted to share. http://www.youtube.com/user/spmurph

My ideal lesson day would be: Morning full swing lessons with Brian Manzella Afternoon putting Lessons with Geoff Mangum Evening playing lesson with Phil After party with Tiger

Mangum says that you never want to miss past the hole (or low for that matter). Also, he wants you to have one constant speed and base your reads off that speed. Makes sense, since if you know the speed you will be able to better read the break.

+1 on Geoff Mangum. He has some youtube videos too. I tried with utley, read the book like five times, bought the putting arc. Never really noticed a difference until I was turned on to Mangum. Whereas I found Utley to be too vague, Mangum may come across as the opposite at times. As he puts it, he takes simple concepts and makes them complex (or something like that).

Michael Jacobs in Manorville (Long Island). He's a top-notch instructor. I'll pm you a link since I don't know if posting one is against the rules.

What part of NY are you in?

How did you go about fixing it?

I believe this might also be a result of the outward hand path as it may be causing you to work under the sweetspot. Much harder to turn the sweetspot off the plane with an outward hand path. Shortstop, if that is you in the avatar it's hard to see you extend 3-5" from that position and shank it. You look in prime postion to lag the sweetspot into impact.

Were you experiencing the misses described in the article? I noticed I have this in my swing and when I asked about it elsewhere I was told that it was inconsequential to hitting the ball. I was told that it is a result of having an outward hand path into impact. I've been working on a more in and down hand path and that has seemed to help, although I've yet to confirm that on video. Getting the right shoulder to go down plane and not just "down" also seems to help.

Yea, Callaways have the serial number on the 8 iron. Problem is that you don't know whether the serial number is for that specific set. You can make several sets of clones which all contain the same serial number that when given to Callaway, shows it as belonging to the set you have.

Hogan's book is great for setup essentials. The Brian Manzella videos both on his site and on youtube are the best instructional videos I've seen. His stuff is based on the latest golf findings through science, but is explained in a simple manner. Best of all, he's not a "one-size-fits-all" guy!

Unfortunately, simply swinging "as far right as you can" will not guarantee a straight shot. You still have to get the club face square/closed in relation to the path you are swinging on. Understanding the proper ball flight laws helps a ton. Erik has a video on his channel and here is another good one: Also, do yourself a favor and get Brian Manzella's Never Slice Again video. Best $20 you will ever spend on golf instruction.

I agree. Where your ball starts is a major factor in determining if you need to just fix the face, or the face and the path.

Just out of curiosity, how do you (specifically you), hit a fade?

Sorry I should have stated that open means open relative to the path the club is swinging on. If slicers could keep the face square/closed they wouldn't have to come over the top.