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one time is too many!!

Thanks for the replies. Happy- it does seem to occur with my 9 iron, but not with any other short irons or wedges. And you are correct, I was using the term lag to describe how not just the club head was lagging, but my entire upper body is behind my hip turn. mc0388- I have made some changes to my swing lately , mostly concentrating on a low and slow backswing, starting the backswing with a shoulder turn, and then uncoiling from the feet up. It was about this time, that this pull started showing up.

Earlier this summer, I hit a stray shot to the left. It did not hook, it just took off 30 degrees left, dead straight and about 35 yards longer than normal. I ended up flying the green. Lately that same shot is starting to show up on a more regular basis. I love the shot but cannot control when it will occur. If I try to play for it, I usually end up slicing. So my question is, is it possible to have too much lag- get the arms so far behind that when they finally connect I have turned beyond the aim point by 30 degrees or so? The course I play heavily penalizes any play to the left and this is costing me a few strokes each round for the last 2 weeks. My playing partners say they cannot see anything different in my swing when it occurs, but probably watch that close anyway.

i've been lurking for a while, but finally realized I needed to ask a couple questions. I'm about 20 miles NE of Lansing. Oh yea, I'm headed for Grand Blanc to watch the Buick Open today.

Try the Tennessean up in Paris sometime. Great course and great people. They are reworking half the greens right now and plan to do the other half next summer. so call first to check the conditions.

Industrial maintenance manager, fancy title for alot of hard work.

Tiger's great; but to do what Jack has done, with a lot more competition, using what, today, would be considered in-adequate equipment, in my mind makes Jack the man.