BluesMan

You need to rotate onto your right leg. Do that by putting more weight onto your right foot by turning your hips away from your ball. Also, make the swing a little shorter

Try turning your shoulders more. Be sure not to reverse pivot. Someone I know has the same problem as you. Their arms wouldnt fit round their body! They solved the problem by turning further with their body giving their arms more space.

Cant you use X-outs in competitions?

I play off 10, and am confident I can get down to 6/7 fairly soon. I have quite a powerful swing, 7 iron goes about 170 yrds. I reckon i need stiff shafts. My old Wilson Fat Shaft 6 iron snapped due to old age (made a hell of a sound!) so i took it as a hint to buy new irons. I need a decent set of blades (3-PW) for around £200 (second hand of course). I was thinking ping i3 blade, taylormade TP combo, taylormade 300 forged, Ping ISI or Titleist 704.CB. Would like some mizunos but they look a bit expensive. I dont care about age, as long as they are good clubs and will last for a while. Any other ideas? Golfbidder and ebay are my main options.

I swung a rolled up newspaper and took out a light once. The parents wernt please.... :)

If your playing by the rules (which u should be for $100) then the further ball is played first. In the real world, off the green is first.

ugly as sin, but i bet it goes...