keiko

yes, grip end.

When you early set, go to the top and on downswing, point the butt end of the club more down to the ball, this prevents scooping and provides incentive to lag

Having a neutral grip to start then early setting of the wrists, will virtually eliminate the bowing or no bowing problem. No one really should worry about flat or bowed wrist, what one needs to do is make sure the wrists hinge(actually the left cocks and the right hinges). Early setting of the wrists is the way to go since one doesn't need to be worried about the wrists from that point on. Grip can and usually does determine proper wrist action

Decent info but if one doesn't get into the proper position at the top, all is lost as it will be impossible to employ any of the information above. One must get into a tray position at the top to have any hope of hitting a quality shot. Learn how to swing to the top properly and you have 75% of the swing conquered. Forget the paralysis by analysis stuff and remember "practice makes permanent"

Here's a drill for that: on the downswing, try pointing the butt end of the club down the ball target line, this will force you to keep the arms straighter and hit with lag. Flipping is the big brother of the chicken wing and the scoop.

Not true but I respect your ability to fool yourself. It is not fair to try to fool others when there are folks on this board who actually know what they are talking about. I am not talking about pro's, they have abilities and experience to do whatever they want to do, ie. furyk et al. and the pro's have long ago conquered shot shaping. I am talking to amateurs who slice and those who deathgrip the club and wonder why they slice and hook. OTT is a problem for many but those who learn how to use the hands and wrists soon overcome OTT It is the chicken/egg Don't attempt to teach absolutes.

You may be lacking sufficient wrist hinge. If you hinge properly, you will not slice-ever. lack of wrist hinge contributes to more bad shots than anything else assuming your shoulder turn is good. Loosen up those hands and arms at address, feel the club in your hands and allow your arms to hang loose, now take a swing and notice how the hands become active-that's the feeling you want. You can't get that feeling gripping tightly or having tension in your hands or arms. I suspect when you try to swing at 100%, you are tensing up. Try 100% loose as a goose and see the amount of speed you put on the ball-it will be phenomonal and you will be amazed at the swing speed.

When you think you have turned far enough, turn some more. Eventually, you will get used to what a full turn feels like. It's a body awareness thing. Short turn(ers) are doomed to all kinds of problems with lack of hinge, failure to set the club, balance, etc. Not to say some are not able to play well doing a short version of the turn, many do and some pro's certainly do. Why doom yourself to this, it makes you look bad and you will mostly play bad doing this. Once again, with a club held across your chest holding with both hands and the butt of the club pointing left or towards the target, turn until the end of the club nears your right foot. This is a fuller turn. Posture may be limiting your turn, get your posture right first, then begin taking fuller and fuller turns allowing the left shoulder to come under your chin which is held steady and away from your chest. Google posture and address and check out the way the pro's do it. Turn and turn some more while keeping the head steady and the spine angle the same. You will begin to hit awesome shots.

They know I am right.

Those drills are not good because they teach bad habits and at least one of them is silly. The best is drive the butt end of the club downward at the ball. Another is hit with your hands. Visualizations which teach the right things. These are things playing pro's think about to get shaft lean and lag.

L wedge has the highest degree of bounce which is causing you to bounce it off hardpan. What you want is a wedge with low bounce such as pitching wedge, just open the face, play it forward and stay down on the shot. L wedge is for fluffy lies and sand.

PGA pro's on regular tour are not 64 years old. For us older guys and those of you who stuggle with distance, longer shaft+lower loft=distance

I am hitting a 6 degree Adams 9016D with a 48" fuboki XX shaft and straight or sometimes I have a baby draw. I am 65 years old and average 280 off the tee, I would get a teacher to look at your swing and not waste a minute making any changes he suggests. Why suffer. The old adage: "It's not the arrow, it's the indian." applies