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someone who picks up the flag stick before the last putt, god that's awful--our rule is last putter replaces the stick end of story. I play in a threesome so once in a while somebody joins us and of course we explain the stick rule and of course they pick it up on the first green ready to javelin it into the cup. So next green, one of us simply stands on the stick, they get the message.Oh, and people who chew scoal or sunflower seeds and spit on the greens.

I had a similar problem,however I was letting my arm float out too far and found in that position its a lot easier for me to over rotate so I worked on really keeping my right arm in really tight. Now if I hook one I know in a nano sec after impact that i didn't keep it in.So now most of my misses are pushes---ain't golf wonderful. cheers

Can you give us a little more info ie.what did you correct (concerning the swing, not the hook) and what does it do for you. When you started swinging leaving your hand on the club were you not breaking your wrist as fast or what??? thanks

Left foot turned out 45 degrees, back about two inches, ball in the middle. I think about hitting slightly on an upstroke to insure back to front roll. Some people disagree and feel they want to stroke it so the putter head hits it dead level but like i said, with an open stance there is a tendency to pull it a little left and getting that over spin seems to work good for me.

I have always used an open stance (45 years) for the very reason of which you stumbled on. I can see the line better, I don't have to keep swiveling my head up as much. One does have a tendency to miss left though-for r/h putters.

I agree with sacm3bill, are you a hitter or a swinger? hitters right arm (righty) is straight at impact swingers pull through with the right arm slightly bent. best if you knew. Zeph, i can't believe you said start from the top that's golf blasphemy---ha ha That is exactly what I do-- I never thought I would hear someone admit it. Force boy, its all about timing-timing-timing. cheers

I haven't worn a glove since 1963, when I was 14.

Ok in all seriousness I'm getting a little worried about the ball flight laws. I really don't want to have to think about one more thing that can go wrong. So here's what I do. I pick a blade of grass about two feet in front on my ball, that's in line with the target, and take extreme care to square the face to that spot, I then square my hips and shoulders to that line. Then I swing away hopefully in-square-in along my plane. Please tell me if i need to do something different, the Tom Watson thing really confused me.

So can you imagine Fred couples trying to swing like Jim Furyk or v/v how about both of them swinging like Ryan Moore.

Why not try the step through drill, it's really weird at first but it helped me get through the ball. Go ahead, take a step like gary Player.There is a great little instructional vid by ringer daman at gateway to better golf,might help cheers

My buddy, hitting a seven iron, took a big whack at it and took a beautiful divot. Problem was, the divot started about seven inches behind the ball and simply folded up and over it (ruling please). After replacing the divot,unfolding it back that is,he takes another whack this time hitting two trees and ricocheting back to within one foot forward of the previous lie(hey I'm not making this up). So third whack, catches it clean I see it slicing toward the next tee box( looking through tears of laughter) wham right into the garbage can. I was literally sitting on the fairway in uncontrolled laughter. Strange but true.

I have a two hundred yard driving range ( with a grass tee box ) across my horse pastures. A sixty yard pitching area, a chipping area across the front lawns and a sand trap. Hey don't hate me I have ten acres what can I say. Cheers

Lee trevino when asked why he never had a swing coach said---find one that can beat me and I'll listen to him.

First congats, Hogan in his five fundamentals mentions that if an amateur (mid hcp) has a round in the 70s,it's quite an accomplishment. You probably put no pressure on yourself trying to perform in front of other players, something to keep in mind. cheers

I'm curious as to why you play it off your left toe.As I said in my post i have to rely on the set angle of the club to tell me where to play it, however I do adjust a little, never over a half inch and only to insure head behind ball at impact and hands through before club head.Are your hands at address forward of your inner left thigh? like I said just curious.

"That's terrible advice. Your shoulders turn around your spine, which is most definitely set on an angle. Almost no students turn their shoulders steep enough". iacas, can you please tell me what you mean by"shoulders steep enough"Like your shoulder under your chin? I was playing around with that but i noticed that if you take the club to the top and stop and then steepen your shoulders it changes the plane. Does that make sense? does the plane dictate the shoulders or shoulders dictate the plane or am I just all screwed up, thanks

Ok, here goes, I pick a spot about ten inches in front of the face which by having looked from behind I know the spot( broken tees work really well) is alighned with the target. Then I make sure the face is dead square to that spot, then I let the club tell me where to play the ball ie. I always have my hands adjacent to the inside of my left thigh so when I approach my grounded club without moving it, the angle of the shaft tells me where to stand, I know it sounds wierd but thats what I do with all my shots.Hey,I'm not very good so If I arbitrarily play it back or forward either I can't keep my weight behind it or I can't reach it.This way my whole swing thought is "get your hands back to where they were at address".Works really well for me.

I had the same problem and what I noticed is that my ball position had crept a little to far toward my left foot and caused my hips to be open at address. I would look for something real simple like that,since you obviously know your own swing and like you said it was a lot of work ( I know how much) to get there and the whole swing can't go south. good luck,cheers

I use an interlocking grip and make sure the web of my little finger on my right hand is snug against the web of my index finger of my left hand,that way I can't have one weak and one strong. Works for me

The step through drill worked for me, takes a while to get used to and you feel like randy Johnson coming off the mound or happy gilmore but like I said, worked for me.

I'm with shorty---7iron, maybe an 8 no wrist at all

This may be too simplistic and I apologize but doesn't the club "tell you" the shaft lean? If the sole is flat on the ground front to back and toe to heel and square to the ball,then the manufacturer was kind enough to tilt the shaft. I simply address the ball, keeping it as far back as I can with still being able to keep my head behind it at impact, and that's where the shaft goes. Anymore lean and you would be hooding the club, any less and it is open. Am I off base here or what? Besides, if you hood the club or push it toward the target how do you keep from opening your hips and shoulders? maybe I need a lesson.

I try to keep my head very still during the backswing,because I have always fought sway.I don't see how you can move your head without your neck without your body. I'm not talking rotating your head but actually moving it to the right on the backswing. Having said that,watch some early videos of Hogan on the backswing,OMG at least four inches, so there you are.

your post was very interesting since I was just watching a video by tombertrand1 explaining hogans laying off the club. Seems that the uncupping was his way of driving the right elbow into the the right hip and also the start of the pronation move at impact.Its just way too much for me to think about, i like to keep it simple I mention it because if you already cup your wrist at the top it maybe easier to make the move hogan did rather than the flat wrist, might be worth a watch.Personally I have always had a flat wrist at the top and I really don't think Hogans move would give me anymore distance plus I swing inside out (most the time too much ).For what its worth,Be a little careful in developing the flat wrist that you don't start fanning the club open. good luck cheers