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If a player let's say with a 105 mph swing speed hits both a regular and a stiff shaft driver squarely, would there be a difference in the distance or flight? I guess what I'm asking is that if you can effectively square up a club, are you better off swinging one with more flex as long as you...

I was at the PGA Superstore in Atlanta today and according to the monitor I was hooking balls of the planet. Inside swing path, square face. Lately I've actually been fading the ball. Do you guys think these things are pretty accurate in regards to ball flight?

In true swinging do you make any effort to square the clubface or does it happen on it's own? When I try a true "pulling motion" it is easier for me to maintain lag with the longer clubs, however, I fight a slightly open face. Ball starts straight and then fades. I recently had my driver down to...

Recently, I had been struggling maintaining lag with the driver. I was hanging back on the right side and releasing my right wrist a little into impact. The result was my launch angle with my driver was about 15%. I was wanting to lower this and I started choking up a bit on the driver and...

I've noticed for some time that in many on-line sites, those who try the hitting procedure as outlined in the golfing machine struggle with hitting long irons and the woods. I myself have noticed that I have the same problem. I can hit very strong short and mid-irons, but feel like I start to...

Ok, quick question, when utilizing the Manzella twistaway, how do you ensure proper setup and clubface at address. Ie: Since you are closing the face slightly, do you setup open, so that when you twistaway it would be back to square at impact? Also when doing the twistaway should it be later...

Anyone, I've been hitting the ball well lately, however, I'm occasionally lagging the hosel and not the sweet spot resulting in the occasional sh@#k. I can actually tell that in my swing it occurs when i switch directions. I start down very aggresively and the sweet spot lines up with the...

I noticed recently I had gotten in the habit of trying to lift the driver just a bit. When I made a normal swing, I seemed to be bottoming out just a bit early. Anyway, the way I fixed the flaw was by chocking down on the driver about an inch. I'm only 5'5 so in order to maintain spine angle I...

So I'm still swinging with the lagging clubhead takeaway, using Clampett's idea of four inches in front of the ball. I'm sizzling the ball, and I've completely lost my leakage hook. Only problem is now I noticed a slight tendency to leave the face open. Jim/Brian/anyone, what are the...

Sometimes I feel like I'm trying too hard to hold the lag, and don't have a full release. Almost like the cocked wrist is a static position. Should you actually "feel" like you are releasing the wrists,but in reality if you are hitting down there will still be lag at impact?

I was reading an article on Hogan's five lesson and the emphasis was on this quote by Hogan in the book. "...But my self-doubting never stopped. Regardless of how well I was going, I was still concerned about the next day and the next day and the next. In 1946 my attitude suddenly changed...

Having a little trouble lately losing spine angle. I'll start my downswing by firing my hips toward the ball and standing up a bit, and what happens is my right elbow gets caught behind my right hip. Once I'm stuck like that, I'll either hit blocks or hooks. Any good drills for making sure...

What compensations would a swinger make to compensate for an angled hinge instead of a horizontal hinge. I think Nicklaus and Duval would fit into this category. I'm guessing a slightly closed clubface at setup, anything else?

My best ball striking came about 2-3 years ago with some Hogan musclebacks. I decided to go for forgiveness with the Ping G2's and while they are rediculously long(strong lofts) I actually feel like my iron striking is less consistent and I have little control. Ball just comes rocketing off the...

We discuss on this site a lot of highly technical swing thoughts and issues, however, I haven't seen a lot about how to actually practice to improve your score. Anybody here have any insight as to those who are professional or close to that level actually practice? How many putts or putting...

Brian, you once posted a swing analysis of Jack. It was a great face view and showed a young Jack and how athletic he was(not fat). I can't find this thread on the archives for some reason. If anybody knows where those pictures are or what thread, let me know. Or maybe Brian could even post a...

I've really been struggling bending the right wrist too much on takeaway, getting the club stuck behind me and hitting blocks and leakage hooks in an effort to square the club. Anyway, I started playing with lagging clubhead takeaway and notice I kept the club more in front of me, more on...

Ok, shot a 76 today, which I'm relatively happy with, however, I have one problem that keeps creeping up and I need a drill to help. Oftentimes with the longer clubs, I have a tendency to really start down too hard, throw my hands forward(smart enough to realize I need to keep my right wrist...

Ok, I'm trying to learn how to float load. I've been a hitter who presets his hands and drives the right arm. Iron striking is my strength and I've heard of some people who swing their woods and hit their irons. However, when I try to float load, I can load it coming back, however, I can almost...

I've been working on hitting and right arm swinging(I'm right arm dominent). I love the feeling of right arm swinging, it's a powerful motion, problem is that I use angled hinging with a circular body motion which has equated to pushes to the right. I started working on trying to keep the top of...