I am truly sorry to mid-advise anyone on this forum. I will not give any advice in the future here, and no offense is taken.
I can with 100% certainty say that I was hitting toe shots with irons. I can with 100% certainty say that we caught the action I was doing that resulted in this. I was not coming through the ball, properly extending my left arm.
My left arm would pull back, not allowing full extension through the ball (some people call this chicken winging I believe).
Once I concentrated on releasing the club through impact, the problem instantly disappeared. My left upper arm would stay (for lack of a better term) more connected to my upper body, rather than take an abrupt 'yanking' motion.
Again my apologies to the original poster and anyone else who may have felt I was giving 'bad' advice. No harm was intended in the advice. Sometimes I see people come here with a question and it just sits.... and sits. I feel for the person and if I believe I have the answer, I try to help. It is curious to me that the 'wrong' answer solicits a more vigorous response than the original post does... I notice that a lot, but I assume it is the nature of things.
Again, I will be more reserved in posting advice; the last thing I want to do is steer anyone the wrong way. It's hard enough to fix yourself without getting the wrong advice.