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Quote: Originally Posted by FlopScotty I'm trying to feel that i keep my flex (and spine angle) during backswing. But looking at video I do straighten the leg a little bit. Right - you have to straighten it a little. It's physiological and common sense. (And, you're probably doing your spine angle wrong - but there will be a video in a few days that will address that...) Quote: Originally Posted by gogolfing My instructor had...

seriously anyone doubting that SnT can work for a better player, please take a look at the World Cup. Yesterday Korea was 8 under in the best ball and I believe Yang only contributed 1 birdie to Korea. Wi was ALL OVER IT.

Appreciate the input guys. Just an update, I have recently been trying the S&T swing and am so far seeing some improvement with the driver. I know not everyone advocates this approach (especially with driver), but having my weight forward is helping me to lower the ballflight. Many of my tendencies (overswing, sway, lifting the club quickly) are less of a factor with S&T, and I have been hitting it pretty solid so far. Thanks...

Quote: Originally Posted by RIduffer I'd definitely like to learn some more about S&T, so how do you guys recommend I start out (book, dvd)? Just ordered the book today. Cheapest price I could find was at overstock.com Here's a good review of the DVD on youtube (also contains a lot of S&T instruction) Been working on the range every day this week, and couldn't be happier. Playing my second 18 on Saturday....

Quote: Originally Posted by deronsizemore No problem. One more thing I wanted to add and I'll keep it quick as it sounds like you've changed your swing quite a bit since those vids and I don't want to keep adding on thoughts. But where do you feel your weight at in your backswing? This was something that I had no clue about for probably 20 years. I would try to transfer my weight by swaying and my weight would get to the...

Rather than give my viewpoint on this I will ask everyone to do this exercise: Stand in front of a full length mirror so you can see your down the line view (pretend you were hitting a ball in the exact opposite direction of the mirror) and make two separate backswings. The first: Hold the flex in the back knee in its entirety...do not allow that knee flex to change one bit and try to turn your hips and swing to the top....should be very...

Quote: Originally Posted by iacas Pros tend to have narrower stances than amateurs. One that comes to mind is Sergio Garcia. I've watched him at a couple tournaments now (one of which was inside the ropes) and especially with irons, he's got a very narrow stance. It's hard to tell watching on TV a lot of times with the different camera angles. Quote: Originally Posted by mc0388 I try to focus my weight between the ball of my...

shaping shots with more accuracy

Along with the previous tips, your backswing also may cause your high shots, without changing your swing to much, if you keep your backswing lower to the ground as natural as possible without swaying back, this will change the angle of contact on your driver and help promote a lower ball flight as well. You could be picking up the club on the backswing quickly and this with the other suggestion might help the ball flight to be lower.

The drill that worked the best for me was to take a rather stiff piece of material like the plastic dowels that are often used for alignment aids and slide it through the hole in your grip so it is sticking out about a meter. Then swing the club and don't let the dowel hit you. Start very slow at first as it will whip you. After time I was able to practice 3/4 speed hits without releasing the club which kept my hands well ahead of the...