Originally Posted by kmchenry

THANKS for the feeback, makes you feel better when you know you're not alone. Like I said, I had some great lessons get me out of it last year at the same time....at first this year those same tools weren't working, but then.......this weekend I kept working on it and realized my grip was jacked up, takeaway was too fast, and shoulder plane was off. The grip seemed to have the most effect immediately....now I'm back to how I was post lessons last year which is strong, solid shots with a tendency to pull (much better than shanks!).

What I've discovered, and already knew but needed to remember, was that you get taught stuff that feels overdone, but works....you're successful and happy for a certain amount of time then you REVERT back to what's "natural"/wrong and your demons return.

Can we agree that that's pretty much the process?

So, for my part, I've started writing down the keys to my fundamentals that have the best results for me. So far I've got:

Loose grip, BOTH hands strong.
Shoulder on plane (to inside of ball, not outside).
Shoulder under chin as club goes back.
Weight to front foot first.
Nice and easy through it.
Put the club on your shoulder.