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The topic says it really. If a player is struggling with slicing, hookin, hitting it fat, hitting it thin and pulling or pushing, which issues do you regard as the easiest and hardest to fix?

Ofcourse, that`s if the player only has one major issue and not several.

Without a doubt the grip and setup. Not everyone can swing like TW, but we all can have a good grip and setup. That is the foundation for the swing...everything else follows.

The muscle that occupies the space between the ears. NOT!

I agree...you really can't isolate faults and work on them...rather, if you address (and constantly re-address for the rest of your playing career) the basics of stance, posture and grip, you will find that there is a whole lot less to work on once these fundamentals are ingrained and easily channeled when you go astray...

This was informative. I have actually always thought that stance/posture and girp was overrated

Guess Im wrong.

How can test if my posture and distance to the ball is correct?
- I use a drill where I have to swing back and forth withouth stopping and not loosing my balance, then I know I have the right posture. And the ball distance is determined where the club hits the ground when I do this. Sound allright?

Can you test if the grip is correct? I felt yesterday I had restricted my wrist hinge due to wrong and to tight grip.. Hm.

Posture:
Stand tall to the ball...bend forward from the hips while holding the club with your grip as if you were addressing the ball, flexing your knees slightly...raise the club vertically and place the shaft on your right shoulder with the head of the club resting near your right ear...now relax your arms and let the head of the club fall forward like you were chopping wood, keeping your arms totally loose and just allowing the head to fall...

Where the head falls is the bottom of your swing...put the ball there...

As for the grip, ten years later I still am working on mine A book that will give you a pretty good understanding is the Ben Hogan 5 lessons book...just keep in mind that he was fighting a hook his entire golf career and the neutral grip that he reccomends combined with the cupping of the wrist at the top and the fact that his clubs were bent 5* open helped him to play his trademarked fade...it is a starting point anyway, and you can strengthen or weaken your grip after you have absorbed the fundamentals covered in the book...

Concentrate on getting the fundamentals right and that should give you at least a fightying chance.

Very overrated and let's be honest, quite boring to work on. Once you realize how important set up and grip is though you can get a little more excited about it. Here are some grip articles for you:

AUSTIN GOLF ZONE

PGA.com :: Najar: Understanding how hand placement impacts club direction

Proper Golf Grip - How to Grip a Golf Club with Your Lead or Top Hand

Learn 'em and live 'em. Especially that last article which has step-by-step instructions and photographs showing how to grip the club. Find and go through all the links describing both the Lead Hand and Trailing Hand grip positions.

There are a lot of aspects to set up. Without a good one you will forever be inconsistent in your ball striking.