"Swing the club back to 7 o'clock and out to 1 o'clock.

" -- Bob Toski By Rick Grayson During a gol school that ! was obser"ing# Bob Toski was teaching a student who was swinging out to in and hitting slices. To hel$ this $u$il# Toski drew a clock on the ground with s$ray $aint -- with the target at 1% o'clock and the target line running back through the & -- and had his $u$il swing the club back through 7 and orward through 1. 'el$ed by this "isual aid# the student was able to i( his swing $ath. )ou don't really need to $aint a clock on the grass. *ust "isuali+e the ace on the ground as shown# and eel as i you are swinging ro, 7 to 1. !n reality# the clubhead will ne"er reach 1 o'clock# but this i,age will hel$ straighten out both the $ath and ball light. -eel like your le t shoulder is intersecting the target line about ./ yards in ront o you at address." -- 0l Gerring By *ohn Gerring 1y ather# 0l# who was the $ro at 2nion 3ountry 3lub in 2nion# South 3arolina# would say this all the ti,e. 1ost $layers hit weak slices# and this set-u$ ti$ hel$s load u$ the right side# $re"ent a re"erse $i"ot# and $ro,ote a swing ro, the inside -- a $ath that encourages draws. The i,$ortant thing to re,e,ber is that only the shoulders are closed. Begin by lining u$ the eet# hi$s# and shoulders s4uare# or $arallel# to the target line. Then swi"el 5ust the shoulders until they intersect the target line. This way# you're not changing your ai, while setting u$ or a ,ore $ower ul swing. "1ake the reest swings on the tightest holes." -- *ack 6icklaus By Da"id 7ee ! read this in *ack 6icklaus's Gol 1y 8ay years ago# and it has stayed with ,e. 9n tight holes with a lot o trouble# $eo$le tend to try to steer the ball# which causes the, to a$$ly e(tra $ressure with the ar,s and ,ani$ulate the club i,$ro$erly. :ro"ided you ha"e the correct align,ent# gri$# and se4uence o ,o"e,ent# the club wants to swing $ro$erly; let it. Don't try to in luence it with e(cess tension. ! you let e"erything ri$# you ha"e a better chance o swinging the club on the correct $lane and hitting straight shots that a"oid trouble.

"Throw the clubhead." -- *ack 6icklaus By Robert Baker *ack 6icklaus o ered this ti$ at a clinic ! attended. !t ,eans you want to $roduce a whi$$ing action that increases clubhead s$eed and $uts your club on the correct $ath ro, the to$ o the backswing. 8hen your right wrist is ully loaded at the to$# it or,s a </-degree angle with the club. Trying to hold this angle or as long as $ossible in the downswing# as so,e suggest# is too di icult to ti,e $ro$erly. !nstead# "throw" the clubhead so the toe $asses the heel 5ust a ter i,$act. ! you slice# throw the clubhead to the right o the target to $ro,ote an inside-out $ath# and eel like the toe is $assing the heel be ore i,$act to close the club ace. *ust ,ake sure the right elbow dri"es toward the target and the shoulders kee$ ,o"ing along with the clubhead. ! the right elbow sto$s be ore reaching the ball# you will lose $ower and accuracy. "=ee$ your right elbow under the right orear, at the to$ o the swing." -- -red Daly ! was 17 years old and su ering ro, a bad case o the shanks when ! recei"ed this ti$ ro, 1<>7 British 9$en cha,$ion -red Daly. The ne(t day# ! shot a course record at Shandon :ark Gol 3lub in 6orthern !reland. This $osition o the right elbow at the to$ o the swing hel$s to kee$ the club on $lane. ! the elbow 5uts out away ro, the body# the club will "cross the line" ?$oint right o the target@ at the to$. This re4uires downswing co,$ensations that are di icult to ti,e $ro$erly. So to kee$ your swing on $lane# try to achie"e this $osition# as i you were a waiter holding a tray o ood.