Keep your butt against a wall during the entire swing.

" -- Jon Fiedler

By Bruce Hamilton Jon Fiedler, now head professional at Las Posas Country Club in California, gave me this tip to cure my hook. It prevents the club from dropping too far inside on the downswing, which promotes a hook. If you tried this drill with a hook swing, the clubhead would hit the wall. In addition to correcting swing plane and path, standing against a wall will help your posture. Find a wall and simulate your swing without a club. ouch the right cheek against the wall at the top of the swing, both cheeks against it in the downswing, and !ust the left cheek at impact. "ith a club, the wall should be about belt#high. $In a greenside bunker, take a wider stance and set up low with lots of knee fle%.$ ## &eve 'allesteros 'y (ary &mith )fter the first round of the *++* &cottish ,pen at (leneagles, &eve 'allesteros was having a greenside bunker contest with Per#-lrik Johansson that turned into an impromptu clinic. ) group of us gathered to watch &eve e%plain his techni.ue as he hit soft bunker shots. /any people think you want a steep path in a bunker, but that will !ust cause the leading edge of the club to dig into the sand. )s &eve showed, you want to set up wide and low, which encourages a shallow swing that will keep the clubface open and allow the clubhead to slide under the ball and use its bounce to produce soft, high shots. 'y the way, &eve won the contest. $0ever let the distance between the wrists change throughout the entire swing.$ ## /ac ,1(rady 'y /ike 'ender I was on our in *+23 when /ac ,1(rady gave me this tip. 4e e%plained that because of the wide range of movement possible in the wrists, they could produce many swing flaws. /aintaining this gap will ensure that the clubface remains s.uare with the proper loft. If the gap changes during the swing, the wrists are manipulating the clubhead. For e%ample, if the hands flip the club through the ball and change the distance between the wrists, the result can be fat or thin shots. hink of this gap as an indicator of what the clubhead is doing. 5eep this gap intact, and your clubhead control will improve.

$Pretend you1re bowling6 hrow left#handed hooks in the backswing, right#handed hooks in the follow#through.$ ## 4ank 4aney 'y Peter 5rause 4ank 4aney introduced this image to me. In the backswing, envision the lane e%tending away from the target7 start the imaginary bowling ball along the left edge of this lane and hook it into the middle. In the follow#through, the pins are at the target7 start the ball along the right edge of the lane and move it left. o throw hooks in bowling, swing your arm up then across your body so the palm faces down at the finish. 8uplicating this motion during the golf swing will put the club on the correct plane and encourage the clubface to close through impact. $Forget 1in to out1 through impact7 the hands must follow the rotation of the body to the left.$ ## "illiam &hankland 'y Craig &hankland I was practicing on the eve of the *+9: 'ritish ,pen while my father, "illiam, a well# known teaching pro at a club north of London, watched me from the car. "hen he saw that I was working on swinging in to out through the hitting area, a popular )merican method at the time, he came charging out of the vehicle to set me straight. /y father believed ## and I completely agree ## that to make a powerful, s.uare strike, the hands and arms must move in the same direction as the body. he body never moves in to out7 it rotates. herefore, as the body turns to the left through impact, the hands and arms also must swing to the left, and back to the inside in the follow#through. &hort#game whi; Loren <oberts has been following this adage his entire career. 4e turns everything ## club, hands, arms, and body ## back and through together, letting the ball get in the way of the swing. &ometimes, he isn1t aware he hit the ball. hat1s the feeling you want for better tempo. 8on1t ruin this tempo by trying to accelerate the club with the hands, which causes pulled, thin, and fat shots. o avoid these errors, keep the hands .uiet and control the swing with the turning of the chest. )lso, feel that the speed of the swing is the same in both directions. $ ry to hold your back to the target longer in the downswing.$ ## 0ick Price 'y <ob )kins

"hen you keep your back to the target in the downswing, the arms drop straight down from the top, then swing the club from the inside. It will be easier to s.uare the clubface and you will hit the ball more solidly with more distance. 8on1t worry about

turning toward the target7 the momentum of the swing will pull you through impact and into a full finish.