I resurrected this thread because of its fundamental importance. From time to time I have a problem hitting the ball off the toe in a radical fashion. I try all sorts of remedies. I have been in such a fix over the past few weeks and did a search and found (again!) Shootin's thread.

I followed Shootin's instructions about the spine angle and immediately started seeing positive results. A few more swings and I was hitting the ball as well as ever.

I'm just a rank (not ranked ) amateur and am prone to forget. I've been through this before and "discover" again the importance of spine angle. I don't have time to practice all the fine points of the swing that so many work on. Just a simple swing, back and through, and I can play respectably and happily. I can get by with forgetting almost everything except this maintaining the spine angle at all costs. It cannot, IMHO, be over-emphasized.

Thanks Shootin.

Bill