Shooting4par,

I assume your reply is trying to help... so no offense taken.

I suppose I should film my swing to see for sure, but it feels as though I start the down swing in-out, but, as the hips start before I begin forward with my hands (and therefore the hips are well ahead of my hands), and I know my hands drag across the target line following the front of my chest, so my final path ends up being out-in. Maybe my hips get going so quickly that my hands never get a chance at in-out. I DO know that my hands seem to want to follow my turning chest, rather than the target line.

I had some success tonight on the range by visualizing sending my hands towards the target, but I had to concentrate greatly to manage it.

Another problem I noticed, I was trying to counter the in-out path by taking the club head back behind me sharply in a very flat plane, this is where the hook/draw is coming from I'm sure.

What can I say, I grew up watching Arnold Palmer. Seeing him swing again recently in a Wonderful World of Golf episode, he has a very sharp inside out swing path, with a definate draw to his Driver. Only he's Arnold Palmer, and his swing is predictable.

After noticing the flat path, I tried a few shots taking the club head back along the target line for as long as possible, and then came into the down swing on a slightly more inside path, this produced fairly straight shots! But I found I couldn't do it every time.

I appreciate the mental imagry, shootin4par, and I would love to hear any other drills that might help me train my hands to follow the target line.

Cheers.