Hey Mariner:

Are you hitting blocks or true cut slices as your predominant ball flight? As an 11 you obviously have some good fundemental skills and most likely decent club head speed and ball compression. Is it cut slices with the longer clubs and pulls with the short irons? If so then you probably are coming OT.

To break the OT problem, you may want to go to the range and force yorself to hit balls to the right of your targe line. Make sure your set-up alignment is square but purposely hit balls that start right of your target line, That is the key. Assuming a fairly square club face angle at impact, the only way to start the ball right of target is to swing from the inside. Don't worry if the ball does not draw back initially, you just want to get the feel of coming from the inside and to break the old habit. You may be surprised that the ball may end up going fairly straight. You must, of course, start your downswing with the correct sequence starting with the feet. Most OT swings are a result of starting the downswing with the upper body soley or overusing it and outracing the pivot and shift to the left side with the lower body.