Your motives are goods, but maybe not the path you've taken. Practice is great if you are grooving a proper swing. It sounded like you are closing the club face to keep from hitting a monster slice. This could be putting a band-aid on a major swing flaw. It will send a few straight, but with it you will only progress so far. If lessons are not an option there are lots of good books. 8 Step Swing, Hogans 5 Lessons, and others. I did what you are doing for years. Found out after a couple of lessons I wasted the better part of them grooving bad habits. I'm finally breaking 90 on a regular basis. (thought I never could!) Good Luck and keep posting! Jeff