I get the same feeling but not by conciosuly trying to start my downswing by a move with my hips. I get it by trying to keep my head behind the ball and thinking about swinging as hard to the left as I can (right 'around the corner')

This to me feels really OTT but this is because I spent two years in a misguided attempt at coming from the inside (which ruined my game)

As long as your right shoulder, right knee, right hip and right hand all come down together and meet the ball at impact, your hips will be open and the clubface square. Watch any pro's swing sequence and look how all these right side parts come through together.

http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio...8ricktips.html

I get that from a well timed swinging motion (led by my chest and upper arms), rather than any jerky hip bump-turn action, but everyone would feel this differently as you say

But it is a weird feeling to be so open at impact. It just doesnt feel right because all youve read about not coming OTT or coming from the inside but IMHO (having learnt the hard way) thats all mechanical mumbo jumbo. As long as you can swing down into the correct impact positition (see Gregs impact drill) then forget how you got there. The ball will likely fly off the middle provided you setup and aligned properly

I would go as far to say that most people slice because they are afraid to hook (if that makes sense) and dont really whip the club around themselves whilst keepingn their upper body behind a stiff left leg, thus squaring the face

This will be one of my rants in a future podcast