Mike Southern Gets Ruthless With My Golf Swing Part 1 - Coming Over The Top

I just got back from practicing and the loop is still there. Last night while I was watching television, I was practicing the hanger drill which Michael Breed demonstrated on The Golf Fix. This drill is supposed to help put the swing on the proper plane. It felt good as I was practicing in my living room, but it did not transfer to my practice today.

Actually, I started off pretty good, but the loop crept back in slowly but surely. I quickly became frustrated and packed it in after about an hour and a half. Plus it is brutally hot and humid today. Nothing positive was going to be accomplished today, so no use practicing bad habits.

Since writing a post about needing "Medicus" attention, Mike Southern of the Ruthless Golf blog and I have been talking back and forth about the solution to my problem. He said that he needed to see a down the line shot of my swing to make a positive assessment of what the problem is in my swing.

I posted a few videos a couple of days ago for scrutiny and Mike said he would get back to me. Today I was pleased to see that he had posted this article about my swing. He posted these stills of my swing and the results are very telling.



Mike said that the black lines are where the club should be during the takeaway. Because my takeaway is so shallow, I have no choice but to come over the top to try to get back on the proper swing plane. I had no idea I was dropping the club that flat. I guess it really is a good idea to film your swing so that you can see exactly what is causing the problems.

Mike also said that this type of swing produce a serious hook, which is exactly what happened in this video that he chose to feature. I am looking forward to part 2 of Mike's swing analysis of my swing. I really hope the fix is as easy as Mike says it is. I can not take much more of this ugly swing that is robbing me of distance and accuracy. This may be the fix that helps me to finally break 80. Have a good round and always hit your target.

*This is the video that Mike used to analyze my swing.



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