[birdie_man]

You know what man...that's such a great way to think about it. It really is.

...Ball position in relation to the left shoulder (low point).

Because the left shoulder is low point...and if you know anything about the geometry of a circle and hinge action...you know that ball position is absolutely vital...

Funny that this comes up...because I just discovered the "single ball position"

I open the face a lot on the backswing...double shift...I'd like to say my swing is kinda like Hogan or Vijay...don't want to miss right. Ball starts straight or is slightly pushed (plane line always extends out to the right so the ball STARTS straight or barely right)...and flies straight or slightly fades.. and the clubface will not close through impact enough (no leftward CURVE) for a hook...it's almost impossible to hook...unless I setup for a draw at address (closed shoulders/toe line then normal swing- make sure tempo remains slow to allow clubface to be closed at impact...err- at separation ).

The problem I've always had though was with high, right, weak short irons- fluffers.

Trajectory control (bringing the flight down when I need to) has been difficult. I couldn't hit down on it enough...I guess I turned a SW into a LW or higher...LW would turn into god knows what. 100 miles into the sky that's what I guess lol.

But if I moved it back...as I thought always basically had to be done as a part of hitting it lower...the ball would get down...but be about 1000 yards right of my target.

Now I keep the ball 'one ball' inside my left heel and adjust my stance width (and hence, axis tilt) so I can hit it on the way down. The forward ball position makes sure that the ball goes straight still instead of dead right.

I think this is the only way for me to use the same swing throughout the bag I've realized...it's always been a hurdle.

Anyway I've gotta stop typing...I'm all excited.

Good stuff.

-Paul