[Irish Maverick]

... The saga begins ... I now set out to undo the damage of 10 years of practising mistakes ...

... ah well, this is a much more civilised passtime ... there is one more complicating factor in my swing ... I play pitch and putt which is fairly popular in Ireland ... play with a club every Sunday - and I play off scratch in that ... Now, when golfers hear that, they say my short game must be good ... but in fact they are two completely different games - like pool and snooker ... in P you are teeing the ball up from 50 - 90 yards and using the same club for 18 holes ... no resemblance to golf ... most good P players do not play golf ... it ruins their game! They tee the ball high - open the clubface and cut the ass of the ball ... I love both games but golf is my No. 1 - so I have refused to compromise my golf swing, such as it is ... try to tee it low and scramble my way around ... and to be fair, I am not doing too bad ... I suppose the fact that I am hitting a ball and putting etc. must be of some benefit to my game ...

From what I have read I would say that BTGM I am a hitter ( oh that's Before The Golfing Machine)- and I think that would be my preferred shot anyway - I have 2 questions ...

1) Should I just concentrate on hitting ... and ignore posts and video about swinging ... it may be easy for Yoda to switch between them - but I think hitting would be more than enough for me to master ... just need confirmation on this.

2)Imagine your left hand is out in front of you and you have a handgun in it - and there is a guy standing facing you - you 'arch' your wrist to point the gun at his feet - is this the way the left hand should be at address - or is this overdone - is it the back of the left wrist/hand that must be flat, if you know what I mean?

Thanks in advance.