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A member films a swing at the range and sends it on WhatsApp. About two minutes later, Morris replies with this.

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Today

0:06Driver at the range. The ball keeps starting right18:02

Here's your swing, position by position. The dashed circle is where your head was at address.18:04

The swing, phase by phase

1 · Address
Good posture: tilted from the hips, arms hanging under the shoulders.
2 · Top
Full shoulder turn. The trail elbow drifts away from the body: the club crosses the line.
3 · Impact
Hips open, head still behind the ball, inside its circle.
4 · Finish
Balanced on the lead foot, chest facing the target.

Measured body
Shoulders
Hips
Head at address

Morris's verdict

What's working: Your address and your balance at the finish.
One priority: The trail elbow at the top. When it flies away, the club crosses the line and the ball starts right.
The feel: At the top, the trail elbow points at the ground, as if you were carrying a tray.
The drill: A towel under the trail armpit: 3 × 10 half swings without dropping it, then 5 full swings.

This week's practice plan

1
Range · 30 min
Towel drill 3 × 10, then 20 balls with a 7-iron at 70%.
2
At home · 10 min
In front of a mirror: 15 slow backswings, checking the elbow points down.
3
Range · 30 min
Driver: 10 balls with the feel, 10 normal. Then a new video to compare.

Morris remembers the priority and asks how the practice went.

And for the next rules debate

Morris looks the rule up in the official R&A/USGA rules before answering, and gives its number so anyone can check.

I'm on the 7th and my ball's gone in the water, red stakes10:42

Rule 17.1d, James. With a one-stroke penalty you can: • Replay from where you last played. • Drop back on the line from the hole. • As it's red, drop within two club-lengths of where the ball last crossed the edge, no nearer the hole.10:42

Lateral then. Thanks10:43

Go and save bogey. Will you tell me how the round finished?10:43

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