[dclaryjr]

At what point do you make a decision as to what golf philosphy, instruction, method, style you are going to adopt as your mainstay?

Bouncing from one golf philosphy or instruction to another will certainly without a doubt lead to confusion at best and at worst totally incompatible parts.

Guilty as charged, your honor.

The evidence is in my bookshelf.

Swing Like a Pro (Mann, Griffin,et al)

Essentials of the Golf Swing (John Redman)

Golf. Plain and Simple (Don Trahan)

No book but a video from Scott Hazeldine on a single-axis swing.

You get the picture.

Why? Good question. A big part of it is a failure to find a teaching pro that I was comfortable with (I was originally working with Fred Blackmar but he had health problems that ended that).

So I search and try to find something I can do on my own. I feel like I've made progress since spending time on these forums, but I sure wished I lived in Atlanta, or Mesa, or New Orleans so I could follow Homer's "imploredly with" advice.