[Daryl]

That's pretty normal. I wouldn't tell Couples that he needs to get his right elbow closer to his rib cage at the top of the swing or tell Hogan that he needs to get his right elbow further away from the rib cage. Experimenting for a little bit doesn't really hurt, but you do have to trust that your natural motion may be the best way for you and that trying somebody else's motion because it looks prettier or whatever could be a disaster.





3JACK

Natural Motion?

Who said:

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

Is Pole Vaulting natural? A Football Block? Hammer Throw? Is a Back Flip Natural? Each of these things need to be learned and practiced. Added together they don't amount to 1/10th the complexity of a Golf Swing.

Who Said:

It is a difficult game, in that total perfection is virtually unattainable because the Golf Stroke is fantastically complex and implacably demanding of mechanical precision – whether consciously or subconsciously applied – and ruthlessly deviates with every slightest stretching of tolerances during application.

And:

Treating a complex subject or action as though it were simple, multiplies its complexity because of the difficulty in systematizing missing and unknown factors and elements. Demanding that golf instruction be kept simple does not make it simple – only incomplete and ineffective. Unless this is recognized, golf remains vague, frustrating, infuriating form of exertion.

And:

I asked my good friend, Arnold Palmer how I could improve my game, he advised me to Cheat!