Slicefixer

I have come across plenty of instruction over the past few years, but I don't believe I have come across anyone as knowledgeable as Slicefixer. His real name is Geoff Jones and went under the username slicefixer on the golfwrx website, he spent a few years posting on the golf swing forums for free spreading his in depth knowledge of the swing to people all over the world. A couple of the members of golfwrx collated nearly all of his posts into one document known as Slicefixer's Encyclopedia Texarkana and that informal document contains probably some of the best instruction I have read. Most of it is based around Geoff's description of the two different release types, that is a golfer can let the clubface square up at impact naturally using the physics of the golf swing or they can consciously make the clubface square up at impact which Geoff refers to as hitting. Essentially if someone lets the clubface square naturally they will release left and the butt of the club will not invert and be visible from a down the line view which will be the result of someone hitting. Geoff came to these conclusions about releasing through many years of personal experiences and research. He noticed that most of the greatest and most consistent ball strikers released left such as Ben Hogan, while there have been many phenomenal golfers who release down the line (or hit or flip) such as Ernie Els, their ball striking consistency is not as high as the greats who released left. Tiger Woods is currently working with his new coach Shaun Foley to release left and is using Hunter Mahan as a model.

Geoff talks about the prerequisites necessary to enable one to release left, those of which are primarily based upon synchronisation between the body and arms, pivoting correctly and setting up on the right angles. Concerning the pivot Geoff believes that the most efficient way to swing is one with as little lateral movement as possible i.e. you should turn into your right side on the backswing instead of over the right side. Turning over your right side on the backswing means that on the downswing you must consequently travel a long way laterally to the left to get to the left pivot point, this can be a difficult timing maneuver.

Geoff is currently working on a book and website and has been for a few years now.