[jc2bg]

Again, good analysis and useful responses, Daryl. Sounds like your brother and I have much in common, just not the 300-yard part.

Thanks for being patient with me. It's obvious I'm trying to graft parts of TGM onto my old swing action rather than taking the whole swing apart and beginning fresh. The grafting thing is tempting, though, because even the bits and pieces I've adopted so far have vastly improved my quality of contact and--when I align properly and remember to release--point-of-aim accuracy. For decades, I've been a golfer who aimed for the general vicinity of the green and relied on my short game to make pars from wherever the ball landed. All of a sudden, I'm hitting some long approaches every day that are exactly on line with the pin. Heady stuff. -- John