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Dang cyber furlough I came to this shindig a bit late! I did not read every post in this thread but I think it highlights perhaps the most misunderstood topic in TGM...the flat left wrist. If you take your impact fix alignment then cock the left wrist straight up it is seldom visually flat, depending on grip type. I believe that is why Homer said to practice the wrist and hand motions with both an open hand AND a closed fist. I think a lot of people get a little shut (open face) at the top then collapse the left wrist in an attempt to square it usually sending it left. For me the key in accomplishing the #1 alignment was the magic of the right forearm...right forearm fanning in particular. One of my favorite Yoda drills is using the badminton raquets, the challenge is to get the face of the raquet flat to the inclined plane. Most (including yours truly) never rotate the right forearm enough. I believe this is one of the numbers for the tumbler that will unlock your golfing potential. GP knows what he is talking about. Uncocking a shut left wrist will hit the mother of all push-slices...until it quacks left! Try hammering a nail with an arched (shut) left wrist! Without an aligned left wrist there can be very little DOWN AND OUT going on