[neil]

About 18 months ago I broke the "scaphoid" bone in my left hand in a freak fall. The bone is located about midway between the "V" and the wrist. My problem is that at times, it is extremely painful, even all these months later, to allow the hingeing at the top and maintaining the lag until impact. It feels like I'm going to hit the "outside" of the ball and everything will go left. It's almost impossible to hit a cut. I also feel like I am experiencing clubhead throwaway.

I would greatly appreciate any input that would solve this problem. I've been playing scratch about 20 years but this left-ball is making me crazy.

Many thanks,

ta2irons (G.O.L.F. Fan)

Don't know if this will help but back in January i hit a tree root and thought i had broken a bone in my hand(turned out i hadn't).I had pain when trying to load at the top and i couldn't take a divot.I was trying to pick everything clean and subconciuosly using my right hand to release .Everything went left because i was all out of syc.My solution was to rest the hand until the bruising went.I would suggest you post vickie for expert opinion