[vj]

Good morning.

I don't feel the swing center is the thorasic vertebrate for the golf swing. The center is the left shoulder. This brings up interesting topics. For one, Mr. Kelley called it the left shoulder plane angle and was a X classification. Look to page 154. This plane angle runs through the thorasic region of the spine. Using X ray, the rotation of the shoulders will move the thorasic vertebrate only, if the pivot is zeroed out, and this is why the putting arc projects this arc on the ground.

My feeling on ball position is simple. Get it as close to the middle of the stance as possible. Dead middle is best, but a couple of inches in front is ok too. DO NOT HIT UP ON A PUTT. Putts are hit just as shots on a miniture scale. Of the countless video I have at the moment of impact the better the putter the lower they hit on the ball. Bad putters usually have two things, a lie angle which is too upright and at impact they hit very high on the ball.

Swash is an interesting fellow. I can't say anymore.

Utley is a great short game teaher. His concepts and the putting arc are related but I have worked with some guys that he works with and there are differences at times. I think Utley wants some players to swing on an elbow plane and others to swing on a left shoulder plane. Don't take this to the bank, that is just what I see in different players.