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My swing has been in the toilet for the better part of two months now. Over this time I've gotten the sh@$!s and just had a generally miserable time hitting the golf ball.

Last Wednesday I finally got in and spent an hour with my pro. Within the first few swings he had identified the source of my problem; he moved the ball up in my stance and then me away from the ball. This seemed to address the worst of my problems but it now I had to work on the OTT and lack of right side release that had gotten back into my swing.

I went to the range last Friday and it was a mixed bag of shots. There were signs of my old self (the swing that had me flirting with sub 80) but it still wasn't quite there (although the hosel rockets were gone). Well, I took my son to the range yesterday and I can honestly say that my black period has ended. Contact was back into the middle of the club face and I could feel my right side getting all the way through the shot. It felt awesome to hear that "click" and see the ball jump off the face (I got really tired of hearing "thud" before the muted "click"). My form was solid and I was even able to get 75% power driver swings to carry the ball over 200yds right at my target. I had seen glimpses of coming out of my funk a couple times prior to this but I didn't know why. This time I know I'm out because I am addressing what I was doing wrong; nothing magical. By the end of bucket I wasn't hitting balls but rather swinging the club and letting the ball just get in the way!