Richard,
I can't seem to get my timing back. Especially on my fairway woods and hybrid clubs. I either top the shot or hit it fat. I am a bit stiff now and I may be giving in to the device that is under my left collar bone. Any ideas or drills I can do. I have even gone back to hitting a five or six iron and I have intermittent same problems, with only a good shot every third or fourth time.
Hawk

Hawk I am sending this email to Joe DeLorenzo. Lets see what Joe has to say.
Joe, here is the email I sent you from Hawk. He is 70+ and has just had some kind of transmitter or something installed in his brain to help with the shakes and balance. He is an avid golfer and is trying his best to keep playing. Can you offer anything to him?
Richard

Hello Hawk, I hope you are doing well. It is good to see your love for the game is not going to stop you despite the challenges you are facing. I can imagine this transmitter is sending occasional pulses to your nervous system, and I am not clear on how frequent these pulses occur. If they occur at random times during your swing, I can see why that might cause a twitch that could result in occasional fat and thin shots. It is not easy to focus on one or the other when both are occurring. Here are some things to try. In my book, 30 Ways to Lower Your Scores, there is a concept called the Wagon Wheel, where your head is the hub and your leading arm is a spoke. If the hub moves too much, or if the spoke bends too much, the arc of the swing changes, leading to fat or thin shots. Another possibility is the timing of your weight shift. Do the double clubber drill as shown in the Body Golf videos, because this drill helps ingrain better timing and proper weight shift, you can feel it much more surely. While doing this drill, also think about the Wagon Wheel concepts and hopefully things will start to get better. Good luck to you.
Joe

Question - course conditions in my area are terrible. I have complained at the pro shops but little has changed. How can one person make a difference?

Answer: I am one of those people who are just happy to be out on any course anywhere, so conditions do not bother me so much. However, sometimes I notice the complainers are the same people who do not bother to fill divots or fix ball marks on greens, or rake sand traps. Seems to me if you fail to do those things, you have no right to complain. I hope you are not one of those people, may they be infected by the fleas of a thousand camels. If you already do those little repairs, I take it back, good for you, you are setting a good example. There is one stupid rule that says you can fix ball marks but not spike marks, but I say when everyone is done putting, fix the spike marks also as a courtesy to other golfers. Even if you say the ball mark cannot be yours because you have never hit a green in your sorry life, fix one or two extra anyway, it only takes a moment. Ask you pro shop to post signs saying conditions are not likely to improve much unless all golfers do their part to help correct these things. The sign can also mention the fleas.