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I appreciate the help.

Any advice on working on that?

Your reply and video went over my head. I dont follow either.

Thank you for the amazing reply and for going into so much detail. I went to the range today and did my best to get this swing video. This was an 8 iron at less than 100%. The stick in front is about 10 yards ahead. I was well right of it - typical - and ended about 25 yards right on a dead pull. I’m glad I got this specific clip with the miss. IMG_5512.mov

Finished an impromptu lesson with a pro following a round I played with him. I am a lefty, so flip around for righties. Best way I can explain my problem... Fairway is 50 yards wide. I want to play my shot shape which is a draw from left to right. I believe I am aiming the face at the left edge of the fairway, intending to start it there and draw it towards the middle of the fairway. In reality - according to the pro - my club face/eyes/body are aligned ~30 yards left into the rough and I have trained myself to pull the ball to try start it at the edge of the fairway. It's leading to a serious inside takeaway (at times) and in general everything pulling, over drawing and hooking into the right rough, a lot of times dead. The more I try aim left to align it, the more I block it dead straight and left. The more I try to aim to the middle, the more I miss dead right. There is this point where trying to play the hook and aiming a fair amount left, leads to a block way left, and trying to hit straight in the middle is just dead right the opposite way, and if the hole does not align, it's like nothing I can do to keep it from ending up in the right rough or dead when trying to play a reasonably aimed shot. Heading to the range tomorrow and will begin working with alignment sticks to try get this sorted as he recommended, but is there more I can be doing to fix this? I am getting to an unbearable spot with a hook. Variance in my rounds is huge, and I can never hit targets.

As someone firmly in the discussed camp of, "Had a weak slice, learned to hit a draw and want to go back" What would everyone recommend? Also, why is having a strong grip (something I have) beneficial for a cut/fade more so than a draw? Always thought it was opposite?

Figured as much for tourist/resort towns. Kind of curious about Argentina, Uruguay, Chile or lesser visited parts of Mexico.

Live up in Canada so our season comes to an end in October. Planning on spending 3 months away this winter and I am looking for a warm spot in Central America, South America or the Caribbean with accessible golf. My definition of accessible would be... - Public without need of travel agency/booking agent for play - Not a hotel/resort course - 18 holes for $70 USD (or less) - Open to play multiple times per week as a guest (ideally 3 rounds per week + practice other days) I finish up around 1pm each day, so my ideal scenario would be heading to a course 5-6 days a week afterward and making the most of the winter without blowing up the bank. I have looked through Mexico and not had much luck. Lots of courses are for hotel guests and or quite expensive. Wife is a Colombian citizen, but golf in and around Medellin is sparse and requires some hoops to jump through, Barranquilla is pretty pricey. I have ties to the DR, but the prices for courses there have become completely out of control compared to years past. Does anyone have any experience with what I am looking for?