on course alignment tricks?

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EdZ

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perhaps the most annoying fault is improper alignment. I find that the instant I lose focus at all out on the course I slip back into aiming too far right, ball position gets too back.

I like the 'line of scrimmage' approach to preventing this very much. Any other suggestions for on course alignment checks (I don't care much for intermediate targets).
 
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galanga

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Golf Digest had a good one for alignment - line up as if you are holding a ladder horizontally. The sides of the ladder represent target line and body line respectively. I find it really helps me square up my body to the target - hips and shoulders - very solid feeling. My tendancy is to stand slightly open.
 
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drewitgolf

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Once you have settled into address, rotate (not lift) your head toward your target. Does your target come into your gaze center (the frisbee sized area in front of our eyes we pay attention to)? If not and you have to lift your head to see your target, you are not aligned properly. While intermediate targets are more exact, the gaze center technique has worked well for Davis Love III.
 
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EdZ

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drewit - I've used that one a lot in the past - the 'look through a window' approach. In my case it doesn't work very well because I am so left eye dominant - from my eye line perspective what is 'square' feels very 'left' to me. I never would have noticed were it not for pro aim. I tend to tilt my eye line out to the right naturally, which further increases my 'aim right' issue when I lose focus. If I close my left eye it can help because then I have to 'turn under' properly with my right for it to be 'in the window'.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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Use an intermediate target for both your body positioning and your target positioning. For ball position use your upper body as a reference. If you start to not to do these things it is a MENTAL fault and not a golf fault. So you have to work on routine and mental focus
 
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holenone

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quote:Originally posted by EdZ

perhaps the most annoying fault is improper alignment. I find that the instant I lose focus at all out on the course I slip back into aiming too far right, ball position gets too back.

I like the 'line of scrimmage' approach to preventing this very much. Any other suggestions for on course alignment checks (I don't care much for intermediate targets).
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The cure is a good Golf Stroke that drives the Clubhead Lag Pressure down the Angle of Approach ('right field') instead of 'toward the Target.'

Easier said than done.

But possible -- even probable -- with the aid of a competent Instructor.
 
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