Where is straight?

[Ringer]

I don't know that this topic is discussed all that often and frankly I haven't come to a full determination about it.

If our alignment should be parallel with the target, shouldn't that mean we should always be aimed left of it? Would it be considered a "Pull" if the ball landed where our body was aimed?

 

[vjsinger]

I don't know that this topic is discussed all that often and frankly I haven't come to a full determination about it.

If our alignment should be parallel with the target, shouldn't that mean we should always be aimed left of it? Would it be considered a "Pull" if the ball landed where our body was aimed?

I don't understand fully?? To hit a straight shot with a driver I aim a good bit right and swing up on it to hit a straight shot and with a wedge I aim a little left and hit down. For me, the only time I FEEL I aim parallel to the target to hit a straight shot is with an 8 iron...What are you saying exactly?

 

[footwedge]

I don't know that this topic is discussed all that often and frankly I haven't come to a full determination about it.

If our alignment should be parallel with the target, shouldn't that mean we should always be aimed left of it? Would it be considered a "Pull" if the ball landed where our body was aimed?

Not if that's where you intended it to land.

 

[Ringer]

Ok, I can see this might be too confusing without a picture.

Where is he "aimed"? Blue line or Red line?

 

[Kevin Shields]

Well, its certainly not the red line. If the face is at the target it looks like you're aiming to hit a fade.

If you are parallel left, its only like two feet left of your target if you extended the lines all the way so i wouldnt characterize it as a pull.

 

[bax1865]

Up,up and away to the red

His "aim" is to the blue.......if his intention is to strike the ball on the way up, then the red line will be the golf balls mission to seek. The more "up" the more left...the more "level" the more blue. If I need correction please do so....still trying to fully become "D"mystified.

 

[holeout]

Ok, I can see this might be too confusing without a picture.

Where is he "aimed"? Blue line or Red line?

Aim is all relative man. Hogan aimed left for short irons, right for driver. Most tour players do nearly the same.

Not to be condescending at all, but are you well versed in the effects of hitting up or down on the ball and how it relates to the D-plane?

 

[Ringer]

The D plane is the plane between path (both horizontal and vertical directions) and clubface alignments at impact. There are good video's on it posted here.

But it still seems that there is quite a bit of confusion as to just WHERE the player should think he is aimed. Some folks believe parallel means like train tracks that run off in the distance. When they reach the horizon they come together. If you take two clubs and lay them on the ground so that they are both pointing at the same tree in the background, they would appear to be parallel with each other.

However that would require that you have 2 points of view and comparing them. You would be comparing behind one shaft to the view from behind another shaft. Yet there is only one golfer with one point of view. Same goes for the camera (Brian has mentioned many times about parallax).

I would argue that clubface IS THE alignment. It's the only one that matters. Setting the body at a right angle to the clubface would be the best way to say someone is properly aligned. However I would also agree that the body can really be aimed wherever it wants so long as by impact the face and path are right for the shot you intend to hit.

 

[holeout]

However I would also agree that the body can really be aimed wherever it wants so long as by impact the face and path are right for the shot you intend to hit.

Exactly .

I find that with older guys, aiming more right with, well, everything helps because of the assist they get with turning back behind the ball.

From there I'd say that so long as your alignment isn't covering up a flaw, you're good.

 

[mb6606]

Ok, I can see this might be too confusing without a picture.

Where is he "aimed"? Blue line or Red line?

Works for Freddy Couples.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

meh, paralax. Its difficult for us to tell by the photo unless it was setup exactly correctly. Even slightly off will make it appear he is aimed one way and not where he actually was.

But if we say everything is perfect in that photo, i'd hope he planned to play some kind of cut otherwise his back is reaaaaaaaaaaaally gonna hurt.

 

[Ringer]

Well the question isn't really about specifically THIS players alignment. I'm asking where IS he aimed? His body is obviously left, so is the blue line his target or is the red line his target?

 

[Burner]

I think that.............

Ok, I can see this might be too confusing without a picture.

Where is he "aimed"? Blue line or Red line?

If the Red line was drawn to the right hand edge of the Bunker then, as far as can be seen from this camera angle, he would be, bodily, aligned parallel to it.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Well the question isn't really about specifically THIS players alignment. I'm asking where IS he aimed? His body is obviously left, so is the blue line his target or is the red line his target?

Could be either really; but blue line is gonna hurt more