Golf Tips

Being target aware is crucial to playing good golf. If anyone is struggling with alignment, or feeling comfortable orienting themselves to their target line, here are some ideas:

1- Sight your target in the distance with your dominant eye. If you are right eye dominant, stand with your right eye in line with your ball and your target in the distance. This helps for both full shots and putting.

2- Pick an intermediate target on that line. I have found that the closer the intermediate target is to your ball, the easier it is to line up squarely to it. Therefore, pick an old divot, tuft of grass, clump of dirt, whatever no more than three feet in front of your ball and use that as your primary aiming point.

3- As you approach the ball, focus only on this spot, and then trace it back to the ball and immediately place your clubhead perpendicular to that line… this is crucial! I like to imagine a white line between my spot and the ball, and then simply place the leading, or bottom, edge of the club at a right angle to that line.

4- Finally, you must aim the club first, and then your body second. Good players orient their bodies to the club and the target, not the other way around. Period. Knowing that you are properly aligned to your target allows you to swing freely toward it.