Alignment and Aiming
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The driver tends to spin the ball sideways more than any other club in the bag, and so bad alignment gets exaggerated from the tee. In this case golfers tend to compensate by aiming further out to the right or left.

 

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This is not really an alignment problem, it is a clubface problem.
Golfer A is used to coming in with a closed face at impact, causing the ball to hook (right to left). Whereas Golfer B is coming in with an open face at impact, causing the ball to slice to the right. So far we have looked at golfers who think that they are aiming at the target. The golfers pictured here are fully aware of where they are aiming, but are aligning themselves in order to compensate for the spin of the ball.

The more they allow for the slice or hook, the more open or closed the clubface has to be in order to get the ball to your target. If this exemplifies your game, then it is a problem that can quickly spiral out of control. I would suggest a visit to your local pro and get your grip and clubface fixed so that these compensations are never needed again.

In order to implement changes it can help to move to the opposite side of the tee to what you would normally stand, and use the logo or a line that you’ve drawn on your ball to line up to.


Remember that alignment can be the root cause of most swing faults. It should be the first thing that we check when things go wrong, when it is usually the last thing we expect to be the problem!



 

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