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30 Nov Right set-up can solve inconsistency

Posted at 08:01h in Golf Tip by

There is no reason why any of us, tall or short, fat or thin, should not get set up right. That stance or posture, about which much has been written, is actually incredibly simple.

Lay a club down on the ground, pointing at the hole, and put your toes against it.

Now put the ball opposite your left foot with your left arm and the club in a straight line, as they will be, or should be, when you actually hit the ball. Your arm and the club

will now be at right-angles to the club on the ground, pointing to the hole against which you have lined up your toes. If they are not you have got the ball (as almost everyone has) too far back.

We now come to the critical point, the ‘make or break’ of the entire set-up. Your right arm is not long enough. It won’t reach. How are you going to get it on the club? — unfortunately we do as nature tells us, the easiest way.

We reach over with the right hand, bringing the right shoulder forward in the process, and at the same time, probably without realising it, we bring the left hand back a bit to meet it. This is now perfectly comfortable, but, to make it more so, you probably move forward a couple of inches at the last moment, thus, in effect, bringing the ball two inches back. The whole set-up is now wrecked!

Try one more time, and this time keep your right shoulder back and tilting your left up, reach under with the right hand and attach it to the club. If it feels awkward at first, it only shows how wrong you were before.

Out of Bounds: A few birdies come and go, but double & triple bogies will build up!

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