Even after over a year of playing(on and off,) I still can't seem to correctly set up my feet placement. For some reason my feet placement is always aiming towards the right yet my club is facing the direction that I want to hit. This have been bothering me so much that I'll be adjusting my feet several times before swinging, and even after all that trouble, I don't end up with the correct placement.
Because of the many variations of foot placement by golfers: toes perpendicular to target line; flared out one way or the other; or both, the best way to gauge the alignment is from the back of your heels.
Place a club on your target line near the ball and an additional one against your heels and you will see your true foot alignment. Make the necessary adjustment with your feet to parallel the two clubs. Practice this way several times and you should get used to the look and feel of being square to the target line .
good luck, Bob
Using the club on the ground is good for practice, but it gets old. Have a buddy stand behind you and give you verbal feedback as to where you're lined up.
Keep in mind, where your feet are pointing can often be different than where your hips and shoulders are lined up. Those alignments are probably a little more important.
When I practice on the range, I have my shoulders, hips and feet parallel to the target line. I frequently point my left arm out straight to ensure that it is parallel and to the left of the target. However, more importantly, when I use the preshot routine, I pick an intermediate target 3 - 6 feet in front of the ball and line up to that. I do the same when I play on the course.
This is kind of a weird question. If you look down and know your feet aren't placed correctly then you should know what to do to correct the problem. Just square them up or turn them the right way. There is nothing wrong with waggling and adjusting before finally settling down to hit the ball. Another thought is that maybe you are pigeon toed or your hips or legs are such that your feet are turned out all of the time. Maybe that is why it is so hard for you to adjust.
Lots of tour players and teaching pros preach a slightly open stance (in relation to the target) and hips and shoulders parallel to the target line. Jack Nicklaus and Fred Couples are two of them. You won't find any that suggest a closed stance angle is a good postion for a set-up (unless they're teaching a person to hit a draw by swinging along the target line). Get away from the closed stance because you'll develop the old two-sided miss... block fades or over the top pull hooks all day long.
May 10th, 2008, 10:57 PM
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