I wanted to finish up very quickly on alignment. We talked quite a bit on alignment in our last article, and I wanted to get a couple more thoughts your way.

Constantly spot checking your alignment in the game of golf is a must.

Remember there are all kinds of hills, angles, lefts, and rights on a golf course that can cause you to make subtle adjustments to your alignment which will cause your alignment to slowly creep out of whack.

Even the best golfers aren’t immune to this even though they work constantly on their alignment and are very conscious of it with every shot.

Remember, each and every time you practice your golf game, include some time checking your alignment. Not only with your feet and the club on the ground as we talked about last time, but once you have your stance set, place a club across the front of your shoulders and make sure your shoulders are pointing down the same target line. Remember, a lot of bad shots are really good shots that just followed bad alignment.

Practice, practice, practice your alignment. I know it’s not the most glamorous thing to work on, but it is one of the most important. Picking out a spot in front of you that aligns with your target, then aligning yourself appropriately should be a part of your every golf shot routine.

Let us not waste those precious good golf shots, on bad alignment.

Now get out there and practice properly setting up to your target because up next we are going to talk about your swing path, your club face, and how the two of these come together with the 9 rules of ball flight.

This is the stuff drives my wife nuts when I work with her!!!

But I'm going to anyway!

Once you understand this you’ll be able to much more effectively analyze your golf swing and begin to make immediate improvements. 

Play Good Golf!

Jeff O'Brien