Don't Overlook This Key Setup Fundamental

Don't Overlook This Key Setup Fundamental

How your head is positioned at setup can greatly affect success or failure in the golf swing. For the right-handed golfer, tilting your head too much towards your left shoulder will limit your turn in the backswing and encourages the swing path to be too out-to-in.  Out-to-in means the club will traveling with too much of a leftward path through impact, usually causing a slice and large deep divots.  If we think of a baseball diamond and we are standing at home plate, we want the club swinging more out to right field rather than left field. (Left Field = Slice, Right Field = Draw) To help swing on the correct path and hit a nice draw, your head should be tilted slightly towards the right shoulder at setup, which in turn gets your eyeline looking more out to right field for the right-handed golfer. From this position it will be much easier to make a nice turn in the backswing and swing from in-to-out or (out to right field) and hit that little draw.

TIP: Keep the bill of your hat pointing behind the ball at setup. Your head will naturally start to release and look towards the target in the follow through.

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