Square shoulders at address

[Teevino]

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Gark. I find your first bullet "tee the ball high" to be of interest. I got teamed with this skinny, elderly, black gentleman a couple of weeks back and I was aghast at how high he tee'd the ball up. He used one of those very long tees marked in green that is made for drivers 400cc and up. His ball must have been teed a good 2 3/4 to 3" off the ground. Measure it, that is pretty high. I have played with a lot of good to very good players in the short time I have been at the game and I have never seen anyone hit the ball as long, hard and straight as this guy. I went from being aghast to being amazed at how he did this consistently, 100% of the time, long and straight with every drive.

I have yet to try it - haven't gotten to the driving range lately - but am giving it some thought.

[budolla1969]

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I went through this too, keep the rear elbow below the front elbow

great tip!!! i used this tip today and shot my best score(83) to date.

[paterick]

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Gark

i was doing this a short while back, i think it follows the one plane swing therory. it was very powerful method and consistant for me. but for me i had to stop. it required a wider stance and put a tremendous strain on the inside of my knee to the point i couldnt finish round or walk for ten days (old sports injury) for others i think it would be pretty good. it worked for my irons also. with the wedge, the v of my arms and hand placement where the same as with the driver, the shaft was just pointed back one ball from center where the ball was. then it was the same with the other clubs or justit was just ball placment. if i remember correct the take away path started inside after about 6 inches from start position.

the other type, which requires some spine angle for the driver is the two plane swing. and getting your shoulders square is a bit tricky. there is a pro guy that got into trouble this last year for taking too much time in the set up. he too i think was trying to get his shoulders square and his feet balanced. if you saw him he would do all sorts of gyrations with his shoulders in hips till he was ready, i found i kind of have sort of do this now for the two plane swing when i want to adjust my shoulders. its wierd, itls like growing a longer arm or someting, but after doing it, the shoulders are square. do it a little more and i can get them closed.

[msklar92]

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Re: the first post squaring shoulders at address. You can try something simple: Put your leading foot perpindicular to the target and your back foot slightly flanged out and slightly behind the leading foot. Essentially - closing your stance a bit. Ball should be at about your left arm pit. This shoudl automatically square or maybe slightly close your shoulde and make it easier to turn. Hope this helps.

[shootin4par]

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great tip!!! i used this tip today and shot my best score(83) to date.

cool, glad to hear it

[paterick]

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hey Gark
on the golf channel tonight they showed tiger with his swing change with a frontal view. you will be happy to know that he has his driver set in the center of his stance like you described and his arms forming a v to the position. instead of being behind the ball 5 inches, he moved the ball back to the face of his driver.