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Putting: Keep your shoulders on line
One of the most crucial fundamentals of consistent putting is
making sure your shoulders start and stay on-line during the stroke.
Here's a drill that will help you see if your shoulder alignment
remains consistent: Set up in your normal putting stance, then
place the putter across your shoulders, parallel to your intended
target line. Your right arm should remain in its normal address
position. As a further alignment check, set your right hand perpendicular
to your line--just as you'd square the putterface to the target.
Practice your stroke with the right hand only while holding the
shaft along the shoulders. The shaft should stay parallel to your
target line as your shoulders rock up and down to move your right
arm through the stroke.
The in-to-in swing
Here's an easy practice drill for
longer, straighter tee shots: Place one tee off the heel of your
driver at address and another off the toe--just beyond the teed-up
ball--that's the "gate" your clubhead swings through.
Next, place a third tee about six inches inside your target line,
about a foot behind the ball; a fourth tee goes a foot closer
to the target than the ball and about six inches inside the target
line. That's your path coming into and extending beyond the impact
gate. Trace the tees with your clubhead, and you'll groove the
proper in-to-in swing path....You
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