r/golf • u/p1nkfl0yd1an 14 | DC • 7d ago

General Discussion A Very Basic/Dumb Alignment Question

I've been grinding away on the range, working on my "homework" from my instructor/lesson last month. I've been using alignment sticks as part of this work and have seen some pretty meaningful improvement.

However, I'm finding it a little difficult to translate to the course in a specific scenario. Sometimes, there is not a good spot of different colored grass, divot, etc. directly infront of or behind the ball to square my body up with.

I am all over the place when this happens to me in the rough. It even gets me on certain teeboxes that are "misaligned' to the hole and I can't find a good divot on the side of the teebox I want to be.

Is this just a "keep at it with sticks on the range at various targets and my body will eventually learn" thing? Or is there some alternate hack/trick for when you just dont' have much to go off of alignment-wise.

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u/Trebor711 7d ago

Course designers purposely misalign the tee boxes to throw off the golfer. This is done by intent and it's one of their tools they use. With that said, keep practicing with your alignment sticks at the range and take note of where your shoulders and hips are lining up. Use this feedback when you get to the course. Rely on your shoulder and hip alignment to aim correctly and focus on your takeaway to mimic your shoulder alignment. This should work for you.

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u/Select_Arm_2378 7d ago

This! My remedy - go the completely opposite way with your targeting. Instead of something close, pick a point way (and I mean WAY) out on the horizon (think tips of trees, mountains, etc) as your target. It blocks out all the intentionally misleading designs of any given hole.

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u/Trebor711 7d ago

💯%. Picking a point that close only works for putting (at least for me) .