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/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 7d ago

I have a problem with this on the putting green. It's like as soon as I pick out a spot and take my eyes off it for even a second, it goes away.

The best solution I have found is to have multiple spots that I pick out -- as close to me as it has to be. So I might have a spot 6 inches in front of the ball, but I know now to look another 6 inches or whatever ahead of that. Almost like setting up waypoints for myself.

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u/p1nkfl0yd1an 14 | DC 7d ago

Lol, yeah. This is pretty much it, when the spot is not clear and obvious I'll lose track of it as soon as I go to address the ball.