Hi Coach, I have golfed in the high 60's low 70's until today, because of YOU I had a little taste of Crispy Fried Chicken and it tasted so good.! Today I golfed a 55 on the front 9 and a 62 on the back 9 and that to me is a mini miracle. I actually had fun on the golf course today, I had a drive today that " I didn't think I hit," that's how long and far it went, I wish you could have seen it. I really am establishing a good athletic firmly planted stance that I am getting better at rotating around and trying to stay centered throughout the swing. The question I have is: if I understand you, we are supposed to play the ball a little left of the center of our chest in ALL situations because we want to establish ONE consistent point of contact. When I am on uneven ground, I am told by others I'm playing with to play it back in my stance or forward in my stance and I just want to play it the way you told me to do it. There is so much content to cover in Saguto University that perhaps I just did not get to it yet. Can you please straighten me out.
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Good morning Tom, and thank you for your reply. At this time I am happy with my set up and not ready to make any changes. Also , thank you for clarifying the ball position ? I had with different slopes of the land. I have looked at many u tube videos but your detail is what I need. When I can't sleep at 4am I am up watching you and practicing looking at my reflection in my glass sliding door to see if I am doing things right! Off to the driving range later. Have a great day !
Well done, @imc627!!! That's some awesome improvement, and I'm glad you had so much fun out there!!
While you do have some leeway, in general once my students and members show some level of proficiency with the swing I suggest that they migrate to a stock ball position that is in the middle of the stance for short irons, two balls inside the lead heel for middle irons, and creeping more forward for the longer clubs - the farthest forward being even with the inside of the lead heel for the driver (with the stance width increasing as we move from shorter to longer clubs). From there they can make incremental tweaks to see how different positions affect impact quality and shot shape. For example, my personal preference for the shorter clubs tends to be a position that is slightly forward of prescribed. (By the way, I strongly suggest using alignment sticks when monitoring ball position - one on the foot line and a second one perpendicular to these to show ball position – as our side-on view from above tends to skew our perspective of the actual location of the ball relative to our stance.)
And yes - different situations on the course - i.e.: uphill, downhill, thick rough - may necessitate adjustments to ball position.
Keep up the great work!!
TS