'Golf Fundamentals' Archive

Ball Postion

You spend your time perfecting your shot set up and swing shape, yet improvement is still slow. You ask your local golf professional to monitor your swing and they confirm that you are align properly to the target and your swing is on plane. However the ball is still starting left of the target. If you know all of your fundamentals are correct, start troubleshooting your swing by checking your ball position. Harvey Penick called ball position the second most important fundamental. Let’s take a closer look.

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Alignment vs. Aim

To hit shots that go to our target we need to have great aim and alignment. Aim and alignment are not the same thing. They are two different but related concepts in relation to having a proper set up.

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Golf Stance

Ben Hogan has been quoted that the swing is 90 percent complete once we take our stance. In his book the five fundemental of modern golf he devotes 40% of the book to getting into a fundementally sound stance. Ben Hogan shows us how create a stance that is athletic, able to produce powerful shots, and repeatable.
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