Golf Monthly UK – August 2019

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Shaftplane

Thissimpledrillusingan

alignmentstickwillinstantly

highlightifyourshaftison

planehalfwayback.Setthe

stickinthegroundjustbehindyou,asI

havedonehere,mirroringtheangleof

theshaftataddress.Nowtaketheclub

backuntilyourarmsareparalleltothe

ground and check that the angle of the

shaftisthesameasthealignmentstick,

ratherthanbeingtoosteeporshallow.

Iftheangleisthesame,thenyou

knowthatyouareinagoodposition.If

it’stoosteep,you’llendupgettingtoo

tuckedupandyou’relikelytoendup

takingabitofagougeattheballat

impact.Tooshallowandthelikelihood

isyou’llendupflickingatitwiththe

hands through impact to make contact.

PAUL WARING

Thestickshould

mirrortheshaft

angle at address

Trytogettheshaftangle

thesameasthestickwhen

yourarmsareparallel to

the ground