Fred Funk Line Up.

[TheChern06]

So I go to my round today and on the range I flat out can not hit my driver. While im in the bathroom I see a article in golf digest and its a line up routine by Fred Funk.

What you do is, pick a spot welll down your line like a tree and the end of the hole. You put your club head on that object and draw a line with your clubhead and follow it with your eyes to your ball and pick a spot right in front of the ball that lines up with the line, like a tall piece of grass. You then line your club up and put your body parallel to the target line and swing away.

Today I hit 13/14 fairways with my driver and woods compared to a 4/14 yesturday.

Have any of you tried/ do this technique? If you don't I would highly reccommend trying it.

[iacas]

So I go to my round today and on the range I flat out can not hit my driver. While im in the bathroom I see a article in golf digest and its a line up routine by Fred Funk.

It's a standard part of my pre-shot routine, and has been for about a decade. So yeah, I do it.

[oct411]

Better yet draw a line and a arrow on your ball and place that to the target line straight towards your target or you can always line up the writings on your ball to the target. When you ground and square your club head, line the club face perpindicular to that line and go for it. You can do that with putts too, I think most pros do that in putt setup to where they want to go when they they take the ball up and place the coin and when they place the ball back down, they line it up to the target with a mark or writing on the ball to the intended target point...

[iacas]

Better yet draw a line and a arrow on your ball and place that to the target line straight towards your target or you can always line up the writings on your ball to the target. When you ground and square your club head, line the club face perpindicular to that line and go for it. You can do that with putts too, I think most pros do that in putt setup to where they want to go when they they take the ball up and place the coin and when they place the ball back down, they line it up to the target with a mark or writing on the ball to the intended target point...

Personally, I never found that that worked for me except on putts because I'm so far away and the angle looks funny. Looking at a line that's oriented at the top of the ball from an angle will always make the line look curved. I think the spot alignment is easier.

[FAHooGolfs]

Personally, I never found that that worked for me except on putts because I'm so far away and the angle looks funny. Looking at a line that's oriented at the top of the ball from an angle will always make the line look curved. I think the spot alignment is easier.

I agree... plus, I found that constantly having to check and re-check the line/arrow killed the pace of play and it just got annoying for me. I'm much more of a feel player when it comes to putts anyway, so the idea of trusting a line I drew on my ball to be lined up properly caused me to second guess the line everytime I missed a putt.

[Diggitydog]

The line on the ball has really helped my putting. It does take and extra 5 seconds per shot to line it up but I have found that I envision the ball rolling to the hole while squatted behind it and then move the line to that direction. I stand back a couple of steps to view the direction and occasionally will change the line if I think the break is different. The biggest reason the half line helps me is that I can break putting into two separate tasks. Line and weight. Once I commit to the line I forget about it 100%. I have to trust the read from behind the ball. If it's wrong then I'll do better next time. My focus shifts from line to making a good stroke in the direction of the line and feeling the weight required for the shot. My putts are much closer to the hole now because I am able to concentrate on the weight of the putt.

[iacas]

The line on the ball has really helped my putting. It does take and extra 5 seconds per shot to line it up but I have found that I envision the ball rolling to the hole while squatted behind it and then move the line to that direction. I stand back a couple of steps to view the direction and occasionally will change the line if I think the break is different. The biggest reason the half line helps me is that I can break putting into two separate tasks. Line and weight. Once I commit to the line I forget about it 100%. I have to trust the read from behind the ball. If it's wrong then I'll do better next time. My focus shifts from line to making a good stroke in the direction of the line and feeling the weight required for the shot. My putts are much closer to the hole now because I am able to concentrate on the weight of the putt.

Ditto what you said about splitting it up. Once I get the line down, I forget about it.

Then I simply "react" to the distance and hit it. It makes putting more like hitting a jump shot than something that requires actual analysis. And I can usually line up my ball while someone else is putting, so I rarely slow down play even five seconds. Plus I don't look at the putt from 20 angles or anything.