Fixing target line alignment

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

I played yesterday, and my friend pointed out to me that I'm lining up significantly right (closed) with respect to my intended target line.

What are some things I can do at the range to fix this, so that my perception and reality match up as far as where my alignment is pointing? Obviously, I want to be able to translate this to the course, where there's no edge of the mat, or club on the ground, or other cues to line me up.

-Andrew

[Harmonious]

Very common for amateurs to line up closed to the target. The best way on the range is to lay down parallel clubs or sticks. It will probably feel uncomfortable at first, you'll probably feel like you are way open.. But over time the feeling will become more comfortable. It's something that you should do every time you practice. The pros do.....

[aloharb]

You can go to Lowe's and buy two 4' fiberglass rods for about 6 bucks, then at the practice range lay them down paralell to each other aimed where you want to hit the ball. Practice, practice, practice!!!

Rod

[Zeph]

Find an intermediate target to aim through. Helps me stay on the line.

1: Pick your alignment target on the fairway, green or whatever. Wherever you want to be aligned parallel to
2: Stand directly behind the ball and the target you picked
3: Draw an imaginary line (or use the club shaft) to find an intermediate alignment target a foot or something like that in front of the ball
4: Keep looking at your intermediate target while going around to take your address position
5: Draw an imaginary line from the intermediate target and through your ball. You can also put the club down behind the ball to make the visualisation easier
6: Position your feet and body parallell to the imaginary line you just made
7: Swing away



Using alignment sticks and picking targets on the range is useful for ingraining the feeling of proper alignment.

[Mrd19abhs]

Find an intermediate target to aim through. Helps me stay on the line.

I had a really bad alignment problem, most notably with my long irons, this is exactly what helped me. also whenever you have a chance to use lines on ball(ex. off tee) pick your spot and use line on ball to set where you want to be aimed.

[snowman0157]

I have always struggled with my alignment (feet/shoulders aligned right of Target, which seems to cause/aggravate  an over the top move and create lots of pulls and pull/"fades").   I have really focused improving this,  and feel I have made progress  on getting my foot line parallel to my target line, but I feel that sometimes my shoulders are out of whack at address (open or closed in relation to my foot line), which has an adverse effect on the path of my swing and result of my shots.

Does anyone have a setup procedure/sequence that you think would help me consistently get into a good square alignment with feet/hips/ and shoulders  aligned parallel to my target line.?     Thanks in Advance.

[Zeph]

http://thesandtrap.com/forum/thread/39871/fixing-target-line-alignment#post_523908