rule question

[Frito]

i've heard the tip of aiming at something a few inches in front of the ball to help you aim at your target. i have a hard time focusing on just a blade of grass from behind the ball and then refinding it again at adress. so anyways i was wondering is it legal to put or move a leaf from the area you've found to put in front of your ball and then to aim at. or any other kind of object when there aren't leaves allready in front of your ball.
thx

[Zeph]

No, that is not allowed.

When you have found an intermediate target, don't keep it out of your sight. Do all your pre-shot stuff, then find the intermediate target. Look only at this target as you approach the ball and align the clubface to it. After that, align your body. Now you are all set.

[goblue107501]

You can't do it in the fairway, but it can be done on the tee box. All you have to do is pick a general area you want to tee from, find the line, pick a target (broken tee, old divot, etc.) and place the ball on that line. You can't move something into your line, but you can adjust the ball to that line on the tee box.

[Frito]

thx guys , golf is funny

[Zeph]

You can't do it in the fairway, but it can be done on the tee box. All you have to do is pick a general area you want to tee from, find the line, pick a target (broken tee, old divot, etc.) and place the ball on that line. You can't move something into your line, but you can adjust the ball to that line on the tee box.

Yeah, forgot to mention that. I always use this method on my tee shots.

1: Find a good place to take my stance 2: Find an intermediate target somewhere in front of where my ball will be 3: Crouch down behind this target and my desired target out on the fairway or green and place my ball so it aligns through both 4: Step back to check the alignment 5: Address the ball, looking at the intermediate target 6: Swing If I'm hitting a draw or fade, I use the intermediate target to align my body, and then just rotate the clubface slightly either way when I'm all set up and ready to swing.

[The Recreational Golfer]

On many of the courses I play, most of the time I just look for a place where I can tee off from a level stance, let alone teeing the ball behind an alignment spot.

I pick an alignment spot for every shot, from drive to putt, and like the OP find it easy to lose that spot if I take my off it for a moment. My solution is to put the clubhed down behind the ball square to a line connecting that spot and the ball. Now I have a reference to find the spot again after I raise my head to look at the target momentarily.