what's up with that?

[tembolo381]

you guys ever notice when zach johnson addresses to hit the ball....he's got the ball way off the toe of the clubhead....then he swings and hits...what's up with that whacked alignment?

on the same note....luke donald has it way on the heel of the club before he swings.

What you guys think about that? to me it would seem that they have to compensate in order to get the ball out of the middle of the face.

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  tembolo381 said:

you guys ever notice when zach johnson addresses to hit the ball....he's got the ball way off the toe of the clubhead....then he swings and hits...what's up with that whacked alignment?

Fuzzy Zoeller has always set up with the ball off the hosel. It may not be a compensation as much as it is just knowing the tendencies of their swing in order to get square impact. Zoeller sets up with his hands extremely low at address and somewhat bent over. But as he's coming into the hitting area he starts straightening and rising up which pulls his clubhead in closer to his body than at address. Zack Johnson has a swing plane that's more Hoganesque with a club head path that's inside to out with a lot of extension which lengthens his swing to have solid contact. A number of pros throughout the ages have set up with it either off the toe or heel. When it's out on the toe it's basically a reminder to them to get the club head path going inside to out and back to inside for solid ball contact. I know some pros with bad hook tendencies under the gun to set it up on the heel to remind them to make more of a "cutty" type swing by clearing their hips quickly to the left and then letting the arms and club head follow along that line.

[Klew]

I do notice that, and I do the same thing with my driver. Always address at the toe, don't know why I do it but it make it go straight.