Stance Width

[JtotheD]

I wanted to know what distance you guys had your feet apart, particularly guys over 6'-0" tall.

I always hear shoulder width or slightly wider but shouldn't taller guys have wider stances?

I always feel more comfortable with it wider, and it's easier to keep the weight inside the right leg on the backswing, but how much is too much??

[itzzzberny]

I wanted to know what distance you guys had your feet apart, particularly guys over 6'-0" tall.

i think if you have it too wide, you lose some of the "coil" effect. your power comes from the ground up... feet,legs,hips, shoulder,arms,wrists

[5ironDraw]

I'm not 6', like 5'10-11, and I used to keep my feet wide. I recently switched as I tended to pop drives up and lose distance.

Right now I'm using shoulder length, maybe a little less. I don't pop up my drives and lose my balance less on wedges.

[Ghetto P]

I read somewhere that you should always have your left foot in the same place, then move your right foot back as your club lofts go down. Or something to that effect. I'm sure it's in my Five Fundamentals book. Or my Jim Ledbetter book. Or my Harvey Penick book.

[tigerwoo]

Stance width = shoulder width... bottom balanced with top. Makes complete sense to me!

[Madoc05]

I feel the smaller the stance the smaller your swing, I have wider stance just outside my shoulders, i'm also 6' 1". Also helps if you flare your feet a little, helps you make a strong turn through the ball and helps you releasing you hips

[itzzzberny]

I feel the smaller the stance the smaller your swing, I have wider stance just outside my shoulders, i'm also 6' 1". Also helps if you flare your feet a little, helps you make a strong turn through the ball and helps you releasing you hips

i'm 5'8" and i also have a little bit of a bigger stance, maybe 1/2 or 1/4 inch in the back foot. make me feel more stable and helps keep my back leg bent in a little to help feel the coiling of the body...

[Logie]

Funny enough i was testing this out on the range yestaday. I was feeling awkward using my Driver/3 Wood and it was because my stance was too wide thus, restricting my should turn.

Being 6'5 and having bigish feet (UK 12) it did look very strange having my feet "Shoulder width" apart! But i felt it easier to rotate my shoulders

[supercow]

6 foot 2 inches. Stance is about the width of my shoulders. Problem with a wide stance is that you can't shift weight all that easily and you end up being all arms and shoulders. There is also a strong tendency to slide to shift weight. Problem with too narrow a stance is that it then becomes all rotation and becomes very easy to reverse pivot (at least for me) as well as making your swing plane too steep.

[Logie]

6 foot 2 inches. Stance is about the width of my shoulders. Problem with a wide stance is that you can't shift weight all that easily and you end up being all arms and shoulders. There is also a strong tendency to slide to shift weight. Problem with too narrow a stance is that it then becomes all rotation and becomes very easy to reverse pivot (at least for me) as well as making your swing plane too steep.

Yea im trying to find the middle for myself. I was taking a too wide stance with my woods and 3/4i. I was sliding accross and flipping my hadns over.

I also noticed with the narrow stance that i was reverse pivoting! Just got to find the middle

[Madoc05]

6 foot 2 inches. Stance is about the width of my shoulders. Problem with a wide stance is that you can't shift weight all that easily and you end up being all arms and shoulders. There is also a strong tendency to slide to shift weight. Problem with too narrow a stance is that it then becomes all rotation and becomes very easy to reverse pivot (at least for me) as well as making your swing plane too steep.

everyones saying sliding your hips are bad, but thats not the case, if anybodys been reading golf digest about stack and tilt they emphasize a hip slip toward the target and up. Doing this allows you drop your arms into the slot and transfer your weight to your front foot and cearing your hips for big powerful shoulder turn.

http://www.eagleparbirdie.com/502267.../stacktilt.jpg This is Arron Baddaley (sp) if you notice the start of his downswing is a hip slide, theres a better picture out there right now i just can't find it.

[supercow]

everyones saying sliding your hips are bad, but thats not the case, if anybodys been reading golf digest about stack and tilt they emphasize a hip slip toward the target and up. Doing this allows you drop your arms into the slot and transfer your weight to your front foot and cearing your hips for big powerful shoulder turn.

Me thinks that this is all relative.... For me, I know that if I start sliding too much I'll be blocking the ball around all day (not fun

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[Ringer]

I go by a "weight lifting" system.

For my wedges I picture myself picking 5 lbs off the ground. For short irons I picture 20 lbs. Mid irons about 40 lbs, long irons 60-70 lbs, and for off the tee 100 lbs.

[JtotheD]

I go by a "weight lifting" system.

Nice. I'll try keeping that in mind, I really think my problem has been lying in too fast of a hip rotation, resulting in the dreaded OOOOVAAAAA THA TOP.

I have been noticing once I bump the hips slightly then drop (slow down my swing, better tempo, etcc....) I have no balance issues....thanks for the replies though...

[wengerlaw]

I'm 6'4" and take a pretty wide stance (the inside of my feet are about even with the outside edge of my shoulders). A pro told me during a lesson that taller people should definitely have a wider stance, it helps you to keep your weight between your hips throughout the swing and helps keep your swing on a flatter plane. It also helps you get your weight over your back leg correctly during the backswing.