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This drill is start line focus.

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So when you're taking your stock swing that you're working on

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and trying to take it to playing to the course,

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it's always good to do something to make it more target oriented.

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So I've got three different versions laid out for you

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and I'll talk you through the setups for each of them

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and you can use them depending on your situation

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and your driving range.

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I'll go from the one that I think is the best

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for if you're struggling with path issues to the one that I think is the best

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if you're really getting ready for your tournaments.

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So the three different scenarios I've got my alleyway.

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So this is just, if I put a golf ball in the middle,

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I've got two alignment rods and I've got them a good distance away from the

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golf ball.

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So I'm not trying to be really picky here.

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It's mostly for the visual of where is this path of the club

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and where is this ball starting.

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So if I have these roughly aimed at my target,

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then what I can start to see is, well,

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compared to the orange lines on the ground,

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where is that blur of the club going and it helps me get a little bit more path

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focused

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down between here and here, because it gives me these spatial relationships

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for my eyes to orient it around.

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So I can use this for helping with my path,

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but I'm also going to be focused on where the face is,

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which is going to help me figure out where the starting line is going to be.

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The second option is I can take these two away

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and I've got a alignment rod,

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which you can put just kind of at the edge of the driving range mat

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or about a club length in front of you.

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So now I can kind of see it out of my peripheral,

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but I'm not super focused on it.

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What I'll be able to do is, as I'm taking my swings,

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I'll be able to see out of the corner of my eye

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where the blur of the ball is starting compared to that.

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And if I'm trying to hit a draw,

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I want it to be starting just off to the right of it,

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and then obviously it'll be curving back.

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Oftentimes, I hear players tell me that they're trying to hit a draw,

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but then when I do something like this,

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they tell me they're trying to hit it straight at the target.

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So then I'll say, well, does that mean you're trying to miss it left

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because a draw is going to curve for a right-handed golfer right to left.

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So this gets you a little bit more focused on the end goal

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of how you're shaping a shot, how you're seeing a shot,

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and most importantly, looking at where the start line is.

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That was one of Jack Nicholas's keys,

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and I used it a lot in my playing days,

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focusing on where is the ball starting,

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and then trying to, my best to control the curve,

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but I knew that controlling the curve was a little bit harder

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than controlling the start line, so I put more of my focus there.

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Now the last one, which is actually my favorite,

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it really depends on your driving range situation.

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If you're practicing there during peak hours

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and there's 150 people on the range,

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you're probably not going to be able to go out there

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and stick a target in the ground.

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But if you're practicing in the middle of the day

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and there's only a handful of people,

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find one of the ends of the range

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where there's not going to be a lot of potential to get hit,

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and then walk a stick out there 10, even 20 yards,

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and put the stick in the ground and then take all this away.

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So I've got a stick lined up pretty much right there,

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and what I would practice doing is practice getting the ball,

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so I'd aim like that was my intermediate target,

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and I'd practice taking swings trying to get the ball

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to start right of it and draw,

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or when I was working on the nine-shot drill,

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I would try to get it to start left and then fade.

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But this would help give me a visual reference

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as far as where am I getting the ball to start.

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So, again, it's a great setup.

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Three different versions you can use for when you're taking

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your stock full swing and you've been doing some of this

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mechanical practice, how can you make it a little bit more

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target focused and less mechanical and start bridging that gap

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on how to take your range swing to the course.