By Chuck Evans
Special Contributor |
The "Aiming Point" completely replaces the golf ball and it is a
spot where you direct your hands.
An example of an "Aiming Point" would be in a greenside bunker. The player is
trying to hit a spot behind the ball instead of the ball. This is an "Aiming
Point."
You can also use "Impact Hand Location" but whichever you choose the spot is
always along the base of the plane. Players with faster hands need to play the
ball farther back then do players with slower hands - so this would indeed
change their "Aiming Point."
But a general rule of thumb is with a wedge the "Aiming Point" is in front of
the ball, with a 5 iron it's at the ball and with a driver it is slightly behind
the ball.
Now behind the ball doesn't mean you "swing up" it simply means from your
perspective when you look down. If your hands are over the left foot at Impact
with all three of these clubs and the only thing that has changed is the ball
position then you'll see what I mean.
Visually the right forefinger - which is what you monitor both aiming and the
sweetspot with - has not changed but will appear to have moved because of the
ball location changes.
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