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View the Target Correctly to Lift Your Game By Doug Breuer, PGA Teaching Professional, Senior Instructor, Dana Rader Golf School
Photos by Ray Sepesy
Doug Breuer
WATCH YOUR FAVORITE PRO AND NOTE that the right shoulder and right eye are lower than the left at the finish of the swing. Eyes and shoulders are on plane, and that is the same way they look at the target in the address position as well. If you tend to hit the ball left or slice, you may be aligned or looking at the target incorrectly. The alignment
process of the body in relationship to the target line (figure 1A) needs to be understood. The target line is the line you want the ball to roll or fly on. Keep in mind that we stand inside the target line at your stance line (figure 1B), which
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