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Shoulder Line Club Check

Freeze at address, lay a club across the front of your shoulders, and step back to see where the shoulder line is actually pointing.

Duration
6 min
Reps
15 checks
Equipment
club
Level
Intermediate

How to do it

  1. Take your normal address position and freeze.

  2. Without moving your body, hold a second club across the front of both shoulders.

  3. Look along the shaft to see where your shoulder line points.

  4. Adjust from your shoulders until it runs parallel to your target line.

  5. Reset and repeat the check 15 times.

Goal

Catch the shoulders being aimed somewhere different from the feet, which is where most alignment errors actually live.

Feel cue

Feel your trail shoulder sitting lower but not pulled back behind your lead one.

Mistake to avoid

Checking only your feet and assuming the shoulders follow — feet can be perfect while the shoulders are aimed thirty yards off, and it is the shoulders that set the path.

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