Golf Stance - Types
How you stand, as discussed in the good Golf Stance and Ball Flights sections, affects the direction of your Golf Ball. Your feet should be perfectly aligned with your target. Pulling your foot away from the target will cause you to have a Slice or a Fade. Pulling it closer will have a similar bad effect. The direction where the Clubface is pointing also has a great effect on Ball Flight. When you set up, make sure that you are aiming with the bottom groove of the Clubface. Note that the Golf Club is designed with a sloped top edge which is actually aiming at the left of the target. Here are the Types of Golf Stance based on how your feet are aligned with the target:
Square Stance
In this type of Golf Stance, your feet and the Clubface of your Golf Club are all directed towards the target. The toes of both feet are parallel to the target and the Clubface should be perpendicular to the target.
Open Stance
For this Golf Stance, your left foot or the foot closest to the target, is pulled away while the shoulders are still in line with the target. This type of stance usually leads to a Slice or a Fade because the force comes from the outside-in and because of the left-to-right direction of the Golf Ball. This Type of Stance is most useful for Chip Shots.
Closed Stance
To achieve a Closed Stance, the left foot or the foot closest to the target, is moved towards the imaginary line. It may appear that you are aiming to the right. Your shoulders and feet are pointed straight ahead but you are pointing to the right of the target. The result of this Golf Stance is a right-to-left spin of your Golf Ball since you are hitting it from the inside-out.
For the Golf Stance and the entire Golf Set-Up, the distance between your feet and ball position will need to be changed depending on the type of club you use. For the short Irons, your ball needs to be positioned at the center of your feet. Using long Irons and the Five-Wood will require you to put your ball just in front of the center of your feet. For long Woods - including the Driver, the ball is positioned just inside your front foot. In these cases, the Clubface should be square to the target line on the Downswing.
The longer the club, the wider your stance should be. Using the Driver will require you to have a wider stance while using short Irons will require you a narrower stance. Shoulder-width stance will be advisable for the Five-Wood and long Irons.
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