Appleby LA Open

Stuart is swinging the club very well at the moment so there is no need to do any technical work. What we are working on for his preparation for this weeks LA Open is starting the ball down the correct line. There are a lot of illusions in golf because we are trying to play a precise target sport from side on. In the drill we are working on in the picture Apples has two shafts down pointing to the target on the target line. One behind the ball and one in front and another shaft standing up a few feet down the line. The object is to start the ball on line and hit the stick down the line. Often when we do this drill at first he will miss the shaft to the right until his coordination adjusts. But after two days of practice he managed to totally destroy the shaft we had sticking up vertically on the target line. The modern ball doesn't curve much in the air, so if you can start it down the correct take off line you will hit a lot of fairways and greens.