Golf Practice Drills for Alignment and Divot Evaluation
Golf Practice Drills for Alignment and Divot Evaluation
Golf practice drills instill sound golf swing basics and the proper golf swing movements into your golf game. Below are two of our favorite, PGA proven golf practice drills that will really help with your golf shot alignment and ensure solid golf ball impact.
Alignment Golf Practice Drill
BENEFITS: This golf practice drill promotes should be used every time you practice and helps engrain proper alignment technique for every golf shot.
1. For majority of golf shots, alignment procedure is the same:
a. Club face aimed along "target line."
b. Body position is parallel to target line along the "body line.
2. Aim club face toward intermediate target 1 to 2 feet in front of ball. Position body parallel to target line. To help visualize, think of standing on railway line.
3. When practicing, create an "alignment station" using 2 parallel clubs about 18" apart every time and place the ball in the middle. Use the clubs to ensure you are properly aligned toward your golf target.
Divot Feedback Golf Practice Drill
BENEFITS: This golf practice drill helps you evaluate your divot direction which indicates how well (and what direction) you are striking the golf ball.
To evaluate divots, lay down an iron to form target line and align a marker (ball or tee) parallel to the ball you will strike. A proper divot results when you first strike the golf ball, then the turf. Remember, a crisply hit shot results in a divot that starts after point of ball impact.
Setup and hit the golf ball. Evaluate the divot in relation to your target line and your marker ball. Key evaluation points:
1. A straight or slightly inside to outside divot (relative to target line) is ideal. The ideal depth of the divot should be should be 1/10 to 1/16 inch deep.
2. An inside to outside divot that points far right indicates too flat of a swing causing pushes or hooks.
3. An outside to inside divot indicates an over the top or too steep swing causing pulls or slices.