Important Make Up Of A Good Set Up

The most common problem I have seen at set up, is with golfers who have a comfortable starting position. From the very beginning of their golfing life, most players get into a comfortable set up position. And comfortable normally means its wrong. The majority of people spend all their lives standing up straight with their shoulders level, which is a mistake that can cause many poor shots.

Poor set up shoulders level!!

Golf is played with the hands at different levels on the golf club, the left hand being higher than the right (for right handed golfers) , and with both arms fairly straight this means that the shoulders can't be level. To allow the arms to be straight with both hands separate on the club, the correct technique is to tilt the spine away from the target. This can feel very awkward for someone who is not used to it. Although to get into the wrong shoulder level position, a player will have to tilt the spine toward the target. This incorrect starting position generally feels more comfortable

Correct tilting spine set up




This is quite an easy correction for a player to check, just a quick look into a mirror, (face on) can give the player enough feedback to create a good set up position time after time.