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IMAGINE A WINDOW, AND THEN BREAK IT
MORIKAWA: Most golfers aim based on where they want their ball to land – they lock onto that spot. But all golfers have shot shapes they need to account for, and when I focus too much on where I want the ball to finish, my natural left-to-right shape gets too severe on its way to getting there. That causes me instinctively to start aiming more and more left without realising it, and the result is a big, wipey fade that’s hard to control. To fix that problem, I learned to aim where I want the ball to start, not finish. I think of the fairway as a hallway, and my start line is a window at the beginning of that hallway that I want to fire my ball through. because it forces me to commit to my start line and shot shape. If you use it, you will rein in those really curvy drives that are tough to keep in the fairway – even when they land there. I like this aiming technique better
KEEP ON-COURSE THOUGHTS EXTERNAL
else is thinking about themselves – how to take the club back or how to shift weight, etc. Don’t get me wrong; pros have swing thoughts, but when we’re on the course, all that matters is creating the feels needed for the shot we’re trying to produce.
A big difference between pros and amateurs is the emphasis of their focus – external (pros) versus internal (amateurs). When we’re taking the club back, we’re focused on the target. We’re reacting to something outside of ourselves. Everyone
54 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024
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