Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
As we have established that golf is a target oriented sport similarly to archery and rifle shooting. One of the differences we might have in golf is that the target and the target line are not always exactly the same thing. So the targeting golf is generally going to be the fly or the middle of the fairway. While sometimes the middle of the green is going to be a fairly defined point certainly should be defined point you shouldn't just be aiming for somewhere down there. You'll probably aim for we want to go for a fairly specific point and aim at it. The next consideration is that the target line is not always the same as the target and this might be because for a couple of reasons. First reason might be just the wind if my target is the red flag that's where I want the ball to finish but the wind is coming very aggressively from right to left my target line might be the white flag I might be aiming at the white flag my feet my club face my swing everything set to put the white I had a shot straight at the white flag the wind hits it and blows of the cross and puts it nicely next to the red flag.
So that could be an example of my target on is different from my target line. I might also consider that if I have a particular shape of shot let's say for example I drop the ball and I draw the ball quite aggressively from right to left my target again is the red flag my target line again is the white flag I aim at the white flag hit the best shots. I can aim at the white flag knowing that my draw shot will move it into the red if I aim the red flag knowing that I have a right to left shape or could end up in the pond or in the bunker with the left hand side of the screen. So it's really quite important you understand the difference between target and target line and you appreciate how they apply to your golf and how they apply to way you should be aiming and what you should be expecting to see the ball do when you want to be striking.
2017-05-04 Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
As we have established that golf is a target oriented sport similarly to archery and rifle shooting. One of the differences we might have in golf is that the target and the target line are not always exactly the same thing. So the targeting golf is generally going to be the fly or the middle of the fairway. While sometimes the middle of the green is going to be a fairly defined point certainly should be defined point you shouldn't just be aiming for somewhere down there. You'll probably aim for we want to go for a fairly specific point and aim at it. The next consideration is that the target line is not always the same as the target and this might be because for a couple of reasons. First reason might be just the wind if my target is the red flag that's where I want the ball to finish but the wind is coming very aggressively from right to left my target line might be the white flag I might be aiming at the white flag my feet my club face my swing everything set to put the white I had a shot straight at the white flag the wind hits it and blows of the cross and puts it nicely next to the red flag.
So that could be an example of my target on is different from my target line. I might also consider that if I have a particular shape of shot let's say for example I drop the ball and I draw the ball quite aggressively from right to left my target again is the red flag my target line again is the white flag I aim at the white flag hit the best shots. I can aim at the white flag knowing that my draw shot will move it into the red if I aim the red flag knowing that I have a right to left shape or could end up in the pond or in the bunker with the left hand side of the screen. So it's really quite important you understand the difference between target and target line and you appreciate how they apply to your golf and how they apply to way you should be aiming and what you should be expecting to see the ball do when you want to be striking.
