Golf Stance Quotes

I too often took golf’s capriciousness as its most maddening vice, but if I adjusted my stance and looked from another angle, its fickleness was the game’s greatest gift.

No, this was Bernhard Langer, a great many years ago. His golf ball was between a cart path and some bushes. It was not touching the cart path and was quite close to the bushes. In fact it was so close to the bushes that he could not take a proper stance if he played the shot his natural hand, right-handed. So, he decided to play the shot left-handed, which is his right. Or is it left? Anyway, to play the shot left-handed he would have to stand on the cart path. He argued, successfully, that as he would have to stand on the cart path he was entitled to relief. And, he got it. Once relief was taken, he now had room to hit the ball right-handed. Which he did. Remember, the rules will screw you if you let them, so know them well and you can get some shots back.  

relatively wide stance—about the width of my shoulders between my heels—and gradually narrow it as the clubs shorten and the swing force decreases, to probably only 6 inches with the wedge. I effect this narrowing simply by moving the right foot closer to the left. In that way I maintain a constant relationship of the ball to my left heel. As I narrow my stance, I also “open” it by setting my left foot

Let’s start with an exercise. Take your golf stance and close your eyes. For a few seconds, think of a situation that you’re afraid

Dhingra compares this focus to golf. He says, ‘My philosophy on capital allocation is similar to what happens in golf—focus on your stance and keep your eye on the ball (which for me is my business). When hitting the shot, don’t lift your head to look at the direction in which you want to hit; instead look at the ball. Then

Placing the clubhead in the center of the stance will make all swings more consistent.

You went through the same pre-shot routine before each shot that you would use on the golf course. Each time you step up to the ball, you pay attention to your setup. Is your posture the same? Are you gripping the club any differently? Where is the ball positioned in your stance? Where are your eyes focused? There is a specific technique you are trying to work on. Perhaps it's a rehearsed drill that your instructor gave you to address a swing flaw. You are focused on your target entirely before you hit the shot. Afterward, you pay attention to the result. Which direction did you miss? Do you think about why that might have occurred and what you can do on the next shot to adjust?

There is an important wedge shot to learn for close lies and winter fairways when the grass is dormant. Play the ball off the right foot. Close the blade until it is square to the line and the bounce of the blade does not touch the ground. Adjust your stance forward to compensate for direction. Put slightly more weight on the left foot. Strike the ball and the ground at the same time on the downswing.