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 A
closed stance gets you
‘chasing’ down the line
I hit the ball best when I have the feeling of the right
side of my body firing hard through impact as the left side gets
out of the way. The drill you see here goes a long way towards
giving me that feeling in my swing – that's why I spend so
much time practising it.
In fact, my good friend Mark McNulty often plays all of his clubs
with a slightly closed stance, because he feels that doing so
helps to guard against moving the hips out of the way too quickly
on the downswing.
 The
key to the drill is again to focus on swinging through the ball,
not viciously at it. And when you do so, because the ball is forward
in your stance, you will get a terrific feeling of ‘chasing’
after it with the right shoulder. Try to keep the left side of
your body quiet as you feel yourself turning your right shoulder
over the ball. Your goal is to enjoy a free-wheeling sensation
as you sweep through impact to produce a string of crisply-struck,
wonderfully straight shots.
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HOW TO... Rehearse the closed-stance
drill
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Take your regular stance, but adjust it by moving your
left foot a little closer to the ball and slightly behind
it
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As you pull your right foot back, your hips will be slightly
shut, but make sure that your shoulders are square to your
target line
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Sense that your lower body is passive as you focus on turning
your shoulders to create a solid swing
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