Think of how a rifle is aimed. The barrel of the delivery system at short range is pointed right at
the target. Look down the barrel (or sighting device) with the sighting eye. When the barrel is
lined up with the target, fire! In golf, if the eyes, feet, hips or shoulders were the delivery system
(equivalent to the gun barrel,) one would aim them at the target. But they are not. The delivery
system (the clubhead) can be positioned on a line as far as two-and-a-half feet in front of the
sighting device (the eyes).
The eyes have a different perspective than the clubhead or even the left shoulder,which is a
primary controller of the clubhead's path. The eyes view the shot from a place in-between the
clubhead and shoulder. The fact that the right eye is farther from the shoulder line than the left
eye when your head turns to look at the target may be part of the reason that right handers
frequently aim their shoulders too far to the right. They are trying to put their shoulders on line
with what their sighting eye sees as it looks from its perspective.
Now, add that to the fact that the positioning of the feet, knees and hips has an influence on the
alignment of the shoulders at impact, and it is easy to understand why even the greatest players in
the world have one question they ask teachers more than any other, "Where am I lined up?" If
they have trouble with aim, then certainly the average golfer will. Aim is one of golf's most
important fundamentals. Strangely enough, it takes the least amount of natural talent but requires
the greatest amount of attention.
The aiming of the left shoulder is, indeed, important to anyone trying to make a pure golf
swinging motion. When employing this swing style, the direction the clubhead travels will be
influenced by where the shoulder is aligned prior to impact because the shoulder will tend to
return there. That alignment in a pure swinging motion influences the direction in which the left
arm is moving. The swing path tends to follow the shoulder alignment. Those who make a
free-swinging motion with no manipulation should definitely align their shoulders at address
parallel to where they want the clubhead to travel.
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