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Be Precise if you use an Intermediate Target  Email this Article to a Friend
An intermediate target is a point between your ball and your primary target. Some players use a divot in the fairway or or a discoloration on the green, others, a blade of grass. Players use an intermediate target to set the orientation of their club and stance to their primary target. In the foreground of this illustration is the aluminum triangle I use to check a player's aim in my golf schools. Once the player addresses the ball and assumes their set up, I slide the aluminum triangle against the putterhead. The cut out in the back of the triangle allows me to place the triangle against the putter without moving the ball away from the putterface.(see ball in illustration.) I then pull an elastic string in a straight line down a slot on top of the triangle and I can determine exactly where a player is aimed. (By the way, part of the school curriculum and goals for putting is to get a player aimed at a toothpick from 4 feet. It is very simple with a few fundamentals in place.) This illustration shows a golf tee pushed into the green and the string line going over the center of that tee to the center of the hole. If you would like to see the effect of moving the string from center of the tee to the right side and then the left side, view the images if you would like to see the effects. Whatever you do, be blade of grass precise with intermediate targets. The same thing happens when I move the string line to the left edge of the tee. I miss the hole completely. You can imagine what happens if I have 150 yards to the green or a driver in my hands on a tee box and I pick an intermediate target 1 to 3 feet in front of my ball one-half the width of a tee and use that as my target line. I will likely set up well left or right of my primary target. One of the first thing I look at in a lesson with a Tour Player is alignment. Alignment is a major problem for most players. This is one of four alignment fundamentals that will create changes in club swing path and ball flight or roll. I will cover the other three in my future tips section and newsletter. I cover alignment principles in my golf schools. Within an hour we have every student perfectly aligned to their target consistent with their measured body lines. The 3 additional alignment fundamentals simply require practice on the range. If you would like to subscribed to my monthly newsletter, there is an icon at the top right corner of the home page of this web site. All you need to do is put your email address in the space provided and you will get monthly updates on these tips. Thank you for following the Mind Under Par site. In this illustration, I moved the string line to the right side of the golf tee. The distance from the ball to the hole in this picture is 9 feet. The golf tee is 12 inches in front of the ball, a very reasonable range for an intermediate target.
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