This blurs the mental picture of the intended stroke and frequently builds up tension.  It is the reason why so many mediocre players vary their grip on the club from one shot to the next without even realizing it.

  Get the club-face and grip squared up BEFORE you place your feet in position.

  And having done this in the correct order you will set your feet (for a straightforward shot) parallel to the intended line of flight just wide enough to take the width of your shoulders when using the driver.  The weight should run through from the soles to the heels of both feet.

  Bend forward from the waist, don't lean, slightly flexing both knees.  A glance will enable you to check that the club face is lined up squarely and here I would raise a point about which many people have a wrong conception, especially where iron clubs are concerned.

  The front bottom edge, or leading edge of the base of the iron club, is the one with which you line-up, not the top edge. This front bottom edge must be set at right-angles to the proposed line of flight.  Do that and the blade will be properly squared up.  Many players feel, quite wrongly, that in this position the face of the club is open.  Nothing of the sort.  It is square, the position you want.  Make sure you get it, but NOT by turning your club head AFTER you have settled your grip.  If necessary you must move away from the ball and re-apply your grip so that with the bottom, or leading, edge squared to the intended line of flight your hands, too, are squared up with the two "V"s pointing to a spot between the chin and the right shoulder.

  Your club is now properly set at the back of the ball.  You are standing square to the proposed line, bending from the waist (in which case your back will be straight, as it MUST be) with your knees flexed.
Set the right foot square to the line, that is, pointing to twelve o'clock, and turn the left toe slightly out, pointing to five to twelve.  With a driver the ball will be on a line drawn at right-angles from the inside of the left heel.

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