The feet having been properly placed, the right at twelve o'clock and the left at five to twelve, you do not dismiss them from your mind as being of no further account.  The feet remain active throughout the whole course of the swing.  It is the feet that motivate the swing.

  Nicely balanced in a position of readiness you should feel the weight running right through to the heels, but not to the extent that you find yourself rocking back on the heels.  With the weight evenly distributed on both feet, the flexed knees should be inclined slightly inwards.  There is no place in golf for bow-legged ness.  A tendency to the opposite extreme is better, but at all stages of the stance and the swing avoid exaggeration.  This is a pitfall against which a teacher has to guard, especially with a keen pupil willing and eager to learn.

  While warning against exaggeration I must stress that the inward flexing of the right knee is a vitally important feature of the stance.  Inward flexing means that this knee is turned in towards the ball, and while the weight will be equally distributed that part of the weight which the right foot has to bear will be mainly on the inside of that foot.

  I will have more to say on this when dealing with the back-swing.

  The right shoulder will settle comfortably below the level of the left.  After all your arms are both the same length and the right hand is below the left on the shaft. Hence the need for the right shoulder to be lower than the left for the arms to settle easily into position.

The balanced stance free from tension.  Knees flexed right to elbow below the left.  Arms neither cramped against the body, nor stretched to reach the ball.

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