So again we have a small matter of bone-structure presenting a problem which some will be unable to solve.  Such people must leave the left elbow inside uppermost and learn to take care against a tendency to drag the left hand over and off-line at and immediately after impact.

A left elbow set-up you should try to avoid. 

The object of setting the elbows in the way I have described is to bring the right arm "inside" the left in the address, which is how we want it at impact.  In other words the left arm is further away from the body than the right.

  This enables the right arm to fold more readily into its position on the backs wing and helps in keeping the right arm in the downswing behind and not over the master left arm.  This in turn serves to bring the club head into the ball from the inside.

  The correct elbow-set at address lessens the danger of the club head being opened or closed in the movement away from the ball, but I shall have more to say about this when dealing with the backswing.  One final word of warning.  Beware of letting the left hand move over the shaft in your effort to achieve the correct set of the left elbow.

  We have dealt entirely with the square stance where the feet are set parallel to the intended line of flight.  Variations to the stance and form of addressing the ball are simple when carried out correctly.  They become complex only when needless and harmful body adjustments are made.

  As you go through to the more lofted pitching clubs the stance will require to be opened, by the simple expedient of drawing the left foot back from the intended line of flight.  To close the stance draw the right foot back.

  Incidentally, a slightly closed stance is favored by a number of top players for the playing of the longer shots.  It is entirely a matter for the individual.

  Opening or closing the stance calls for a simple movement of one foot or the other.  Just when these simple variations are needed you will learn with experience, the general idea being to open the stance to fade the ball and close it for draw.

  Do not shuffle round with the feet and body as so many people do.  All they are doing, in fact, is setting up another square stance, sloppy variety, on a different line from the one they intend to send the ball on.

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