Do one thing correctly in your golf swing and it will produce correctness in other areas as well. Do something incorrectly and this error will create incorrectness elsewhere in your swing. In that sense, golf is defined as a reaction game. Keep this in your mind at all times during your practice and playtime on the course.

In this regard, the alignment of the clubface is the most important factor in determining the behavior of every shot you make. Clubface alignment is critical because if the face of the club looks to the left or to the right of your target as you make impact with the ball, your instinctive reactions to the ball's flight will create errors in your swing path and angle of attack, while also impairing your clubhead speed.

When The Clubface Faces The Right Of The Target

Delivering the clubface looking to the right of the target at impact ("open" in golf terminology) promotes swinging the clubhead from outside to inside across the target line in an instinctive attempt to prevent shots from finishing to the right.

Swinging across the target line from out-to-in can create either a too steep (downward) or a too shallow (upward) hit. This incorrect angle of attack results in both fat or thin shots.

Third, the awkwardness resulting from a sense of incorrect angles inhibits free and forceful swinging, which also reduces the clubhead speed.

When The Clubface Faces The Left Of The Target

Delivering the clubface looking left of the target when impact occurs ("closed" in golf terms) promotes swinging the clubhead across from the inside-to-outside of the target line in an instinctive attempt to prevent shots from finishing to the left.

Swinging the clubhead in excess from in-to-out will flatten the angle of the clubhead's attack, frequently to the point where it strikes the ground before the ball, or has begun traveling upward at impact, again producing either a fat or thin shot.

When The Clubface Looks Directly At The Target

Delivering the clubface to the ball looking directly at the target ("square" in golf terms) promotes instinctively swinging the clubhead 'momentarily along' rather than across the target line when impact occurs.

When the swing path momentarily matches the target line at impact, the clubhead arrives at the ball at the proper angle, not too steep nor too shallow, and delivers the entire force of the blow directly forward.

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