Fundamental Pedal

POSTURE = How you stand over the ball when you are ready to "take a swipe" at it. Most people tend to bend their knees too much and bow from the hips too little.  When this is done, the club ends up being a straight lined extention of the arms.  NOT GOOD.  So these are the key factors in having good  golf posture :

1. An outfit that makes you look 10 pounds lighter.  :)
2. Feet shoulder width apart
3. Slight knee bend
4. Upper body bowing from the hips
5. Arms hanging straight down, on a perpendicular plane to the earth (they are where they would be if only gravity affected how your arms hung)

REASONS that these are key factors :

1. Looking good and feeling sassy!
2. Feet too far apart won't let you turn well and feet too close together, won't give you room to move your weight well.
3.  Neither knees bent too much, (sit you back on your heels) nor knees locked straight, will allow good weight movement.
4. Hunching ones shoulders is bad for swinging the club back well. Keeping your upper body in a vertical line with your lower body, encourages you to miss the ball completely, which is not that fun...unless it's a hot day and you need to create a little wind chill. :)
5. Your arms need to hang down, because it makes them more like hands on a clock, swinging from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock.  The ball sits at 6 o'clock, waiting to be hit.  If you swing them at any other "plane," it will be harder to hit that 6 o'clock ball!

These are common sense things that set you on the best course (pun intended), for a good swing.

Fore you,  Sue