During the Masters in April the tour pros will need to shape the ball to score well around Augusta. So instead of altering their swing mechanics for the tournament to shape the ball in one direction or the other, many tour pros will find it easier and more reliable to change their setup.
Here's how it’s done.
To draw the ball (with a right-to-left shape for the right-handed golfers), they will position the ball a little further back than normal in their stance, the ball will need to be positioned about centre of your stance with an iron and just forward of that for the woods. Then adjust your body alignment line so it's pointing slightly right of the target by dropping your back foot behind the position of your front foot, as I've demonstrated.
This closed body alignment promotes you to swing to the right of the target line through the hitting area, and the central ball position keeps the clubface pointing slightly right of the target at impact. So the ball can then start right and draw back because the face isn't pointing as far to the right as the swing path.
Doing the opposite changes will allow you to hit a fade. So by positioning the ball further forward in your stance than normal and setting your body alignment left of the target. This alignment will help produce an out-to-in swing path, with the ball position forward this will help in getting the club face pointing left of the target at impact. As long as the club face isn't pointing as far to the left as the swing path, the ball will then start left and fade right towards the target.
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