Like pretty much every golfer on the planet, I am big Jack Nicklaus fan.
I learnt so much from reading 5 timeless tips from the Golden Bear, and let’s be honest… who wouldn’t want to listen to advice from one of the best golfers of all time?
Learning how to aim in golf might seem like a pretty basic principle, but it’s so important to your ability to score well and navigate the golf course successfully.
Fortunately, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Russell Covey has a simple tip that all golfers can use to improve their alignment on the tee box – and it was used by Jack Nicklaus himself…
How To Aim On The Tee Box: A Simple Tip Used By Jack Nicklaus
Russell Covey
Russell’s students having notched up wins in the Spanish, French, Dutch, Scottish and English Amateur Championships and St Andrews Links Trophy. In 2021, he was named PGA Specialist Professional and PGA Specialist Coach.
You have 18 opportunities over the course of a round to perfect your set-up and alignment on the tee.
When you are on the tee box you still have the ball in your hand, so use that to your advantage.
Look for a discarded or broken tee (the pink castle tee in the image below) or an old divot mark, then tee your ball up behind it.
It’s important to consider what the rules say with regards to this process, as there is clear guidance on what you can and can’t do when using a secondary target for the purposes of alignment.
There is more on this at the bottom of this article, but the basic premise is that you can only use reference points that already exist on the tee box, so avoid dropping a club or alignment stick down as a target to hit over.
Ideally, your reference point should be no more than a club’s length away, just so you can see it out of the corner of your lead eye.
Jack Nicklaus did this for years – picking an already existing secondary target, like a small spot or mark on the ground, a few feet in front of his golf ball on his target line.
You can’t place the second tee on the ground for alignment purposes, but if there is something already on the tee box when you arrive… you would be foolish not to use it
(Image credit: Olly Curtis)
A lot of golfers are guilty of putting the tee in the ground first and then finding a secondary target…
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