WHERE DO YOU AIM YOUR GOLF BALL?

I aim overe there somwhere

Par4QC Or, would it not be more important to understand how - more than where? Perhaps returning to a more civil discussion?

professor Not civil? It was a perfectly sound question. Wondering how these setups work for the posters.

Par4QC

I thought so. Somebody looking for a reason to be angry and pick a fight.

I do the Nicklaus thing sometimes. Reminds me of another thing I've heard of but never tried is if you want to hit the ball higher, focus on a spot higher in the distance, say a cloud or something,a tower whatever. Guys say it works but I never remember to try it.

Par4QC No, no - I'm misunderstood (my lack of clarity). The civility comment is in reference to another thread (the Kirkland balls).
With regard to alignment and aim, I'm just actually agreeing about 'where the ball goes' after alignment and looking to add more information in assessing, how - the ball flight, the divot give us feedback from which to learn.

If you try to align your body while you are set up to the ball you have to turn your head. This causes an optical illusion. The interim tat - drawing an imaginary line from your tgt back to the ball while you are behind your ball will be very accurate. The interim get a few feet in front of your ball serves to have your club face aimed directly down the sign. Step into the dress and align yourself based on where the club face is aligned. You will be aligned pretty well.

I didn't know it was a Nicklaus method, but I've been doing it this way for a long time now. Picking a target from behind the ball, use the shaft of the club to align it with 'something' a few feet in front of the ball, stepping around and aligning my clubhead to that target, then taking my stance based upon that clubhead alignment.

This does not mean I'm focused on the interim target after that though - as some people think. Once I've correctly aligned the head and taken my stance, my focus is once again on the true target. I take a little waggle and swing away.

I recall playing a round with a "Lefty9155" and a gentleman named "gwog". I had actually hit a decent tee shot and followed it with another decent approach, just on the right side of the green. However, this "gwog" dude had taken several still photos of the shot, from behind and then we reviewed the set-up, aim, and result. I had actually set up to the far right edge of the green. Unconsciously, I compensated and hit a very nice draw (without knowledge or intent) right onto the green.

It was a great illustration of the discussion in this thread!

Incidentally, as a road to better scores, I am focusing on improving my greens in regulation. In order to do that, I am trying to aim for the center of every green.

HOWEVER, the "center of the green" is really way too nebulous a target for my mind to latch onto. So, I look to see where the center of the green is, and then I focus on a very specific target that is distant to the green; like a tree trunk or the fireplace of a house. The more specific the target is, the better it works, at least for me.