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Step 1
Think of sides of your body not in terms of left and right but leading and trailing. Thus a lefties' leading shoulder is the right shoulder and the trailing is the left. Whenever a right-handed instruction talks about "left," it is actually talking about "leading," and for a leftie this is the right side.
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Step 2
Use the same principles of alignment used by right-handed golfers. Begin your pre-shot routine standing behind the ball. Pick your target.
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Step 3
Draw a line from the golf ball to the target. Pick a spot on the ground roughly two feet in front of the ball that falls on this line (the "intermediate" target).
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Step 4
Address the ball while focusing on the intermediate target. Square your club head to the intermediate target. As you set up, the intermediate target is what you're aiming at.
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Step 5
Align your stance. Feet, hips and shoulders should be parallel to the line from the ball to the intermediate target.
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Step 6
Shift your focus from the intermediate target to the real target by glancing at it. For a leftie, your shoulders, hips and feet will appear to be aimed slightly right of target.
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Step 7
Remember that being lined up directly at your target always looks as though you are lined up slightly in the direction of whatever side of the ball you stand on. You are aimed a bit differently than the ball is. You don't hit a ball standing behind it, you hit it while standing to one side or the other.
