With this grip, the toe of the club will tend to point toward the skywhen the shaft is roughly parallel with the ground (left). If your grip looks like Nick’s ,you can correct those mistakes by taking the club back so that when it’s parallel to the ground, the shaft should be roughly parallel to your toe line.
TAKE THE CLUB BACK INSIDE AND OPEN THE FACE
DRILL
Here’s another alignment rod drill—you can tell I like alignment rods—but this one requires a little more feedback than the rod can provide. If you’re an underplayer like Edmund, set the rod so it’s just outside your trail leg and stuck in the ground on your target line. Unlike Nick’s and Danny’s drills, this rod should be on a narrower angle, meaning closer to the ground. When you swing back, you want your iron’s shaft to glide along the rod, and that provides good feedback that you’re taking the club back properly inside the target line. But here’s the catch: The clubface needs to be opening, too, and that’s something you’ll have to monitor with your eyes and your feel. Try stopping around halfway back and see if the clubface is partially skyward.