One of the easiest ways to improve your accuracy? Stop aiming your body first.

In this guide from Scratch Golf Academy, golfers learn how to instantly improve shot accuracy by adjusting their alignment routine. Instead of positioning their feet and body first, players are instructed to aim the clubface squarely at the target before taking their stance.

• Aim your clubface directly at the target before setting your feet or body position.
• Build your stance and posture relative to the square clubface, keeping your body parallel to the target line.
• Avoid aiming your body first, which often leads to severe alignment errors and compensation swings.

Go deeper

• Off the rails — Causes, drills and coaches for this miss
• Alignment — The lesson, across every coach
• Scratch Golf Academy — Every video, sorted by what it teaches