[12 piece bucket]

Using yellow or orange driveway markers available at Lowes I select a distant target on the range. Then I establish a plane(target)line with the orange dowels. I use two in front of the ball and one behind. I use a forth to align my feet. Then I place a orange dowel in the ground vertically out in front of the furtherst dowel down the plane line. Then I place a Noodle(used in swimming pools and water sports) over the vertical dowel. This places it about 7 or 8 feet in front of the ball location. The goal is to hit the golf ball into the noodle. What was surprising to me was how far left of the target it appeared. I have used to vertical dowels and tried to hit ball thru them but never a big vertical target. I have always tried to visualize the plane line going to target and beyond but the big vertical made me realize I perceived the target to the right of where it was. Obviously those laser sticks would help but this is cheap. So I now have the plane line to trace, the magic of the forearm, the alternate target line to consider, aiming point, stepping into the ball left foot right foot squaring to target. setting the club with the left arm to adjust shoulder height, ball distance etc. Then putting the right hand on making sure I don't change my alignments. After all this I should be driving straighter using these left hand striker guides. . In fact at the range today I aimed at a number of targets and hit it succesfully at them. Tomorrow I play and we will see how many balls I loose. Jeff had set this up at Cuscowilla and I missed it. Also I guess you could throw balls at the noodle or even your club.

Got it now . . . so basically the pool noodle thingie is your start line reference . . . reckon you could start it left or right of it and hit curves back to the target as well no?