Xander Schauffele’s clever trick to square the clubface at all times

Xander’s trick for a square clubface

As Schauffele searched for answers on his case of the lefts, his father, Stefan, suggested he take a look at the angle of his clubface at setup. Schauffele insisted he wasn’t setting up with a closed face, but when he actually got around to measuring it, he was shocked at how closed his clubface actually was.

“He put this glove box down and tells me to put my face down behind it,” Schauffele said.

With the straight edge of the box as a checkpoint, Schauffele could finally see how closed his face actually was at address.

“I was like, ‘Holy smokes,’” Schauffele said. “This looks like a butter knife. It just looks awful.”

After months of playing with a closed face at address, having the clubface actually square at address looked like it was wide open. In reality, though, the face was perfectly square.

“I played with what felt like a face that was wide open,” Schauffele said. “I did trust through that objective measurement that that was right and it was square, though.”

If you’re struggling with a persistent miss, take a page out of Schauffele’s book and lay a glove box (or any other straight edge) down behind your clubface at address. The fix may be as simple as getting a square clubface at address.