The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

inches to the rear ~ the LETT. and this state.
has been successfully t%tayersed by careful oh
eervation made at one Of the CHAMPIONSHIPS q
few years ago, the observer placing himself at
the tee and taking note, among other things, OF
dRs positi % q ,bo tho o., feet Of each 81 PLAYER and I'm, the
drawn from the left foot.
OF course no better opportunity thane cham.
pionship gouih present ITSELF Tor such oIserva.
mind. very. conclusive. II was found that the
majority q players drove on from The tee with
left, and my own experience Of professionals Is
dramatically opposed % the 'Badminton' pro.
referred to was to show that. while no law can
be laid down for all golfers, the Stance, OF
right foot In front suits very many more Of the
crack players than does any other position.
That the right foot In front must be the
able result Of Il c6nsideratlon Of the matter. be.
cause this position. of all others, enables the
Bpff rG 1b Of . 9rdiIGGgy nml hr t" 'Ti REL the :, ; II. , Sgi
which every ono may decide for himself, WITH;
left yo 18th fur behind them; and players who
soiiiity Of iSsi has manifested itself, and the
inn,scies have been set for many q long year.
ing Of the arms across the. body, inward, thus
bringing about n serious slice. which on many
The position Of right foot in front gives a more
orcn, 'itance, than the alternative style ady,o.
S SHms d I" H 20 tS.IS g;ll freedom seldom S for lqn sroGd ,se
an.,i, "a I... 4, -, n1 ~ ls
renc,l. and The right foot in front attitude gives
rls ,ThG i,d next /. question u ttont 4, :, Hoy ,Es 69E: should W i,hs
stroke only. | id Doubt 1T whether ih"Sthh VwilIniee' Dunn nrSEs or
inGh one @n t flse ,G Gnp n t"G e.. trst with 1T, ,S eye . hGi ! an
half an inch Is practically nothing Mt all. and
without irawing a chalk line it is quite i'm
%]Ts,SSr f2 Gis " feet G are in i nay or to oh ha' (. In IN f 'TGG
or The. other. Nor would tho placing OF the
rriJmt foot o1t half an inch II front Of the left
| swing. Without much fear of sroilinp the
d sEpniH ri of any ny, enc follow iHG my advice l
ANOTHER important thing !. the position OF
The n9ii in reference I? the l"tt foot. The re-
wns In show TINT the largo number of plnvers
drove OF with the hall nearly enough midway
Indicating midway. bet wcn the two feet. Some
players hnNc, Che ball, nearly midway %bctwcen
the last named, position IL Mr.. J. T.. l.hidlav.
who; whGtSyer his fortune in the e. amrionslig
%nlnyers, where he has been for some years.
tbs I'M rn TIlav ,h. ; MaTI bci a oril,,ant cSception to
from off the left toe. and no player, he he pro-
:essional or amateur, brings OF more won
again, notably MIR. A. b. Blyth. play with tho
ball so far hack that it seems improbable that
hut Mr.. .Blyth's driving leaves little to I've de.
sired. The position of the ball Is no doubt
S fdSt in rr rcini Sn to- BY the tn2 Ie}Ft position of the right
81 have often thought out tn myself what I
disoereeable position Of having to teach one N to
drive. Among causes which tend to keen
IRE to follow through with the arms. Ky plac-
Ing navel snG m GSiI WI X lr SHrS from, +" .w ,ns l LEFT , i"G, t Ihe
tier hGck tprovidcd he vas prevented from
irving to add TO his swing Ivy swnvine the body
~ nr'gtir" t'Mt is f.,nl e accuracy, while
NJ, cssary to reach well out to get +, away. Per-
sonailv | incline entirely to tn" results NJ
Tall bac'k; from The lett foot "no-f"uirth rough
" sreakjng! of the distance lctwccn the TWO
It is safe 70 observe until experience enables
one to strike out IA bold line for oneself.
PRESSING.
Before We leave the drive from tie tee there
is one essential point upon which Willie Dunn
md Mr.. Hutchinson seem 10 me to differ which
has not been previously indicated. Dunn was
asked when the pressing should ,,cgln in the
eighteen inches from The ball. IL BAD inton''
are told to swing the rluL and sweep the ball.
as i were: off The tee i the sWinc
graceful or more pleasing ;H to the Ihe'n roIfc Is m tSap
This sweeping Of the ball off the tee. The nc
tion ,aiways draws froHn the spectator some re
holl was propelled; hut do not think that the
his,amc" thgs nohieved is O. great as viii he
~ the ball is nearrd. Indeed. | am ont.
I~nt that all hig drives are accomplished bv
i"'' '''. -H'li 'F"iiS u hl"tyS w ms
learner. | strictly ,enioin n swing that is
styaIy in its Upward m,"yemcsnt, aaI Quite as
i" obtained. The golfer could learn a valuable
rection; But the finish Of the stroke may he
as rapiI, as the PLAYER can make it. for then
his club il not likely to Gcviatc from the line it
In 'Bndminton' and every other instruction
book book one .hG comes across one j. cnioined not 10
the ball are the two things TO paste in your
hat. BY pressing is mean. hitting as hard as
aGnin intrndes with his leas,ly facts. which
players were indiyisipIe; they nll hit tile bali
wisely eniolns the novice not to press. hut his
own pur r Up lips when driving tell the on.
the player can put into lis club. have. more.
oyeT' convinced mvse.f thnt when a ball is living
will come of better by putting in his full powers
than by sparing his shot.
II should he most resisted. viz. where the ball
is lying badly and the player becomes i'm
p5GosIdw mhst the con rlCt that s., some SUPER,
away. That is when he presses and comes to
For the fully formed player the motto of
thst giant driver: DougIes ROLAND must be
land, ! always press"
POSITIONS ron DIFFERENT CLuBs.
Willie Dunn laid II down how the PLAYER
should advance his right toe half an inch at a
time for each club on tho way down from driver
to iron. | have already given my opinion on
Tue l~ialt-inch measurement theory. Willie
Dunn'S stance for a slant approach shot
would vary about two inches In the position OF
the right foot from his stance for the drive.
That is practically no ditercnce.at all. WI
lie Dunn''s theory IS quite opposed to practice
here. Whatever may be the relative merits
Of the long game between amateurs and pro-
lessionals. the last named are certainly Mt
their GcSt at the short game; and one might
play n long time before meeting with n pro-
tessional who made n hnlt- iron shot with his
right foot advanced but two inches in front Of
left, The distance would he much nearer
twc!ve inches, and | could produce instances
where 1t is considerably more. In making a
approach the player places himself
u three quarter face to the hole; Tor the three ,
quarter iron shot the stance Is midway be- :
tween that for the short iron and the drive.
In putting | should feel inclined Ia allow
greater latitude of style than AZ any other de-
OF the game, provided that, by
putting, the actual hOling out from ordinary
I%oling'out distance is understood. Players
put from or the right toe ana from every In
.ermelia'e position between that and In front
II the left toe--Mr. LRidlay's position. But
he lutn lngipnar NNl,n Nvunts tn fnLna sI.,,t 80,