Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-22
BEWARE SLICING IN GOLF
CAUSES OF THE COMMON FAULT
AND HOW TO AVOID 1T.
A Club With Whippy Shaft or an
Iron Club With a Short
Socket
Walter Travis, In Country Life in America.

walter Travis. In Country Life in America
The one fault In golf most in evidence.
among the general run OF players is sl.cins.
mere Is another more common PERTAINS
but not so noticeable. and that is raising
the head fraction OF a second hefors
enthusiastically called taking one'.
eye of the ball
siicing, however. is different and springs
from variety of causes risidlng both in
the EIhye' and his clubs. For instance a
WOODEN cub with the lead Improperly set
.,-toWaFu the toe-or at wrong angle
win reference to the face-lying ofr-wlll
nave tendency TO slice. So also will any
, clup Win w,jrpy shaft or an iron club
win very short socket, Irrespective Of
shaft.
Now i3r the iau!ts which reside with the
player himself. Chief among these - an
improper grip. If the left hand be turned
owe: 100 much to the left a slice will in
| evltaoly result. unless a corresponding
ebange be made with the right hand by
turning IL over to the right.
Hands in Unison.
The more the left hand Is turned over 70
the right the greater Is the tendency to
pull. unless the right hand is at the same
ume correspondingly turned over TO the
lett. There Is point where both hands act
i "i'i'oii' ana IL should be the aim of every
player 10 find out his particular point.
irrespective of the relative position of tho
handle. balls may be sliced by gripping
hrmiy with the left and loosely with the
right, or tightly with the right and loosely
with the left
Again, apart from any question of grin.
heaps of balls SLICED by being hit Off
the heel Of the club. This is generally,
though not always, due to the player stand
ing too far away, and the fault arises from
thn al
effort TO reach the ball properly falling in
TO It. This may easily be cured by standing
a comfortable length away and by keeping
the weight of the body on the heels during
the whole course of the stroke.
Another very potent provocaton of sl'cing
is an improper stance-standing around too
much toward the hole. This particular sort
OF fault only fattens with what II feeds
upon. How often may you see the owner OF
a pronounced slice make allowance for the
slice he feels will assuredly come off IN tho
mistaken idea that he is doing something
to correct II.
Increases the Slice.
What does he dor He aggravates the
trouble by facing even more toward the
hole This simply causes the club to cut
more than ever across the ball.
The true remedy Is to reverse the pro-
cedure and turn his back more toward the
hole-just the exact opposite OF what he
thinks he ought to do. At first he will be-
inclined to scott at the suggestion and argue
that his ball will unquestionably go away
off to the right but It will not
If anything it will go to the left of where
he aims. Let a straight driver stand as If
he were about to drive to the extreme edge
of the right of the course. Now, ask him.
without changing his stance. to aim right
down the middle and ii a hundred to one
that the ball will go decidedly to the left.
Sill another cause OF slic.ns is getting
the hands away in front OF the club-due
to ls 1on vrfc N..,1,.
of this character may easily be corrected
by moving the hands back a coupe OF
inches from the normal position assumed in
the address. The better plan. however IS
to go a little deeper and endeavor to cure
the trouble by cultivating a proper swing
and correct timing.