The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
IN GOLF.
some Causes OF . Common Fault How 10
Avoid It.

Avoid It,
The one fault In golf most in evidence
among the general run Of players Is slicing.
saws Walter Travis In Country Ltfe N
America. There is another more common
perhaps but not so noticeable. and thai 10
raising the head a fraction OF a second
before Enthusiastically called taking
ones eye on the ball.
Slicing, however. Ii different and springs
from a variety Of causes, risiding bo<h in
tho PLAYER and his clubs. For instance. a
wooden club with the lead improperly
set in-toward the toe-or at a wrong angle
with reference to the ~face-lying on-wi!
nave a tendency to slice So also Will any
club with a whippy shaft or an iron CLUB
with a very short socket. irrespective OF
shaft.
Now for the faults which reside with
the player himself. Chief among these Is
an improper grip. II the left hand be
turned over too much to the left a slice
will inevitably result, unless a corresponding
change be made with the right hand by
turning 1t over to the right.
The more the left hand is turned over
TO the right the greater is the tendency
to pull. unless the right hand is at the
same time co~rrespondingly turned over
to the left. There is a point where both
aim of every player to find out his particular
Irrespective Of the relative position Of
the hands, balls may be sliced by gripping
firmly with the left and loosely with the
right; or tightly with the right and loosely
Again, apart from any question Of grip.
heaps Of balls are sliced by being hit on
the heel Of the club. This is generally.
though not always. due to the player
standing too far away, and the fault arises
from this very circumstance. h player In
the effort to reach the ball properly falling
in to It. This may easily be cured by
standing a comfortable length sway and
by keeping the weight Of the body on the
heels during the whole course OF the stroke.
Another very potent provocative OF slicing
Is an improper demonstrating around
too much coward the hole. This particu-
lar sort Of fault only fattens with b
it feeds upon. 10 often may you Geo
the owner Of a pronounced slice make
allowance for the slice he feels will as
he is doing something 70 correct II.
What does he do2 He agEravates the
trouble by facing even more toward the
hole. This simply causes the club 20 cut
more than ever across the ball.
The true remedy 10 TO reverse the pro-
SSNaeAO .Ae btAs ~ SV@h
the ~hoIe-just the exact opposite Of what
he thinks he ought 10 do. At first he will
be inclined TO SCOT at the suggestion and
argue that his ball will u~nquestionably
go away Sf 70 the right; but 4. .ill not:
he aims. Let q straight driver stand as
IL he were about to drive to the extreme
edge Of the right Of the course. Now, ask
him. without changing his stance, Z aim
right down the middle, and IFS q hundred
20 one that b ball will 20 decidedly TO the
left.
Still another Gauss OF slicing n estting
the hands away In front Of tho club-due
TO not utilizing the wrists properly. Faults
Of this character. may casily b oorreoted
by moving the hands back ? ooupe Of
in the address. Ths better plan, however.
10 TO 60 q htte deeper and endeavor 10
cure tho trouble BY cultiva ting Q proper
swing and correct timing.