Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-16
oIoWERFUL GOLF STROKE CAN RESULT
ONLY FROM A VERY STRONG GRIP
o.,tt Explains How the Grip Partly Reaxes During
Stroke While Hands , DO Not Change Position.
By JOHN ALBERT SCOTT

III ,.,sx when the wrists are drop
W W ~ s.rt at the top Of the swing
f'' " not mean that death grip
ihH ~ ..ten or maintained. The very
=, mat the wrists can oe pen. ,ree'y' ,,.
p.' '.s M ,ns hands kept in position. indicates
w ..,n q. 4 not too tight. The wrists
ne .roved to work as freely as Is
pu', ., with keeping proper tension.
'.o'.. amer in which tho wrists WORK VIII
Z .ste guide as to whether your grip
= me proper tishtness.
..ods must not be opened to drop
lne y hack OF the neck nor must the
DE cluV tisbt as to cramp the wrists
rip pe ",,an' ~ Ii is all matter of get
% 'ms m.,sc,ent control in the grip without
ips .s, 1ss grip. Certainly one must
po N.s,,snSth in the grip, for without IL
:, ,..Sser can be applied. -. ,-,-.-
" pv.1.cst careful observation has SHOWN
?, ,ssS vardon, Taylor and Braid DO
p. .noa the slightest change In the po-
49, a. their hands on the club 10 TAKE
IVA IVA ANY change In tension whlch may
~ p,are during the swing is uncoh-
,.,ouss Is inherent In the s"lns.
i1ous ,s,,oNlnr the track of the back
bs bs 80 n has been described 1t will be
,u,ns wv. - be perfectly easy and natural
l'1,. \. ns.r the hands always in close con-
y Win the club grip, and there VIII
~. ,. .,,scesslty Of opening them at. the
~ 5rcrs the club to the horizontal.
w are always I'm position TO do their
~ - exactly the proper time and no
s'n.sf ~ will be necessary after a little
mous ,ss Their work will be done in
'en'. ra nrsyent any misconception on the
49, of the opening of the hands, II Is
IN a say that without any conscious
ling a.,nz the left hand will slightly open
s,'s ', ~ back; /. e., the little and third
ssrsr will not be gripping so very firmly
!. n urevent this slight relaxing. The
,e,nt am trying to fix In mind IS the
ssnrsrsof trying to open the hands de-
lberatey.
..r ne "struck" from quite a different
.os,,Ion 10 that shown in the photographs
4 vardon, Braid, Taylor and Duncan,
NJ, as Taylor says, at may be game,
T., n il not golf" 1t may be that one
,sn set TO the position these men are In
4 ~ ton Of their stroke in way differ
=, from that which l have set forth, but
~ Nh have to waste energy to do so: will
hsye 10 force the club back into the right
,rsck somewhere during the swing, and
I'm thus lose the smooth action so nee
,.ssry to timing the stroke.
11e great feature of Vardon's play is
M exceeding smoothness of his stroke.
There Is no waving of his club anywhere.
4 roes direct to the top Of the swing and
a directly back to the ball. The swing 1
nave Indicated will take the club to the
iop Of the swing smoothly and easily, and
viii piac6 one in a position to deliver the
wing al the ball with power and snap,
Il ne has followed the track and has not
allowed the tension to relax.
The tension is momentary, 1t cannot lie
sustained for an appreciable time, but
nevertheless It must be distinctly felt at
the top Of the swing,
While the golf stroke is made with all
he power that can be applied, this power
q limited and controlled by the condi-
lions II is in no sense a slugging propo-
,iion, but a swinging blow, or hit, with
lot Of snap in II just at the ball.
Before one Is ready for the down swing
he should accustom himself to the grip;
once acquired 1t will be perfectly easy
md comfortable. A feeling of control
lnd unity of action of the hands Is ell
rendered, and II will never be discarded
as witness the greatest players in the
world.
The stance should be taken carefully
md correctly until habit will cause one
% take II instinctively when addressing
he ball
Then the motions of the back swing