The Washington times., 1915-09-19
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inch Of tee. A lot Of players believe
that top-sawyers insist on having low
tees out Of sheer conceit; that they
eriy that they like to demonstrate that
they are under no necessity Of having
II. poised high for the shot. IN point
of fact their reason 10 that q high tee
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the ball soars instead Of securing the
distance that comes Of . lower trajec-
tory, md II also makes the brassle
stroke harder: Tho latter at. is to al IN, n,
shot as the drive, and when you de-
a high tee. the neceosity Of hitting the
brassie shot from the turf becomes a
ss,.cn Who nsss:nR s:s: s~.y.
very seldom uses a wooden club through
the green; he declares that the ball
lies too closely to the ground to give
With viii any club other than an iron. That
Is not golf. and such condition. is
born solely of the circumstance that
he has lost q sense OF proportion
through accustoming himself to a high
Therefore. 1 would say let him per
severe with n low tee and trust to tie
left Of the brassie to MT the ball into
the air. Having practieed on these lines
bcNSTat ~CSHos ~ wiz lOt Uu
lent change for him to take the driver
for the same kind Of shot. The chief
faults of the beginner-and also in in
Vulnerable cases of the chronic foosaer
With hs en ths Or Ss to IN. sass
the instant Of impact. The golf swine
has been described many times. and
most students Vt II are agreed a. to
into lengthy details concerning It: I
will explain in as few words as pos
sibie the manner which the ambitious
golfer should try to cultivate.
He should impress upon himself that
his hips must constitute a kind OF
swivel on which the body screws round
during the up swing and unscrews dur
the down swing. II he keeps his head
still and does not move his feet out OF
position save to the extent of rising on
TO the inside Of the left foot In order to
to reason that the only way he can
raise the club is to turn his body 20
that the hips act as swivel That Is
just what Is wanted: IN that fashion
tained. Suppose that. after hs had
taken up his stance. you could drive u
stake into the ground close to the eide
Of each foot and. reaching as % high "a "a
swayed sufficiently to touch either Of
those stakes. he would have lost his
balance. The space which his body
occupies a. he addresses the ball Is the
space In which the bodily movement
should be performed: II should he q
pivoting at the hips as though they
went round easily In the requisite de-
gree on wheels and not lurching to
one side. Only the arms will travel out
side that space. and they will return to
1t at the finish Of ful! follow-through gh.
II the player will stiffen his right leg
as the club goes UP. screw his left hip
round. and keep his head still. he will
not be at fault in his swing. 1t Il the
same with an iron club except that.
this being a club with a shorter shaft.
the PLAYER has to stand closer to the
ball. which means that the swing will
be a more upright one.
Looking up too soon Is very fire.
quent weakness in the beginner and the
foozler. Even though the back swing
be properly accomplished. the effort
will be spoiled unless the player can
keep his head down until the ball has
been struck and the follow through be-
gun: Looking up at the instant Of i'm
causes countless bad shots. the more so
as the natural corollary 10 that the
player falls back on his right leg and
does not put any weight worth men
tioning into the stroke. There would
be many moro satisfactory shots II.
after tho ball has been dispa tched on
its journey. golfers would keep their
vision fixed for one second on the spot
whore II lay. After all. the caddle will
be able to tell whether II has gone into
the hole.
Copyright. 1915. by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)