The Washington times., 1921-11-10

shot. Whether / agree with him or
sidering. / do agree with him
although will not go so far as 10
When George made this remark
he was thinking more about the nm
ished golfer than the beginner OF the
duffer' I'm this series. / am aiming
at the about 100" man who wants
TO be about 90" Duncan takes II
for granted that the other things Lead
ing up TO the pivoting Will be done
correctly.
Necessary For Long Balls. ~
There is one thing which is abso-
lutely certain and that Is, this; NO
golfer can obtain a very long ball un-
less he pivots. II is impossible To,
drive a ball very far with the arms
alone. Many players do not reaIze
that when they use their arms alone
and do not pivot II Is really only a
half shot they are making. Naturally
one could not expect TO get any great
distance with a half shot.
Pros In making a half iron shot use
only their arms In order to insure per-
feet direction. They do this because
they feel they can get plenty lar
enough with a half shot. This does
not mean necessarily the ball viii go
that a little less distance is required.
They get the desired result without
| the pivot and putting the body into II.
Golfers think they pivot when TO
| close observer, there is absolutely no
signs of It, IL you hear player COM
planning about losing his drive and
not being able TO get the old distance
any more IL is ten to one he is not
pivoting as he used to do.
Pivot Secret Of Power.
Duncan says: Unless the left
shoulder starts going around with the
club 1t is all up with your golf shot"
There is absolutely no other way to
get power into the swing. Many little
fellows weighing scarcely more than
one hundred and twenty pounds can
get a long ball and keep up with the
big fellows because they derive their
power from the pivot. Freddie
Mcleod is one OF these midgets. He
won a championship weighing. only
one hundred and eight pounds. Jack
Downing is a very long driver, and
he weighs only one hundred and
! eighteen pounds. He gets his dis
| tance by an exaggerated pivot of the
body together with proper timing
which, of course, must accompany the
shot or il is a failure.
am no giant myself. / weigh one
] hundi ed and forty pounds. This would
| be giving a great handicap to Walter
| Hagen or Jim Barnes We're il not for
the pivot which enables me to keep
up with them.
| PivotiRS is q gradual turning of the
| body which starts almost as soon as
| the clubhead leaves the ground on the
: hack swing. The left heel begins to
leave the ground about the same time
swinging on the ball of the left foot.
The left knee should bend gradually
as the heel comes up. The knee, as
| l explained in a previous article,
should point to the teed ball, and
not screwed in toward the right
! leg, which is very bad form.
There are three things that think
are all important in the pivot. First:
| The position of the left knee; second,
the left shoulder and third, the left
| hip.
At the top of the swing, one should
| be looking down at the ball over
the left shoulder. The knee, the hip
and the shoulder will be almost in
one straight line. In this position
you are wound up as tight as pos
sible. The weight of the body will
! be mostly on the right leg, and this
not so straight as to suggest stiff
ness.
May Ruin Shot.
Then one feels comfortable at the
| top of the swing and feels that there
| is no doubt about hitting the ball.
the pivot has been made correctly.
II done correctly, player is tempted
| to make things right by forcing the
right shoulder into the shot. The
| left shoulder is the leader and should
take the initiative, The mistake OF
whipping the right shoulder in too
soon will cause all kinds of trouble.
! This means usually getting the
| body into the shot before the club
has s~been permitted to do it's work.
| 1t is easier to pivot from a square
stance than an open one. but there
are golfers who pivot with an open
stance and do 1t so gracefully that
! Il looks like the easiest thing i'm
aginable. Abe Mitchell is one of these