The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
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Measuring by Clubs


 Before any golfer can become accu- rate he must learn to judge distance. And the best way to judge dietance is to get 1t down th.5 way; So many midiron shots, so many brassie drives, so many mashies approaches In other words, l seldom measure a shot in yards. l measure 1t by a club. I know my distance with each club and a shot instantly becomes a midiron. a digger or a mashfe shot.
 This manner of fixing the shot serves double purpose. It not only CT eates in your mind a better method of how to go about getting up to the green to the best Of your ability. but Il teaches you more quickly, tha capa- bilities of your different clubs. You cannot successfully use & mashie when q midiron is called foryoand by the same rule it would be foolish to try an easy approach with inidiron when the play calls for the mashie.
 Figuring Distances
 It does the player little good to know the yardage in front of him if he has no definite understanding of llc dlSldUCe Ol life ClupS III HIS Dd x. He might figure almost to an inch that he was tso yards from the green. then foollshlngly try to make it with mashie. The only man know of who can negotiate such dis tances with his mashie Is Jesse Sweetser of New York,
 The nasty shot Is almost always poor shot. according to an old golf rule. and the same rule might have added that the forced club shot is almost always disaster
 Questions and Answers
 have never been able to over come bad slice. It is worst off my wooden clubs but is very bad even with my irons. I can allow for It with fair consistency, but I have come to hate 1t. Can you suggest a remedy ?--E. s. T.
 Answer--I know exactly how you feel. for I remember a period In my life when 1t seemed to have acquired, not little slice. butNa regular round house curve to the right. It seemed that l tried everything to remedy 1t, but without success. and I be- came intensely discouraged, I began to allow for it. and then just at the wrong time the slice wouldn't come off. and when I did allow for it my slice would be too little or too big, and it "felt' wrong off the club.
 How to Care Slice
 At last I cured the slice. however, with the simplest trick in the world. A sliced ball means that the hands are ahead of the club-head when the ball is hit; this position causes slant to the clubhead which effects spin to the right. To get straight ball the hands and club-head should be on perpcndicular, so that when the ball Is properly met the club face Is at right angles to the direc- ton line. When the hands lead the right hand goes under, and not over, as soon as the ball is struck.
 Now, most professionals will try to teach you to turn your right hand over just as you hit the ball. This Is almost an impossible thing to do, and yet as a matter of fact your right
 nd does turn over just after the ball Is hit.
 I corrected my fault by going in my back yard every night and prac- ticing swinging without hitting the hall, but keeping two ideas clearly In my mind. The ideas were: CD keep your left elbow and upper left arm In close to your body on the follow through. and (2) finish with your right hand knuckles pointing toward the sky The effect was magical.
 A alice is much more prevalent than a hook. the chief reason being that players will not let their club head do it's part of the work. They persist in forcing the stroke and, therefore, get the slice spin angie on the club face. Successful is the golfer who can wait for his club head. A slice can also be caused by standiag too open. In which case your descending line Is outside the line of direction. and considerably inside 1t on the follow through. In other words. you cut across the ball.