The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-06
Tee, Fairway
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By "CHICK" EVAN
THE DIGGER

The club should be gripped in the
 fingers, not the palms, about the middle of the leather, somewhat lower down If the clubhead is no, weighty enough. I put my thumbs down the shaft but only the slender inner side of them resting on 1t. The hands should be close together SC that they cannot work against each other! The finger grip should be firm, but not tight with the club balancing easily and the clubhead feeling like weight.
 Place your feet on nearly straight line; open a little if neces- sary for freer motion, but not enough to interfere with right shoul- Turn toes out for better pivot and place feet far enough apart to give feeling of solidity. Stancre should be wider in the wind.
 Play the ball off the left heel Be careful not to get it too far back and do not get ahead of it. Stand at comfortable distance from it; a little closer for high flight, or in the wind.
 Stand comfortable with moderately upright position of the body; re- faxed. balanced, but steady enough to preserve balance in wind. Stand more upright for normal flight and bend low for lower flight, but do not crouch so much that boise is upset. Bend knees somewhat and keep right heel down for even dis tribution of weight. Hold your shoulders straight to start stroke.
 Hold the club lower down so that the clubhead can lie naturally. The natural loft must do the work. Lower the left hand, and remember that you cannot hit with wrists turned up. Have in mind two im- aginary lines before starting to hit the ball, one vertical to it, the other running from few inches back of 1t and passing through 1t to the hole Keep your hands back of the vertical line. but hold them out rather than close in. Find the back direction line and keep your eye on the ball When the blade Is in position. facing the ball at right angles it Is best for the sake of rhythm to start to move 1t and to keep it in motion; this motion begins with vibrattry movement, continues into the for ward press and then flows into the stroke.
 With the weight of the body thrown back on the right leg and the left heel slightly raised, press forward on your club until the hands are a little in advance of the club head; then bring them back behind 1t, the clubhead still on the ground i; with left hand under draw the club back along the ground on the di- rection line for a short distance, then list 1t with a backward. up ward. slightly curving swing until the left arm Is almost straight and you can feel the clubhead pull the left arm socket at the back; break wrists quickly, bring club down, tracing the ascending line. the club head leading. hands and clubhead describing smoothly the arcs of an inner and outer circle. In the wind the circles become eclipses. Hit into piece of line at ball Hit the ball with zip, but dc not hit 1t until you feel the clubhead solidly on it. Do not shove; send hands through. Hit the ball up into the air.
 Come up in follow through with left leg braced, hands and clubhead extending equally, the inner and outer arcs of the backstroke, right side facing hole at the finish. Avoid cutting follow through to short.
 Now try the whole swing following directions. Swing up. sing down, rhythmically.