The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-09
HAGEN EXPLAINS HOW LAST
 HALF OF DRIVE IS EXECUTED
By WALTER HAGEN CFOrmer British Open Champion)

I left my pupil at the top of the swing in my last article. He had the club poised In the air with the shaft pointing 60 the hole and the toe of the club to the ground. When the club is taken back, the left hand does most of the work. It is natural that it should, because it is easier to push with your hand than 1t is to pull. So the left pushes to the right and the right hand pushes the club to the left. I mean by this, that the left hand is quite useful in the upswing but the power must come from the right hand in the down swing.
 It is a mistake to think that the left hand is the one that supplies the power in the golf swing. Both hands must unite in making the supreme effort to hit the ball. The right hand, being the stronger of the two, and in the most advantageous posi- ton, naturally takes command.
 If the left hand were permitted to do more work, it would injure the shot in this way. There would be temptation to draw the hand in toward the body and the result would be slice pure and simple. The right hand pushing the club Is more apt to send 1t out straight There Is also a temptation to put too much right into the shot which would be most HkeIy to cause nook'
 Making the Follow Through. ] The club, in starting downward. gathers momentum as it goes along. | Tho player who attempts to put all that he has into the shot at the very start wastes his efforts. The hitting of the ball Is similar to cracking whip or the whirling of a rock on string. It is all a matter of timing. The main power Is supplied just be- fore the ball Is hit and the blow must not be checked. Permitting the club head to go on, after the ball, Is called the follow through, which Is one of the most important things to con- slider in the game of golf.
 If the hands are holdng toe tightly at the top of the swing this will interfere somewhat with the timing, as the hands and fingers tighten the grip on the club. as the speed be- the impact, the hands should be holding the club like a wise. If the l fingers should loosen their hold at this stage the club would slip and the shot would be ruined.
 Few golfers realize that the hands are little ahead of the clubhead at the impact. The hands, in address ing the ball, are in this position. The club shaft runs from the left knee to the ball, which Is teed just trifle | off the left heel. One is In the same position when the ball is hit. The 1 speed of the ciubhead Is so great that 1t makes up for this difference al- most immediately.
 If the body started to do its share of the work too soGn, the result would be a bad shot and one that was pushed off to the right-hand side of the course.
 If the pivot has been made prop erly the body at this time has a chance to help. The hardest thing that a golfer has to do Is to wait for this moment. The average player wants to hit too soon. The club head must be given chance to con meet with the ball before any body action otber than that necessary to swing the arms downward. Is | started.
 The follow through completed and the ball Is on it's way. The clubhead stays close to the ball for several | inches. There Is no way of measur- ing this accurately as 1t varies In different players. The follow through has been described as a sweep. but 1t must be remembered that no easy tap Is going to produce any great re- suits. With the club far behind the back Is the most picturesque finish of the swing and every player will finish this way with the well-timed 1 stroke,