Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14

/, ShotS, and ne even plays the Dail a.
far ahead as opposite the left instep.
think the idea is to keep the weight
well back of the stroke. When It
gets in front anything can happen
ana usually does.
asked about hands. arms ana
grip.
II never think about my hands. The
regular overlapping or Vardon grip
seems to take care of that phase
pretty well. / think that, grip Is
best. If your hands are reasonably
big and strong. The little finger OF
the right hand overlaps the fore
finger of the left. the left thumb be-
ing buried under the right palm; q
very compact grip which tends to
keep the hands from working against
each other save in the proper way.
The club Is held strictly in the
fingers rather than delicately. Don't
squeeze It. can spoil a shot any
time by tightening my grip con-
sciously.
Reyerses Grip for Putt.
IT use the same grip for every shot
down to the putt, where reverse It.
For me. the putt Is essentially q
right. stroke, and put all the
right hand on the shaft and overlap
the right little finger with the fore
finger. I take the putter back with
the left hand and stroke the ball
with the right.
ut has worked very well af times,
as at Merton and Oakmont,. and not so
well on this last trip. putted like an
old woman that last round In the Brit
ish open. Thirty-nine putts-it was
Bobby needs only 81 or 90 puts in
his average round of championship
play, and his first round at st. Anne's
he used only 20. Thus his winning
British open, with 80 puts and only
IS other strokes In It. was wonderful
business and nerve racking.
The left arm should be kept
straight on the back swing and
through every shot until the ball has
been struck. Except the putt, OF
course. ISinean my left arm is kept
straight, and think the bending o.
that arm tends to make q chop ins
stead of swing. and here Is q point
am just learning. The left hand
should be retarded as the master in
the swing. I'm not sure it really is
the master. know the right hand
provides the punch, or most of it. But
IL get to thinking about the right
hand, or ignoring the left. the right
seems to get in too soon and all kinds
OF trouble results.
Gets Feel In the Stroke.
by regarding the left as in control
] can get sort OF feel in the stroke:
and the right, no matter how ignored,
comes in ct the proper juncture. At
Sunningdale, when had those rounds
OF 66 and SO, qualifying for the British
open, felt AZ II were literally max.
Ing the shot with my left hand. It
seemed could not get on line. felt
as IL could spank the ball just any-
where wanted to. I'm going to study
this phase seriously In the next few
months and try to improve my game.
which certainly has not been consist.
ent this year."
Bobby is at odds with most 81 the
critics here, but passed that IN for
the oft-debated question ais to how
much thinking player could do wlliie
q stroke was In progress and what, IL
anything, he should think about.
DO you ever think about more
than one thing while making shot?'
asked.
IF / do / don't make the shot. he
said emphafically. II don't know II I
think Of even one thing. never
seem, to remember. Maybe you recall
that shot to the eighteenth green at
Inwood in the play-oH with Bobby
Cruickshank"
I --recalled Il we'll. That was the
shot which won Bobby Jones his first
major championship - perfectly exc.
cuted iron shot OF 200 yards, finishing
over water six feet from the pin. a
championship rode on that shot.
And next day on the train Bobby