Evening star., 1954-04-09


Ben has it is refusing to cross his hands.
reintroduces the word "pronation, claims
Hogan borrowing from the Scottish of 40
and winds by saying that in Bens is chiefly mental
HE has up here sarazen says pointing to his head
AT THE ARMY NAVY COUNTRY CLUB at many
Others the resident teaching genius magazine
layout the comments, and then Allan Burton said:
There's secret in connection with Hogan He's just
got About 80 possibly
per golf wrists and mind too much about
arms pivot the rest Keep the ball
necessarily the but the and throw those
wrists and hands"
If Burton is in a mood modify any early teaching
he has been at it for Is at Army Navy
it is understandable year ago. playing in
club match Richmond Allan undertook to cut out from
deep rough struck hidden tree root and smashed
his left hand and wrist For weeks he wore cast Then,
last December, his right hand in accident.
1--WE always stressed wrist action Burton was explain
Ing those two injuries I'm positive than ever
that wrists the key. Until hurt at Richmond
fully realized that the left thumb more important
than anything else'
WHEN YOU HAVE been hurt" Burton went on, "you
naturally take myself swinging at hafp
getting practically the distance plus better direc
ton 1 convinced that person with good wrist
action shoot fair golf off foot or the oher-ony one
the ground
Explaining how to put hands and wrists into golf
swing thing but getting the idea across to the pupil
is another Burton who gives IA IS lessons day, was
interested the way Russell put it not long ago.
Russell is the ex-Washngton relief pitcher big man
the pennant campaign Now 81 years later he is the
best many baseball golfers past and present Russell
sounds like this: " SIS
eff you will notice how good second baseman comes
in on slow grounder and ps underhand to the first
basenan you might help your golf game Because that's
precisely you should throw your right wrist into the ball.
just you're throwing out in ball game The flip
S completely underhand."
THAT'S GOOD WAY to put it" Burton agreed rus
sell may Hogans secret than those pros In Le
But don't forget left hand that must lead into the
ball before right wrist into action 1t is the nnal
use of the left hand that makes that good shot,
Burton has a camera phobia. Lite's text is line, he
comedies pictures Hogan apt to set back many
dufer "They appear distorted" Allen was complaining
In the lead picture hands to be almost over the
ball while is trailing 1t is higher than his hips
If average player tried to initiate that swing hed
shoot rough the right so far it would take all
dav to find the ball. Another thing when those tournament
nros pose for cabrated studies magazine and book pho
tographers they exaggerate their swings.
"The average woman is not contorton1st Whlch
I'd saw that Snead Hogan in sense But you'll
notice thing when the chips down IN any important
tournament Hogan doesn't swing and Snead doesn't
swing like they do in their book and magazine pnotoS
They carry their just far just far enough
to hit that ball distance but not back so that might
wind up the alfalfa.
when you come right down to it, golf is game OF
wrist action regardless whether you shoot 70 or OO
Hogans secret wrists wrists and pride and no ooecuon
to money"