Show Cut dt Spoon Shot Produces Ace For Runyan in Phoenix Open By ART KRENZ When a good golfer Colfer tries for a hole hole- one in-one and makes it you cant can't call it just plain luck Theres There's great golf behind the shot esp especially when a awell awell awell well known pro happens happen to be the scorer Paul Runyan brilliant money player play play- er en of the last three years ears scored a one hole during the 1931 Phoenix open It came on the seventeenth hole and was just what he needed to bring him up among the leaders at atthe atthe atthe the close of the second round A strong wind was blowing when Runyan stepped up to the tee It was from behind him making the job Sob of carrying the guarding bunkers and still holding the green a difficult task Taking his spoon this foremost exponent ex cx- of that club in America sighted sight ed for the pin yards from the tee tec and shot The spoon was selected because not sufficient height beicht would be acquired in an iron shot and Runyan had a little trick with a spoon that put a cut on the ball which stopped it more quickly on the green The ball bill rolled true to the pin and dropped into the cup picking up two strokes for Runyan Here Is the way the diminutive pro explains the shot In the cut spoon shot I use a slightly open stance with the ball baJI even with th the left heel The stance causes the club during the back back- swing to travel on the outside of the thc int intended line of flight thereby set setting setting set set- ting up an inclination to draw the thc c club in on the down swing j P PL me r E S 1 r USE uc AN AA eJ IH H 4 I IN AWAn O it E u i r. r i LINE O 01 RG This type of swing swInt causes causes the ball to spin from left to right which in turn enables it to climb higher in the theair theair theair air and stop more quickly alter after hI hIting hitting hitting hit hit- ting th the ground PIll Play slightly to to the left leU of the flag flagIn flagin flagin in the cut shot as s the ball curves a little to the right fight in its lu flight Copyright 1935 NEAl NEA Service In Inc |