Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-15 | Page 36 | Both Hands Give Driving Power in Proper Golf Swing

Both Hands Give Driving Power in Proper Golf Swing He In d Iff -rant playara. Tha follow fol-low th roach has haan deeTcribi) aJ a f weep, but It must tea remambarad that ao aay lap ta o1nf to product any vreat raaulta. With tha club far behind tha back la th moet pleturaxiua finish of tha awtna; and vry plarer will flniah thia wy w-uh the well limed jrt ro ka. Jl. . r ' i ' By Walter Hagen - Parmer Brieem Oaew t'eaaaaeew. '' (Cearrtakt. laaa. la lalrrd seatee aad Ureet Britain by North Aaerr- leaa newoeaeer AUaeaee. All Hlekla Hesev-red. ' I left my pupil at the top of lb swing In my laat arUcle. He had the club poised In the air with ins shaft pointing to (the hole aad the toe of tha clab te the grouaa. When the club la Uksa bank, the left hand does most ef the work.- It I natural nat-ural that It ahauld. because It la easier t push with your hand thaa It la ta pull. Bo the left pusnee te the right aad th right head pushes the (lab to the left. - t saeaa by thla, that the left hand I eatt as, ful ta the upswing, but the power must eeme from the right hand ta ths dowa awing. It la a mistake to think that ths left hand Is ths ens that supplies ths power la the golf awing, sloth bends must units In .making the supreme effort to hit the bell. Ths right hand, being tha stronger of the two, and In the moat advantageous advan-tageous poaltloa, aaturally takes cemmand If the left hend were permitted to do mere work. It would Injure the shot In this way. -There would be a temptation to draw the hand In toward the body and the result would be a sites pure and simple Ths right hand pushing the club Is more apt to send it out etralght. There Is slso a temptation to put toe mech right Into the anot which would be meat likely to cause a hook. The club la etartlng downward ret here momentum as It goes along. The player who attempta to put all that he hes Into the shot at the very start wastss hla efforta The hitting of the ball Is similar te cracking a whip or the whirling ef a rock en a atrlna. It Is all a matter mat-ter of timing. Tha main power la supplied lust before the ball Is kit snd ihs blow muat net be checked. Permitting the dubhead te o on. after the bell, la called the follow threnah. which la ana of the moat Important things to eeaslder la the game of got. If ths hsnds ars holding too tightly tight-ly at the top of ths swing tnie will Intsrfere somewhat with Ihs timing, aa the hands aod ftngere tlgatea the grip oa the eluh. aa the apeed become greater. At the moment of the Impact, the hands ahould as hoMIng the eluh like a vlre. If the flnaere ahould leoaea their hold St this stage, the club would slip aad the shot would be ruined. The follow through completsd and ths ball Is on Its way. Tbe club-heed club-heed stays close to the bell for sev-ersl sev-ersl tnchea There Is no wsy of measuring this accurately as It va-