Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-20 | Page 14 | Good Drive is Important in Golf

GOOD DRIVE' IS IMPORTANT III GOLF Flying Elbow Prerent Making Long Drive, Hagen Sayt By Walter Hagen (RrttU ft Cs.mia,. - nCoprttai, Ji, In U. and Orat Brit ilia by North Amarlcan Nawa-papar Nawa-papar Alllanci, All' right r-erve-4.) Th driva. or what w golfer all know la tha te ahot, la abJut par cant of golf at laaat. On may ftttur that a putt or an approach la more valuabi, but If on should appaa tw h t Tjrlvv tiiiov a .Trap or bunker, or Uc to tha tall un cut rrast, whara a trok or two may ba wastod In ratting out, tha alnklnir of a long putt or laying an approach da4 to tha pin will hardly b arfough to gat a halt lt alona winning tna whola. Tha flrat thing In golf la to gal away from tha taa proparly. It la not nareaaary to drlva a hall further fur-ther than your Oftponant, but It la pacaaaary to hit tha ball wall down tha cjuraa whrra. you will para p-attlon p-attlon If not trm length J thUk any aenalbl go) far would rattur tak chaneaa on gattloa drm away proparly than ho would a -Inking hla putt. A mlaaad dfiva mlrht ba coatly Indeed, whlla a mlaad putt may noi count tr mora than on atroha. Tha thrill that comoa In Lifting a long taa ahot haa mada golf tha popular gamo that It la today. It may not ba advlaablo to apand all ona'a tl ma learning tha woods club ah ota, but a certain amount of attention ahould ba paid to thla department de-partment of tha game. If fnr no f Hence. A good flrlv usually glvos one reason to think that the naxt shot will be a good ons also, and a good shot In mora likely to follow than If ona hit a poor tee shot. Th fault with most dufrsrs and beginners la In atumptln to hit th ball too hard. A wall ttmJ swing with tha fore applied In h pro pur manner producea far Better results than If on slugged the ball for all ha waa worth. This wa all know aa "praaslng." A duffer Presses without' knowing now to hit th ball proparly. For lnstanca, ha will either swing back sa rest that all yhythm Is lost, or he will .throw big body Into th awing" b-foro b-foro the clubhead haa contracted with th ball. These two faults atop many an ambitious golfsr from advancing far in the gam. To succeed suc-ceed ons must learn these Important Impor-tant things at tha beginning. Most golfers axe vry impatient and flo not like to wait for tha club-head. club-head. When reminded of thla fault they still ara at a loa to know how to correct U. Th only way to obtain ob-tain any results that will b satisfactory satis-factory la ta hold tha body perfectly. perfect-ly. still until th clubhand Is on the hall. I start tha club back with the left hand doing ths pushing, as it la easier to push with th left nand , than te pull with th right; this Is why ths principal work tn hitting the ball is don with ths right, on do not hsva much powsr pulling th dub through with th I ft hand. PLY!! BlsBOWS DAn'OEROITH, Important things to remember. In the back swing, la to keep tha right slbow wll In to th sld. If ond will tuck both albows In and pivot ha will .get an lua of what the swing should he. - Firing elbows ar , dangerous. Thsy prevent th club from descending In ths same track It haa taken In goings up. - A straight left arm la all r'ght for the golfer wfth a vary flat swing, hut It Is ImposslMa for th upright swlngsr. Th lhow should bond a little to permit th club to take Its position over ths shoulder. The full awing meant a horliontal position st ths top. Tha ch.h polnta to th I hi of flight and the toe of tha club polnta to ths ground. Th weight, when in thla position. Is mostly on th right leg. Th , lft beet Is off th ground because th htidv has nlvotaA mora or lnss on th right leg This 1 one-half of the golf swing. The pup 1 1 now haa the club over tho rhoulder all ready t start hitting. I will explain tha atcond half In my next article.