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Show r rCP4NTI i CP4NTI CP4NTITHE c wrMw > ? / , i THr THE 'T'HE THE ' ' : subject matter of head l lifting lift liftL t tmg L ing mg in golf may not seem to be beas beas beas as dramat c e as a pennant race ora or ora ora a heavyweight fight but it is far farmore farmore farmore more important to some 2 000 000 or or3 , 3 000 000 suffering suffermg human beings bemgs not not'overlookmg notoverlooking notoverlooking 'overlookmg overlookmg ' overlooking the starsYou starsYou stars starsYou You hear the cry Heads up In Inbnseball inbaseball inbaseball bnseball baseball But this cry is connected connectedcnt connectedent connectedent cnt ent rely with mo morale _ I Irale rale not with any anyI anyphysical anyphysical anyphysical I physical attItude attItudeAnd attitudeAnd attitudeAnd And a golf balllsn ball isn inn t tfiymg tflying tflying fiymg flying waist h gh anyg or orshoulder orshoulder orshoulder g shoulder h gh as a abaseball . baseball fliesI flies _ t . I didn dldn t raise my myfro P-S P S * ' - - ! . fro \ Ihead 2 2head head to be a golf f I/ I / ; Icr % " . "cr cr " cr should still stIli be | " 1the headgames the game s themeson theme | J , - son sonA song 'lA games j 'l l ' A certain certam well re rspected i ( ' " ' " speeted spected instructorwrites instructor mstructol instructorwrites . " writes me that I I Grantland Eicehave RIce RIcehave Ricehave have overplayed theunportance theimportance the theimportance importance unportance of keeping keepmg the head still stillor stillor stillor or down or the chin back throughthe throughthe through the It If you do this he commentsOU commentsSou comments Sou ; ) ou immediately st ffen ( Ten up Just Justthmk Justthink Justthink thmk think of looking lookmg at the ball ballThe ballThe ballThe The fact remains remalDS however that thatIf thatif thatif If you notice the slow motion strokes strokesof strokesof strokesof of all star golfers you will 111 find thehead the thehead thehead head is still stilI unliftcd unlicted unlifted the ( he chin chm slight slIght- slIghtly slightly slightly - - ly back well w \ ell atter acter after the ball has been beenbit beenhit beenhit beenhitHow bit hit bitHow hitHow How can a duller dUITer get by WIth WIthsomethmg withsomething withsomething somethmg something the star golfer can t at af of afford offord | ford to do do9 do9Anchor ? 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Jim .rIm rIm Barnes Barnestold Barnestold Barnestold told me years ago must be the theanchor theanchor | anchor to the swing swmg Long Jim isrIght isright is rIght as usual The chm chin back matter , a&vocated avocated a .vocat- .vocat atLvocat- atLvocat atLvocated & . .vocated - - I ed by Alex Morrison even before beforethe beforethe befonthe the backswing ' started was first used usedby usedby usecby by Jerry Travers then tben by Walter WalterHagen WalterIfagen WalleiHagen Hagen Ifagen then by Bobby Jones They Theymerely Theymerely Thejmerely merely wanted to be sure of this thisone thisone thisone one detail in advance Each tilted tiltedhIS tiltedhis tlltcihis hIS chin back to the right fight just a'the athe a5 as a5the asthe ' the backswing backswmg started And ADd each eachkept eachkept eactkept kept it there until after acter the ball was waswell waswell as aswell well on its way wayI I ve ye found out Jerry Travers Traverswmner Traverswinner Traverswinner wmner winner of ot five national titles trtles told toldme toldme tolcme me once that on an average I Imove Imove ; move my head incorrectly mcorrectly about sotunes SIX SIXtIDes sixtimes tIDes times ! during durmg a round and that thatmeans thatmeans thameans means I ve ye missed at least five fiveshots fivshots fivshotsTo fiveshots ( shots shotsTo To let the chin move only an mch inch mchor inchor mclor or so towards the line lme of flight ahead aheadof aheadof aheacof of t me means almost certain certam trou trouble trouble trouble ble _ - You l lifted ted your youl . " head on that thatone one oneHow How often has every golfer hearc heard heardthIS heardthis this somber t p from a playing playmg com corn compan cornpan pan on'7 on7 on ? ' ' You know9 know know9How ? ' How can one break up this fauIt fault ? ' ' In the first place bead head l lifting tIng is usually usually usu usually ally the result of three advance advancefaults advancefaults faults- faults faults - faults1 1 Too much tens on 2 Muddled MuddIed or befuddled or poor poorconcentratIon poorconcentration poo : concentration 3 Too fast a backswing backswmg and too toofast toofast toi fast a starting startmg downswmgIIlmd downswingblend downswing downswmg downswingMind Mind IIlmd blend IIlmdon blendon on the Ball BallHow BallUow How Uow can you keep your eye on onthe onthe the ball when your mind mmd is on some somebunl somebunt som < buni bunl bunt er pond out-ot out ot out-oC oC out-of of - - - bounds or oth other other cr er trouble on beyond9 beyond ? ' I ve ye alwaysbeheved alwaysbelieved always believed beheved that keep your mind mmd on onthe onthe the ball ' ' was a tar Car far better slogai slogan sloganthan sloganthan than keep your eye on the ball ' The eye travels tr,1els tr,1\ tr,1 tr1 trav , \ els with the tbe working workmg of ofthe ofthe the mindThe mind mmd The main mam trouble with most golf golfswmgs golfswings swings swmgs on the average s de is the themmd themind th < mind mmd working workmg back of the swmg swing swmgThIs swingThis swingThis ThIs doesn t apply so much to tothose tothose t ( > those who came up as caddies to tobe tobe t tbe < be stars because these golfers have havep hav < p eked up an instinctive Instmctlve methodThey methodThey method They were first imitators Then Thenthe Thenthe i the fundamentals became thorough thoroughly thoroughly ly set set-except set except - except in m big championsh champlOnsh ps pswhere pswhere where they also blow up througl through throughtensIon throughtension througltension t tension and faulty concentrat coneentrat on onOne onOne One good example . was .as as Snead s sopenmg sopening : opening openmg 67 and his closmg closing 81 in the therLcent therecent ! rLcent recent r > .cent cent . National Open OpenThe OpenThe The average golfer has no such suchfoundat suchfoundat foundat on to build bu d on He must use useh useb h b s meager resources to the 1 I m t- t tand t tand - and one of these beyondany beyond any doubt doubtIS doubtis is head action And back o of ( head headact headact act on there must be mind mmd actionIfow action How lIow Ifow can I keep my head st at ll ? ' In the first place the main Idea IdeaIS ideais a is to think tIunk largely of tha the backsw ng ; ngThe The main mam idea should be to el m mmate minate mate inate anyth ng beyond the ball It Itself itself ; self Never mind mmd the ponds and andthe andthe an < the bunkers The ball nas lIas to stop stopsomewhere stopsomewhere ] somewhereThe somewhere The next ne-u ne u nec - move Is to be sure of ofa ofa ( backswingDon baekswlngDon a smooth unhurried baekswlng backswing Don t be too anxious an-oous an oous - to hammer the thecover thecover thi cover off of oil ! the ball Golf balls havitough have havetough havetough tough covers Don t be too anviou an'lous anlous anxious an'lousto ' : to hurry the downswing A sUgbt slight sUgbtpause pause at the top will helpTry help Try to forget all that pOisonOUI poisonouo terram terrain poisonouoterrain beyond the ball Try to tomake tomake make yourself keep your head headwhere where It belongs until sou .ou ou "ou . " think the theball theball ball has 1anded-som"where 1anded som"where somwhere landed-somewhere landed somewhere landed - - som "where where " It Itcan Itcan ; placesthan can t land in much worse places than it usually locates for a hab tat tat ) , , , awaiting the slash of the recov'r recovr recover ! ' recov'ring recovering ing n bl ckIt ck If It the headremaIn headremains head remaink remaIn remains . as ancl anti 01 or orto . " to the swing swmg the swing can t be c tar far befar wrong But it is an action tl tI U at atmust must be watched at everyshot every every- - shot It Itcan [ can eon t be taken tor for granted grunted for It Itwon itwon won t work that way You are fig'lt figlt fig'ltmg fig ' it iting ) | ing mg human humnn nature _ ! |