Show otake phere HERE are many millions take either a keen or a casual interest in what happens day by day in baseball but these have nothing like the passionate interest some three or four million golfers have in reducing their score baseball s major interest belongs to spectators golf a major interest belongs to the players and corn coln peti tors gou golf is one of the greatest health making and training games of all time for the multitude baseball Is one of the greatest fan games or mental relaxations tor for the crowd minus any physical aid the goiter golfer s interest is large y personal how can I 1 chop off a stroke or two asks bill brown so I 1 can trim that fathead jack smith who makes me play him even there are things you can do or at least try for example here are tips that came direct from harry vardon vardon gave me a great tip walter hagen told me one day it was about playing shots from front heavy rough or from the sand in bunkers I 1 used to go into the rough or walk into a bunker gripping a niblick as if it were a matter of life or death i it meant power 0 1 dont don t do that I 1 vardon old told me grip the club lightly or gently in your hands get the tall full play of your bands hands and wrists eliminate tension as far as you can most people in trouble in the rough or the bunker nearly al ways develop too much tension this Is the spot where you can t afford tension jost just ease case up pp another vardon tip came years ago from a british publisher whose short game was phenomenal I 1 U tell you who helped me he said it was vardon on chip shots vardon showed me how to pick out a spot or a target just an inch ahead of the ball this helped me to chip or swing through the ball it pre vented stabbing or jabbing vardon is an amazing man the publisher said on the simple side of the game he ile doesn doean t use a straight left arm he breaks bis his left elbow bends it but his left arm is straight at impact that is when it counts that is where almost everything that counts takes place at impact on chip shots you might try the vardon system picking out a spot an inch beyond the ball as the th target golf Is personal golf is your game to a large de gree baseball football and boxing are someone else s game golt golf is the playing game tennis Is a playing game the others are games how can you pare away that exira extra stroke or two maybe three or our strokes here are just a few nore more tips BEN HOGAN I 1 at the finish of my swing the right hand Is in cor con arol the left hand is important Im until the final smash but I 1 can give you another good goo tip it concerns putting most putt putts are missed because there Is knee and body motion when you stroke the ball I 1 concentrate on locking my knees so there can be no knee or body motion putting belong belongs entirely to the hands and wrists keep the body still and then stroke the ball ball but concentrate on tog ing the ball GENE I 1 the big weakness in golf is the tension most golfers develop in being too slow they say golf Is not a fame me of motion it Is with me I 1 hit a drive then as I 1 walk up to the ball I 1 make up my mind on the club I 1 need that won t take over a second or two its it s the same way on the green don t hurry but don t get tied up keep moving when you ve decided on the club you need forget every thing else concentrate on that club only but never hurry any swing here Is an excellent tip never hurry any swing or any part of a swing you can loaf on your back swing but it Is more important to loaf on your downswing 0 delay in downswing in my opinion tommy armour has told me several times the delay in the downswing Is the most single important feature in golf this was a big factor in vardon s swing the finest swinger I 1 ever saw play it was a big feature in bobby jones swing in his later campaigns I 1 mean after 1922 iia gen was never in a hurry he was a magnificent timer I 1 wonder how many golfers know they start their downswing before they finish their they simply cant can t wait to hit the ball they get about two thirds back and then the downswing starts I 1 would say this Is the biggest common weakness in golf goil the main idea Is not to hurry anything you can loaf on your you can loaf on yo your downswing not too much but enough to keep everything smooth don dont t ever rush that downswing that ev even en goes tor for chip hots |