Show 3 G y R CE 1 THERE HERE are many millions take either cither 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 Baseballs Baseball's major Interest belongs to spectators Golf's major interest belongs to the players and co com n- n Golf Gol is one one of ot the greatest making health-making and training games carnes of all time for the multitude Baseball is one of at the greatest fan games carnes or mental relaxations for the crowd minus any physical aid The golfers golfer's interest is largely personal How can I chop off oU a stroke or two asks Bill Brown so I can trim that fathead Jack I Smith who makes me play him I I even There are things you can do or or at least try For example here are tips that came direct from Harry Vardon Vardon gave cave me a great tip I Walter Hagen told me one day ItI It I was about playing shots from rom heavy rough or from the sand in bunkers I used to go into the rough or walk i into a bunker gripping a niblick as asif asif asit if it it were a matter of at life llie or death death- It meant power Dont do that Vardon told me mc Grip the tho club lightly or gently in your hands Get the full play of your our hands and wrists Eliminate tension as far as you can Most people in trouble In the tho thorough rough or the bunker nearly aiwas aiwa's al always always al- al ways was develop too much tension This is the spot where you cant can't afford aCCord tension Just ease up Another Vardon tip came years ago from a British publisher whose short game was phenomenal Ill tell you who helped me he said It w was s Vardon on chip shots Vardon showed me how to pick out outa oula a spot or a target just lust an inch ahead of the ball This helped me to chip or swing swine through the ball It prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented stabbing or jabbing Vardon is an amazing man the publisher said on the simple side of the game He doesn't use a straight left arm He breaks his left elbow bends it But his left arm is straight at impact That ThatIs Is when It counts That Is where almost every everything thine that counts takes place At impact On chip shots you might try the Vardon system system picking picking out a spot an inch beyond the ball as the target Golf Is Personal Golf Gol is your game To a large degree degree degree de de- de- de gree baseball football and boxing are someone else's game Golf Gol is the playing game came Tennis is a playing game The others are spectators spectator's spectators spectator's spectators spectator's spec spec- games carnes How can you pare away that extra extra extra ex ex- ex- ex tra stroke or two two maybe maybe three or four strokes Here are just a few more tips BEN HOGAN At the finish of at my swing swine the right hand Is in controL con con- The left hand is Important until the final smash But I can give you another good tip It concerns putting Most putts are missed because there is knee- knee body and-body motion when you stroke the ball I concentrate on locking my knees so there can be no knee- knee or body or-body body motion Putting belongs entirely to the hands and wrists Keep the body still and then stroke I I the ball But concentrate on stroking stroking ing the ball GENE The big weakness in fu golf Is the tho tension most golfers develop in being too slow They say golf goit is not a game of motion I It is with me I hit hita a drive Then as I walk walle up to the tho ball I make up my mind on the club I need That wont won't take over overa a second or two Its the same way on the green I Dont Don't hurry burry But dont don't get tied up Keep moving When youve you've decided on the club you need forget everything everything everything every every- thing else Concentrate on that club only But never hurry any swing Here Is an excellent tip Nev Never r hurry any swing swine or any part of ot a swing swine You can loaf loat on your back- back swing swine But it is more Important to loaf on your downswing Delay in 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 golL This was a big bie factor in Vardon's swing the finest swinger I ever saw play It was a big feature in Bobby Jones' Jones swing awing in his later campaigns I 1 mean after 1922 Hagen Hagen Ha Ha- gen was never in a hurry He was wasa a magnificent timer I wonder how many golfers know they start their downswing before they finish their They simply cant can't wait to hit the ball baU They get about two-thirds two back and then the downswing starts I would say this is the biggest common weakness in golf golt The main idea is not to hurry anything You can loaf on your you can loaf loat on your downswing Not too much but enough to keep I every everything thine smooth Dont Don't ever rush that downswing That even goes goes goes' for chip shots |