Show R CE THE HE duffer dufTer in golf meaning golf meaning the millions who shoot between 90 and may may soon see new light through the darkness He may come upon better days if it instructive plans now set up by the work prop prop- erly In past years the duffer or average average average aver aver- age golfer has developed swing in digestion from too many complex instructive instructive in in- mixtures One teacher would woul tell him to do this and another would tell him not to do that until his mental mental men men- tal picture was all badly blurred At least this is the belief be be- y k lief lie of a number of instructors including Lou Scott and Joe Novak who know their trade trader After more than 20 years of teaching teach ing inS the young and old how not to slice or hook or top or flub Lou Scott the Lakeside veteran has a anew anew anew new and helpful angle Ie to present This idea consists largely lars in wiping out all the old slogans the old maxims maxims maxims max max- ims and such that have baffled the golfer for fOT so many scoring high-scoring years ears Things Thins to Forget I We must first clear up the golfers golfer's golfers golfer's golfers golfer's golf golf- ers er's mental blur Scott says He has been given too many things to think about and to work on We have finally discovered that golf instruction Instruction instruction tion must be simplified Craig Wood and others have been working on this idea in Florida We have been working on it along the Pacific coast Now here are the old slogans or forms that must be wiped out that out that must be forgotten forgotten- 1 To keep your our eye on the ball 2 The straight left arm 3 3 Any part of 4 The body pivotS pivot S 5 Swinging Swinging- from inside out 6 Weight transference from one foot to the other 7 Cocking the wrists 8 the wrists at a certain spot on the downswing 9 The upright swing 10 The flat fiat swing 11 Foot work These things may be part of a good golf swing Lou Scott says but who can put a saw jig puzzle together in the second or so needed to start and finish a swing It just cant can't be done So they all must be eliminated to give the golfer a anew anew anew new and fresh start in picking up the few fundamental things required for lower scoring Buy Buy Defense Bonds Bonds- The Next Step We will now instructor Scott continued take it for granted that the golfing brain or mind has been cleared of all the old obstructions mentioned before What is the next move Starting with a fresh slant the first move must turn to the work of hands and wrists swinging swinging swinging swing swing- ing the You must know what your hands are doing what your wrists and arms all working together are doing doing doIng do do- ing in relation to the head of the club Only the hands touch the club and only the touches the ball For one thing the golfer must pay more attention to the pace of his The natural tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency is to think only of hitting the ball to think largely of the down down- swing But after a bad there can be no such thing as a good downswing unless an accident or a miracle happens Take a comfortable stance unlock unlock unlock un un- un- un lock those feet and legs and swing the smoothly back in a natural way If It you do this the body will turn with the swing and the foot weight will handle itself I If you throw a baseball you will find that the weight first goes to the right leg legand legand legand and then moves back to the left leg But you dont don't have to think about this when throwing a ball It Is a natural move It should be the same in golf Main ain Faults What are the main faults among average golfers The first starts with tension The average golfer goler has no swing he can trust he be is trying to think about too many things so he tightens up from feet to neck The UThe first result is usually a hur hur- hurled hurried hurried ried This in turn leads to a hurried harried jerky downswing and to head lilting lifting This will rarely happen happen happen hap hap- pen with a smooth even where the hands arc are In control There must of course be a firm left hand and a firm left arm But that doesn't mean a tightened straight left arm Golf Is a two handed game but to most people It t is strictly a one hand ed game with the stronger right hand in control But the left hand must do its full share with the right We all realize now that the golf swing and golf gal instruction must be simplified The golfer must be given given given en only one or two fundamental things to think about He cant can't be expected to operate a saw jig puzzle In about two seconds and make all the pieces fit But if 11 he can get working operation co-operation b between hands and he will at least be on his way to a much better belter game 1 |