Show Golf Swing Takes in Whole Body By GRANTLAND RICE RICE- AM SNEAD HAPPENS to have S SAM one of the greatest natural golf swings the game has has has' ever known This takes in Vardon Braid Taylor Jones Hagen Hogan and Nelson But it might also be remembered that Sammy Snead is also a high high- class golf instructor y J tor at White S SN Sulphur Sulphur Sul Sul- N Springs W. W Va where he is home pro t And while Snead is on the tournament tournament tournament ment trail quite a abit abit bit he is also at home quite often giving lessons Grantland Rice It Isn't generally known that Snead was a football basketball and baseball star in high school as well as a fellow with ability ability ability abili abili- ty to play go golf A short while bac I was talking with Sammy about the intricate quality of the go golf swing when it came to the teaching side One ClOne trouble In teaching the golf swing Snead said is His the territory It covers It starts with the head head head-an an Important factor factor and and it runs on to the feet another Important factor Between Between Between Be Be- tween head and feet It takes In Inbody Inbody inbody body hips knees hands wrists and Just about everything the human system has If ClIt your head action is poor the swing Is poor If your foot action is bad the swings swing's no good Id I'd say you must start with the balance and that begins with the feet You know balance isn't a post stuck inthe in inthe inthe the ground The feet must move and work with the swing When you start the with your hands and arms the ers and hips and knees must all work to to- to gether One part of the swing cant can't work against another partI part I would say Sam added that the swing starts all together Once the hands start to move the club head the left side also begins to turn You cant can't leave the left shoulder shoulder shoulder der left hip or left knee behind behind- especially the left shoulder You cant can't split up the swing in sections as so many try to do Its a tough job to teach anyone to put all these parts together The Biggest Faults About this time I asked Ben Hogan the first move he made on the downswing Get the left side out n oi ff the way and the left heel back in place he said Then you have something to hit against Most golfers start their hands too quickly on the I downswing another thing you have to watch in teaching Snead said Dont hurry the downswing The average golfer starts his downswing before he finishes his Hes He's only thinking of ot socking that ball He cant can't wait to get in position to sock it it A golfer who keeps his head anchored who doesn't rush his or hurry his downswing will shoot pretty good go golf even if it he makes other mistakes One ClOne trouble In teaching golf golfIs Is there are so many things you yon youcan youcan can do wrong Somebody has written there are ways to slice Sometimes I almost believe believe believe be be- lieve It I cant can't understand why most golf instructors dont don't go up to the top of tall buildings and jump off Not because their pupils are arc dumb but because ItIs ItIs it itIs Is such a hard game to teach What Is the most common fault in hi golf I asked Snead Too much tension too tension too much stiffness stiffness stiffness-is is the main fault he said They get all locked up even when you give em the right stance and the right grip But outside of ot tension they have a lot of trouble with body action action I I mean in keeping keeping keeping keep keep- ing the body in place in helping hand action Instead of hurting it The body is likely to overpower the hands and arms Which is harder I asked To teach golf or play tournament golf Both are tough ways to make a living he said e Texas Fever Football knew one of its biggest years in this free now and then land in 1950 But it reached an all- all time height in Texas where every past attendance mark was broken this fall Not only that but every type of ot emotional stress was just about doubled It was that got the jump lump by beating Ohio State It was that took a smart lead ver Army and Oklahoma in the early polls only to bog down in the stretch Any number of games in this massave massive mas mas- save sive state drew from to 75 75 i people In one day the Cotton Bowl at Dallas offered a doubleheader doubleheader doubleheader double- double header afternoon and night to spectators They can handle at Dallas They can take care of ot at Rice They can accommodate accommodate accommodate over at Austin And now they are waiting for what they feel sure will be the decapitation decapitation decapitation de de- capitation of ot Tennessee in the Cotton Cotton Cotton Cot Cot- ton Bowl on Jan 1 1 Fiery Texas supporters are willing to admit that Bob Neyland's Tennessee squad is extremely good We Ne know Tennessee Is the best In the south one football veteran said But the south Isn't In the same league league or or the same class with class with the southwest We know Tennessee has a strong line But It has no line that can match the big one that Texas has We still think Texas is better than Oklahoma the team that beat us by bya a single point It wouldn't happen again |