Show Ire j I iDI i Great Golf Mystery i J 0 O c ONE YET has bas b been en able to toI I I figure out why most of the star i M tit titers fers ers come form Texas But Buts Butts Butt's 4 jt's ts t's s the way It Is Wro t you dont don't think so 10 o look over list list Ben Ben Hogan Loyd Mani Man Man- ot m i Jimmy Jimmy- Demaret Ralph Gul- Gul I hI hI who won the U. U S. S Open ce in a row Byron Nelson one the timers all-timers and several everal Lers ers rs who can score well Dig imagine magine the pick of the country t Hogan Nelson Mangrum t r and arid Demaret In a as s golf golt scrap at either cither match or medal play It couldn't be that Texas developed a ac c certain e r t a I n type of swing that was V something bet better t e r he B than the rest of the h. h 1 t country Hogans Hogan's swing and ind Nelsons Nelson's s ss Rice S If swing are totally une un un- e to look at So is Hogans Hogan's Fa Fose ing as compared with Demarets Demaret's ing ng Mangrum Is closer to Hogan c elson and Demaret are not full tull Hogan is more than a 11 swinger His club head dips I r FP on the and comtes com com- tes etes almost a full circle His linds need this extra arc I l Demaret Is due for tor some Borne better etter luck this good year of 1949 and if he gets It Jimmy can an move right alongside of lOT JOT and Mangrum K 1 t tp p D I 1 like Hogans Hogan's swing Eddie I well known and IDS the player remarked the other day fos it is full fuJI free tree and yet yetTe Te der er definite control On the Hr Ut l you can see that club g for a target that seems i I I f i be a little to the right of ot the thee e the correct line and he keeps the left hand and right hand to the finish That means rat cit hand power and left hand keeping the face of the b Tu b where it should be without Fitting tUng too soon t I I tI The one main thing you yon notice among among- amongal a al leading golfers goUers Is the use of ot the head The Thet t h head ead anchors the swing The Theis is usually back and as J Alex Aiex Morrison puts it They all hit past the chin Once the head ead moves or wavers the result re- re sult Is usually sour The swing io o longer has an anchor f correct use of the head p peping it fixed is the most im tm l I thing in the golf swing I Demaret tells you Once le le e chin pops up or the head moves th the swing you are lost Any S can happen happen except except a good wing Ing It is in this way that you se both power and control The z- z i ad must groove the swing troIT S. S fixed and separate position I he Stranahan Case lFrank Stranahan the Toledo closed out the old year yeara yearl l ith th a remarkable set of ot fl figures ures oung Frank ran away from a trong trong field at a Miami tournament ate te in December He is all set for f e 1949 19 tour and he has the full fun fullI I of every pro golfer goller in the theIS IS eld There is a chance he may beme bethe be- be me the finest scorer weve we've ever the mown one leading pro told me f He is young strong healthy and golf goll Is the game he He gives his full attention to Stranahan has fine tine swing with lenty of ot power He wili will learn as ase asie ie e goes along certain things in and determination tion I le e is a fine golfer now In my Opinion he will be a better golfer I rater Tr iter on Stranahan Is still anxious to J learn all he can He De not only jy wants to know bow how but why rHe He is willing to work and r i tice for tor hours at a 11 time He De H will give every club In his ba bag baga a thorough going over It Is for this reason that he be has bas no distinct weakness The Toledo star Is something new 1 1 sport Here Is a young fellow ith all the money he can spend But Instead of ot spending it he gives give all all his time to golf golf either cither practice or r Play He follows the pro circuit cir uit from beginning to end end Lo 03 s Angeles through Arizona an and Texas exas on through Louisiana int Florida and then up through Georgia and the Carolinas f This Is a tough circuit for tor y making a living from It But torn roll Stranahan tal takes es no va vacations rations del det not while white theres there's a tournament tEc j. j In sight HI His j is today beyond any doubt the finest medal scorer in the ama ama amateur world He has won man big tournaments In including eluding Ing the British amateur but amateur but h hi he hiI I has Ihas ha yet to win the U. U S. S J where his game has never been a a- best J |