Show or of Ja ide flee fee v J RICE It has always alway been a source of much to many tio played other games thit a stationary golf gol t ball bail should be hard hard- harder harder er to time than a a moving mo such a as baseball 4 1 or tennis Yet this happens to be b the th truth Lruth truthA truthA A stationary golf colt ball col calls call fut lu much snore more mor Intricate te timing than a swiftly ba baseball or tennis ball bait A And nd for Cor or various reasons reason In 10 the th first place a moving ba baso- baso ball o- o ball bali or tiling floing tennis ball helps helN to time th the blow The Tho bat or rac racket ot can see at about whit what wielder speed peed peed the lh he ball I Is coming up and he ha hanell nell actS InstInctIvely to meet th- th speed peed tho Th approaching sends its It direct t message nes a o ahead In n ho he h second p place It Is easter easier to look took at a a moving t object than It Is at p stationary one The Th movIng movIng- object cat and holds hold attention In inthe the stationary object the tho th main malo in- in In Interest crest terest Is on be b ond In timing a blow Alow at a object the th entire burden I Is upon the Iha hitter Re He H has haa no moving oh- oh obJect Ob-j Ob ct to help guide Kuldo him to help holp oj- oj J dust hi his pace There Ther I Is the th golf golt ball bail on the th tee or the th turf tur loo al p tl to be b hit It 1 iiii III there thore Indefinitely until struck It ItIs Itis ItIs Is going to fly ly at bat or racket and bound away It 11 has haa ha no Impetus of oC oCIta Its Ita own It has haa ha no lure to 10 catch the eye eyo ey and hold It It It Is I purely inanimate and before It leaves leves In Inthe Inthe n the right way It mut must be b hit In the right way nay There Ther is a a sound hit hit hit- hitting hit tin ting surface ur-ic ur ot of o at least ten or U 2 on a a bat There Ther la is a UI su ui-fac ui face tace ot of o 12 Inch Inches to a racket hut Iut there Is la barely more mor than an inch and a halt to the tho th central lace face ot 01 ota a 0 golf KOIt Ol club TIming la I difficult In tn golf tolt be- be because b cause ot of o the tho th perversity por ot of the th chal- chal chat lent chal-lent lengo of ot that till Inanimate ob- ob object oh ct waiting w lUng to b walloped lit In games gama s ot of o action one on becomes natu natu- natu naturally naturally rally relaxed relayed One n 0 doun doesn't hate ha much Um Ipie to think ot of o how hoe a thing la is done don Ho lo must muel Act Lot I and There la is I noth- noth noth InK ing to bring J relaxation lit la laBolt golf Kolt and lack Ick of relaxation I the of ot a amount of o lor sorrow row Id trouble Ther Thore la is I time tim e a the boil ball waits wain to think of ot bunkers bunker 0 on onah td of lak lakee ak and pond ponds and woodland ot of wi wrt l action And pivoting and other tal tai affairs which h are ro quite likely to distract eLton eLton- atten attention tion- tion from the main job job-I job 1 c e viz vis vl hitting the ball Hitting too soon is a the th Irae cros curs of baseball and ten but t I but the h a ap- ap approaching p missile help helps to time tho action of ot the bat or racket I is no audi such help In toll golf so 0 about abou sa 95 per cent ot of o all alt pla players rs 8 In nes sto to hit one on a mile Dill 1 iy n to 10 just carr caro some trap to the tb II goon 00 put In the punch about bout 8 I Inch Inci still athis s a this till this side of the lh ball bali baliAs u As A a result this thle great creat majority never or bu but rarelY lilt Jilt smoothly through tb thu ball with the th Kill gatli- gatli ering Increased momentum at thu moment oC ot Impact And this thil mat mat- matter matter matter ter of ol Increasing momentum ot th moment of Impact I is I onu one of ot II thu tau foundation ot of first cl class timing It goes ro for tor every stroke alu Walter Hagen flagen putt Jutt You never nover Doe him stop the th blade blad ot of the th Jutt just juat oa as a the Iha th bali baJI Ie lebit hit Ills Ilia put blade blada blad goe goes roer smoothly alon hits bits the th ball and then lh n It Its way nay tor for eral e Inch Inch- es Cs s even ven on aThe a hot hoet putt The Th golf ioK swing mine call for tor greater smoothness than thon n any other stroke And there thera ther can be b 1 0 no 10 where there thore t Is no relaxation One Oae lant so much Inclined to tighten up Ut In swinging s at a base all or ci 01 cia LIa a tennis ball But ther theu I la is a hi ci t temptation In golf colt to 10 taut and wooden to grip trip with tI the grip of ot doom and nd to 10 start the dol down n awing Ing before betom the th back is II completed Iw rew ot of o those thos who ho ho play golf golt et ve ct get any correct mental pattern at atthe o othe the swIng aln They never think u trying any mental menial timing As u A thy they th the ball their thoughts or ar j down don do n the th course cours hero hero the tho th fair way way ay wait waits walts and the th crushing bunk er rs lurk here will wilt this thia ono one fin fin- finIsh till fin finish ish Ih 7 In their eagerness to tint find out up ull comes come the th head had and eY- eY cv I H ii sadness and p pain ln There Theu ThemIs Is no such uch temptation to bolt away front a It mo Ing object bat bat- 1 one ono then must think ot of the th ball bail though the swing a not of where the tho bill ball Is going The e must b be some aid lId toward keeping the head still and still and this aid kid mut mud come from the mind 1 hoe m malt business Is ts to remove all ht thought except the th ball bati The Th first principle of ot timing I 1 to keep the th head still till as a an on anchor chor The Tho second I Is relaxation The Th third Is la rh |