Show I i i OP of s bJ ibe ee JI C GR RICE RIC By By GR GK ND ND RICE Copyright 1923 Neil Nen Ne York I Tribune Inc I What are arc three thre lead leading InS mIs 1 takes that the a a erace erae goiter I makes queries a 0 reader Nader the three main faults hr hp I correct to Improve e his game v Ac have lIned flItted in our time lime with i I orders than this I Th The rhe average golfer colter golf r playing troiS from 95 to can e Be several eral a of ot mistakes and play them until they I Here are just a 0 few I 1 I Taking Taking- the clu club b back too with no rhythm I I 2 TakIng the club head back bac outside the line Hn ot of lIght I 3 BreakIng th the left e chow ebow bow and losing the th arc of ot the swing twing I 4 Lifting the head at or before the tho moment of ot Impact impactS S G HItting 3 to soon I I 6 Attempting to play a lotto lotte shot bv by lifting Mith Ith the th hand hands In place o letting th the th- lot upon the th dug clug clui face do the work orl J I 7 Dropping the right shoulder S 8 the tho body bod In place ot of otI ol I pivoting or turning the th left knee 9 HItting the ball bell from the th outside In rather than from the th Insl e insl-e e out 10 BreakIng the th wrists too to quickly I I THE Jl LE What hat from the th brief list might be designated as the three thre e leading average faults All are fairly prevalent Ith aith the a ce e golfer goiter who echo II bo rarely dips be- be belo below I lo 10 I Most fost of or them assail even esen the better hetter players player at times Jmes A tw tew ot them have haie hll e a habit of ot stacking even evenI I the tho leading Stars star I lh greatest alert fault tault In golf golt Is ts al a combination t f three an fauts intermingled group croup that seizes seize upon th the person of ot the average aith II great grat Intensity This series of ot faults begins I a grip that Is too tight tl ht and too tooten I ten tense tene cc I I From that point It merges merge Into a fat Jerky Th The next step is a hurried for for for- I nard eard s swine Inc swin too and soon noon an anthe the final Is a sudden uplift uplift- In br of ot the head One fault here lead leads to In IOne fi a perfect link I The s living Ing that start starts with a aI normal grIp an and starts bac back even even- Iy by and smoothly upon a 0 slight are aro ar I In ide the line of ot flight Is pretty certain to avoid the th other r mis- mis mistakes takes take too soon toon and head he It may seem to the oh- oh observer er that the the- swing back mOllo ot of Hagen Hacen and are ala all a e swift Also Aloo R n T Jones r r II are Arp But through long lon practice they ar are also even am and rhythmical and In no een sense sens e jerky Jerk or hurried I ITh Th The Tha average golfer goiter must obtain I his hi rhythm In a more wy wey He H must mut work for tor It It for It will wll hardly be instinctive II must mus won Vera for tor It by not gripping too frenziedly and by not being in too toi greet cort a hurry to hit the tho ball I He tie must work for tor or it by being I sure or that the th back basic swIng has haa bi ei starts completed bet before ore the down SWing OThER 8 V cS S E ERS EnS S This Is put part answer at least t the t the thu he query proffered above aboe e What hat Is i s the next most serious fault tault i Anther Another extremely common a av v- v erllN crago pla pia er Cr fault is that of ot at- at attempting tempting empting t to lift the ball the th hands hanis han s on a II pitch shot In place ot of i the loft lott of the tho club do the thi vork ork ork berB it is 5 only necessary i to 10 hit hll on through the th ball wIthout I lifting l the club chub head had In any 1 way av I extremely common fault faults taul I i ls Is s g getting c tho the body bod v and hands In I ahead of the the- club head Tills fault Is as IlS thickly as a n flock ot of on Penguin Island It is a fault that affects from 70 to to 80 per cent of or all 1111 who play It is duo due large to or to pressing the feeling of ot ef- ef tort fort It I is almost su sure r to re I when the golfer goiter him him- himself self belf In place of taking a longer range club ton for a simpler stroke hh ich the th feeling of ot effort eliminated This Thic fault tault causes most of ot th the Heine that th hit harasses and haunts the baffled battled populace Once the body starts too soon soon- soon sooner or er the tho hands h are well In front ot of o the club but head head but little power Is 1 left for tor the downward club and an the Iho face ot of the club Is certain to hf hI drawn across the ball bah This will not happen nearly so 0 often when the th forward punch or I swing s 's an arc from the ii- ii IP side Ide on through with the clu ciu I head traveling through toward the tho pin and not swung In iii sharply to Ih rt l-rt Once again an abIdIng eagerness erness to hit In too much muth of ot A hurry Muses causes no small part of ot this stand tand- and ard sin The Th straight or fairly straight left lert arm 1 is h an essential es There 1 I can be a slight elbow bend but not notI nota II a pronounced break of ot the main I hinge These points I ar are all nil Important ointa to con con- consider alder r 1 I on collected the full list a lar iare e e pare pale volum woul t be But Dut It If the tho few tEW fullI I enumerated here her were ere the red reduction ot of scores cores core would add to the th happi- happi happiness happiness I ness of ot an and 1 sorrowing r thousands who at nt have only r a slight and widely so- so Ith Par Only see that these the sins are ar overcome and andI an I I there w I 1 bp be no great worry About t the rest of ot the th match on 00 |