| Show Vale or of 11 1 via Co flee ee j So much has hIlS been and written written d about talked about tho the use of the tha hands the wrists the arms the shoulders the tho tho teC the tho pivot nd the grip In remarked one ono of the keenest ot of the pros a II few days 1 ago 0 one elf of the tho most mot Important details connected with a Ith hitting hilling the oali has is been overlooked o by bv thousands Meaning just precisely what hat 7 We wo asked Meaning lh the club head head ho be reo re- replied plied piled It is the club head that ta the ball hall It la is the speed of the club b hell hea and the tho position of the duo 0 head coming In to th the ball that thaL 11 counts Yet vet bow many mony golfers s ever r cv gh rise give e a 0 thought to It its it's How ly ever put their r attention on this thi son AOI orl k it la Is l doing 01 oi should do Tile They are e thinking of their hands R and their the lr grips of their wrists and their lest teet leston tei or on o elge else Th o AH all fig fig- Ig uro ur of ot course In relation to th the work wOrl of the tho club head h a l But ther throne ought to be bo a L lot tot snore moro about tho the club el head bead I rc n ought to bo be a mental pl 1 UN ot of o hitting with tho the club not head head with the hands and aDd arms TIU Im The pro ro referred to uttered a 0 then and nd there rho Tho aver or age ac golfer Is told nt great length how to use th the hands and arms So much BO so that he begins to thin think of them exclusively elY in swinging 0 o hitting He has a mental picture of the hands wrista and arms arns carry carry- carryIng Ing forward certain duties so duties so mos most of the tho time they try to do more WOT than thUr allotted The Tho Th lat last hurried bick ms tag tag- I th mistake of hitting too quickly- quickly 1111 ai iii 0 o all 11 matters of the tho hands Iland wrists unit and unarms arms trying to handle handl tho cr en- en entire I tire tiro burden I they ac no working with sith no thought whatsoever r of the main instrument it that li is I to send the missile spinning merrily m or moodily upon its way acres across tho the green spring turf turC All ii concentration Is upon then them I ann ILna and so 50 U toe the club n u iLu head had u usually u corn ann ILna U toe n u iLu u u lagging along or else Iso sulkily quits quit before reaching the ball I Yet If it one ofle were driving a nail 1 Into a plank ho lie h would think of ot juf jut just two things things the the nail and the ham ham- hammer hammen mer men fco So In golf th the two most mu- mu Important things to think about are arthe the ball and the th club head use usi or 01 01 TU TIt TilE n r CLUB CWB nI D When Then I 1 am playing well ell a not not not- noted noted II ed ed said a short while l back hael ach I t 1 h have hate my eye and my mind on this th club head as lIS it starts back I 1 seo eo ae it Il start evenly Inside the bal alon along along- the bround fop fop-a to brief moment moment moment-at- at let ter that the ot of the swim swing seems to last and I can then con con con- concentrate on hitting through But Ent It if ItI 1 I start mi ins hands In a II hurry with will no thought o the club head I an am sure to begin piling up trouble 1 I ou might 8 sty IY iy to yourself in ref ref- reference to the th dub head dl 1 I II start the old away in th the right rl-ht fashion at any rate I f wort won I lift him suddenly and I won t hur hur- hur hurry hurry ry him He doesn t l like 11 to be ue j jre- jre ed or yanked y So I il II humor bunion him lit 1 II start lart tart him hint at an oln even steady bea beat t up lip to the top of the tho swing awing and anti fron from this Ihli point will let do his ha share th the greedy greedY tit ot tho the work I wont won't let hands bands and arms do It all 1 will tr to work out the tho thai feeling I 1 I am hitting with tho the club head that I 1 Iam am it through on time not In back of th tile tho arm arms and anti body where here It no longer has tho the po r to do any good v You hu ha have 0 heard about feeling the tha head bead Ot or tho the club you can i feel the tho club hea head everything I to bo ho wooden This truc la-truc even In putting Wm- Wm ter ten I p Travis who ho can uso II a a putter putten put put- ter ten In more mora useful wa wava a than In any golfer of the generation sass sa s that thit he putts just as if if he were driving a II pin into th the bailIf ball bail It If there should be a pin in the tho th ball h he t stab slab at the pinhead pinhead pin head nor yet push It it He ILi woud US use the club head bead to 10 tap it gently or firmly There I Is often a natural to stop the hinda and arm arms rather r abruptly But once oneo the he club hell heal gets under way In Iii the propel prope ion ion It JS s harder barder to stop We bao ha e lion al ays contended that th the tha main wIth most golf 1 In Ing tugs ings is the thu tendency to 10 crowd to much Into the work ork All An this extra t has hns tint the effect t ot or choking up the play islay ot of o th wooden tho-wooden woolen head bead or the Iron blad blade It Isn't Int allowed to go hurtling on 01 through th the ball balI rh The mind sends ond Its eager message shooting to th the hands and arms and they ro 10 lung lung- lungIng lunging Ing oJ ou on ahead 1 K their allotted place in the tho scheme of ot th the S swing SIng Ing It If tho the mind or brain bram also alio took the tho dub chub head into Its consideration th then rt might b be a better belter co co or relationship all aU th the tha way say around Hagen and to Hagen flagon and preparing to 10 Invade In Great Britain will take oser o faced faced straight drivers er with nith which to get et a lower trajectory and so combat corn i the roistering gals gales This Is la simpler r than swings to keep the ball low how With the straight faced club the ball bail can he bc teed even higher than usual ani atilt tili be lie lucId held to o I lower flight through space But watch how bow crisply they get tho the club head hea- through forcing arcing their hands to keep their place They dont don't hit bit with nith their hands They take hands and hit with the club head They have mental i of ot hit hit- hitting hit hitting ting with lIh th the club which Is one ene of otho the secrets l o of timing Poor tithing tinting usually comes about because the th-a hands and arms arm take over too muc of ot the work wort When ou swing ens- ens casIly lly Ily the bill often orten goes mu much h farther farther er than you thought It would And AndaU Andall all aU because c you gave the club hea heal through a a chance chane to get gt on of the tho sudden tightening pred by a that grip or by an ov 0 gets the hands hand too far In front Watch the speed at which Babe Babo Ruth gets the fit fat part of lh the bat against tile the ball bali He lie takes lakes his with nith the bat Ho hands and hits doesn't take tako the bat and hits 3 J huts his hands |
