Show rr r-rr JL I l p n 7 vj L n t r LI n r r 71 H J Tee JL I PP J Uy 81 STr D itICE Walter J Travis once remarked tho it tt took about six years vearll to learn learna a correct golf swing then about six years eara to forget It so that could swing naturally There Is a n striking Idea back oC this remark whether or not the numerical count I is exact For undoubted un- un undoubtedly doubted the great trouble golfers is due to the fact act that they depend on conscious effort to make malo themselves do a certain th tiling I 11 They lack habit anti and conscious effort wrecks all case control Take for tor one example the mat mat- matter mat matter ter of t keeping the tho head still or looking at the ball It isn't so a matter of oC ID looking at the as it Is of Dt not lifting the head too quickly The Tho golfer sas sa's says to t himself This lime Im I'm going to t look at that could Duld make mo 1110 lift my m head had He He calls In conscious et ef tort fort to his assistance but th the head comes comeR up just tho Iho same Until he forgets f about the physical details of Df the tho hea head still sUII and to turn the trick naturally it will II ri always be bo a bothersome detail The same I true of the tho speed of 1 tho back sw swing I 11 The morose golf golf- cr atler a few urrie l hurried Jerks takes an all oath that the next back baek swing will be slow alow It ma start slowly but near the tOl top Is a II sudden hurried movement antI antIa ana a fast down swing There are days when ono one can think about the o of the back baek swing swing- until lIe lIeIs hIn Is purple In the III II will remain a II ragged Jerk Jerky un- un uneven tn e thin thing He Ile may have learned to but hasn't l had lla t to forget the more Inti mate details An And when he ho tries 10 think about them with the swing miller way there Is n let left Mind and muscio can an rarely worle at nt the same time The mind must Hash its message nod then retire while the said responds Instinctively This is the thc winter sea season I on offers i l rare chance Jn In place Ilace there theN aI uru Iho Indoor In the Hie second place there Is only eed 1 o of swinging sl space n e In Inthe the 01 or apartment or den It isn't a I ba bad plan through the the- winter for ten or fifteen or twenty ty minutes s at ut a n time to just back bak swinging lIt at Iho tho right ico pl-co pl 0 or speed Let the thc left hanO an arm take control as the boll urns from left to right Just keep taking the club back bak in tho rl-ht rl at way at a smooth even pace at every chance day after II day a Within in a I month or two this will nn Instinctive habit and it will follow ono one to the open moors and of Dt spring Th Tho ve average gole golfer I has lIas realized pretty well by now that he Is going go- go IllS to d do little practicing when the green of ot tho fairway and the tho of the sky beckon later on when n-when there Is a match He Is rarely going o take time 10 g out to his club Just to practice Ho Ile may think he ho will but he But It If ho will get his swing out at bOlnO Indoor school and then either cither there or practice at home not so hitting the tho ball but Just in the right lIght way unhurried with the hea head uplifted the th habit ha bit Is bound to count later on Tho a erac golfer rarely his left hand do enough work work- his left hand and his left arm Hero Is the chanco t to practice u lS Ill Ins Ins- tile the left both on n the back and the tho left handed back blow n tho lown swing Hero Is also tile cha chance nce t to practice the correct body bo turn of ot left shoulder and left Non Nono of these details Is won much until they are turned Into muscle memory or Dr Instinctive hal its lt Much of this has b been en said be- be before tore fore But it cant can't be said too often ottel It If the tho suggestion Is followed It will ba be a big help and It If It Isn't the golfer goiter will start starL In April or oMay orMay May about where he left oft off and will remain at that same samo melan melancholy hIs heIs status al nl summer Fop 1131 he Is going to Improve ve little lillie or r not aall at atall all in playing competitive rounds Hp Is too Intent then on the ball all in the cup pan any way ay he can and It I Is too late lal lo to tryout try out aids and tips lips and schemes and suggestions after the round has started Do |