Show Tales of ofa a Way Wayside side Tee TeeBy Teen By n GnA D There are two points I would like to have explained to me writes F F. M. M 1 The first concerns the completion of the back swing awing One man tried to tell me It was at ata ata a II point where one could see sec through the corner of the left lett eye ee the head of tho the club When is b the back swing completed The Tho sec see second second ond is this What is the first move in coming down from the thc top of ot tho th's swing awing When hen should the thc 1 wrists be straightened out How How- do they the figure In tho the down swing awing The back normally Is completed when wIlen the shaft of ot the club is par parallel abel with the ground After the turn or pivot of ot the body there cornea comes a 0 certain point in the back swing the hands and wrists feel t el a II draw or tug upon them At this point tho the wrists are allowed to bend slightly slightly rather rather the left teft wrist It is what Bobby Jones Jont Jon calls cocking the left leU wrist There must be a slight Blight bend or break of ot thc the wrists at this point and tills this bend leaves lea the club shaft parallel with the thc turf In case of a three three- quarter left wrist takes place sooner The length of back bac swings differ considerably But there should be bea a II feeling of ot control with the left shoulder left arm and left loft hand and wrist especially It isn't dif dit- difficult to sense or feel the right place for the back swing to reach a II slOp stop If It the swing awing Isn't hurried or rushed i iThe The Thc down swing Is a II two handed affair There should be no thought of straightening out the wrists or throwing Ing out the arms It is mere mere- merey merely ly Iy y a a. matter of whipping tho the club lead head through the ball bail Tho The two lands hands start together with the turn of the body from right to left As Aa tho ho body comes around the thc hands and the club head come with It jut at the start the tho hands are In h I front of ot the club head It Is a 0 movement of body bod hands and club head which works in onn one unit The Tho main point is to keep the he body from getting in front of ot he the bands hands As AJI the hands start down and the body turns the left heel icel returns to the thc ground and the left eft leg Jeg Is then ready to hit against and help hold the body in place It Ita ItIs Itis Is a Important not to sway forward and get the weight ahead of ot the ewing Near the finish of ot the down swing the tho hands travel only a short space as the club head is being whipped through by thc thu hands lands and tho the two wrists If Jt the thc hands lands pass pus the thc ball before the thc club dUb head gets there a slice Is almost certain to follow tollow Mac Smith says ys that he lie waits walts t to the last before with tho the right But there is SUN SUl to be confusion contusion if It one tries to Jil lilt hit with the left or right Just figure the down swing a II two handed at af affair fair in which the tho main object I Ito Is Isto isto to get the club head through th the ball bali After all you ou arc hitting with the thc club head lead not with jou our hands These details are hard to explain in print The majority Qt golfers golfer have ha-e a pretty good looking swing when wIlen they hit at a dandelion or a cigar stump They are arc then letting I the club head bead have its way with with- without without without out any sudden tightening up The rho biggest mistake of ot all au is to try to think of anything when hitting the ball To try to think ot of where the back swing ends or what hap hap- happens happens pens first on the down swing Is per cent disaster These are details that can be figured out In practice even when there Is no ball to lo hit The main features o of oftie tie tle golf g. g lf swing aro are pivoting and Most of the thc trouble In golf golt comes from lack of pivot pivot- pivoting pivotIng pivoting ing and hurry In hitting As Asi to where the tho wrists come In Inon Inon inon on the down swing slow swing slow motion pictures of the best beat professionals and the thc best amateurs show that thai their hands have almost reached tie the starting place with the tho club head still a good distance back Near the finish the thc hands travel only about eight or ten Inches where tho the club head must travel two or three feet teet It Is here the wrists get In their work not at the tart start of ot the thc down don swing awing There H is I. I no good to be gained In rushing the wrists to work ork But If It they the are too late to work the hands get geton geton geton on through and the tho club head cuts across the thc ball bali for a brilliant slice One of Walter Waiter Johnsons Johnson's fast tast ones wont won't wait walt long on any bat But the golf ball will wilt sit there pat pati patently pa until something moves It And there thero Is nothing to be bo gained in trying to put in an extra punch |