Show WHERE HERE are many millions who otake taka either a keen or a casual basua interest in what happens day by by day day in baseball but these have nothing like like the ule passionate interest some three thre or tour four million golfers have in in deduc reducing ing their score baseballs major interest belongs to spectators golf s major interest belongs to the players and com n pet igors golf Is one of the greco greatest test heal health th making and training aa games mes ot of all time for or the multitude baseball is one of the greatest tan fan games or mental relaxations for the tha crowd minus any physical ald id the golfers golfer s interest Is largely personal how can I 1 chop off a stroke or two asks bill brown so I 1 can trim that fathead jack smith who makes me play him even there are things you can do or at least try for example here are tips that came direct from harry vardon vardon gave me a great tip walter hagen told me one day it was about playing shots from heavy rough or from the sand in bunkers I 1 used to go into the rough or walk into a bunker gripping a niblick as ai it if it were a matter of life or death it meant power dont do that vardon to toll id me gr grip IP the club lightly or gently in your hands get the fuu full play ot of your hands and ana wrists eliminate tension as a far as you yon can call most people in tr trouble in the rough or the bunker nearly always develop too much tension this Is the spot where you cant afford tension just ease up another vardon up tip caroe came years ago from a british publisher whose short game was phenomenal ill I 1 U tell you who helped me he said it was vardon on c hip chip shots va vardon adon showed me how to pick out ou a spot or a target just an inch ahead of the tha ball this helped me to chip or swing through the ball it prevented tabbing stabbing or jabbing vardon is an amazine man the publisher said on the simple side of the game he use a straight left arm he breaks his left elbow bends it but his left arm is straight at impact that Is when it counts that is where almost everything that counts takes place at impact on chip shots you might try the vardon system picking out a spot an aa inch beyond the tha ball as the th target golf Is personal golf is your game to a i large degree base baseball ball football and bi boxing are ara someone alses game golf is the playing game tennis is a playing game the others are spectators spectator s games how can you pare away that extra stroke or two maybe three or tour four strokes here are aie just a few more tips BEN HOGAN at the finish of ct my swing the right hand Is la in control the left hand is important until the final fin al smash but I 1 can give you another g good tip it concerns putting most putts puts are missed because there is knee and body motion when you stroke the ball I 1 concentrate on locking in my y knees kneed so there can be no knee or body motion putting belongs entirely to the hands and wrists keep the body still and then stroke I 1 the ball but concentrate on ing the ball GENE the big weakness in golf is the tension most golfers develop la in being too slow they say golf is not a game of if motion it Is with me I 1 hit acrive a drive then as I 1 wall walk up to the ball 1 all I 1 make up my mini mind on the club I 1 need that wont won t take over a second or two its the sane same way on the gr green con dont don t hurry but dont don t get tied up keep moving when you youve ve decided on the club you need forget everything else concentrate on that club only but never hurry any swing owing here is an excellent tip never hurry any swing or any part of a swing you can loaf on your but it is more important to loaf on y your our downswing delay in in my opinion tommy armour has told me several times the delay in the tha downswing is the most single important feature in golf this was a big factor in pardons Var dons swing the finest swinger r I 1 ver ever saw play it was a big feature in bobby jones swing in his later campaigns campaign I 1 mean after 1922 hagen was never in a hurry he was a magnificent timer I 1 wonder how many golfers know they start their downswing before they finish their they simply cant wait to hit the ball they get about two thirds back and then the downswing starts 1 I would say this is the biggest bigge st common weakness to in golf the main idea is not to hurry anything you can loaf on your our you can loaf oat on your downswing not ot too much but enough to k keep e ep everything smooth dont ever rush that hat downswing that ven even goes for or chip hot |