THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 1, 1940.
Golf ABC To Help The Average Player
AAA-ADDRESS- THE ball with your weight equally divided on both feet, and your balance back toward the heels. It is wise to try to stand as com- fortably and naturally as possible so that your mind will not be uneasy as you start your backswing. If you are uncomfortable in the address position, you will find it difficult to concentrate upon the actual making of the stroke.
By Lawson Little
hand, but reserve the hit with the hands until you are in the hitting position near the ball. Remember swing by cocking, and they com- plete the downswing (before the bail is hit) by uncocking just bc- fore contact with the ball. not start the club down by un- cocking the wrists at the top of the backswing.
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BBB-Begin your back swing ple rules. The feet should be fix-that the wrists complete the back- slowly and smoothly. A hurried ed firmly in the sand. The ball start away from the ball nearly should be played well forward off always causes t short, jerky the left foot and the stance slight swing, that lacks both power and ly opened. Usually the face of the control.
club is layed open. The swing is CCC.-Control the club with fairly upright and should come the left hand and arm-they are down across the ball from the masters and guides of the outside in. It is fatal to loosen club. In order to ensure control your grip with the left hand or of the club, make certain that the fail to follow-through. Contact grip with the left hand remains the sand several inches behind firm throughout the backward the ball. and forward swing.
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FFF-Freedom of wrist action depends upon your using the pro- per grip.
GRAPHIC GOLE
LEFT HAND GRIP
·INCORRECT-HAND TOO FÅR
UNDER SHAFT
CORRECT
GRASP CLUB- WITH PALM FACING TURF
COMPLETED GRIP: SHOWS TWO OR MORE KNUCKLES OF'LEFT HAND
VISIBLE LOOKING DOWN
OPEN SINGLES RESULTS.
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III-Initiate the swing in the centre of the body; the hips to the right, and let the shoulders, arms. hands, and club move to the right, as a result of the turning of the body.
JJJ.-Jerky shots are usually Following were the results of DDD.-Don't take your divots
caused by starting the backswing | third round games in the Open before the clubhead contacts the
GGG.-Gripping the club cor too quickly. Start the club back Singles Bowls championship play- ball. In laying the iron shots re- member that the club must con-rectly is called opening the door as in "" This makes for the ed yesterday: tact the ball first, then the ground to a good golf swing. I cannot harmonious movement of all parts. -thus taking the divot after the over-emphasise the importance of of the body. ball has been struck: The ball a good grip, so consult your local
KKK-Like as we lie is a professional för a check-up, ·· goling term meaning that all must be hit on the downswing.
EEE-Explosion shots
from
HHH.-Hit the ball with your players have played the same | 22′′-
particularly sand traps can save many strokes hands,
the right number of strokes. if the player follows several sim-
At Cralgangower
M. R. Abbas beat A. Morton 21-3 on the 12m head.
At K.F.C.
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BY BEST BALL
Grasping the shaft of the club with the left hand palra down, places this member in the best possible position for both mobility and usefulness in the stroke. There is more power in such a grip than one placed too far under the shaft and also more dependability. Let the golfer try swinging and pushing back with his hand in the palm down posi- tion and he will soon realise that it not only offers more -- "control but that its natural arc follows the rotating movement of 'the body. Furthermore the path of this hand is near- er the body than is the case where the back of the hand is largely on the side of the shaft not over.
Two or more knuckles of the left hand should be visible to the player as he looks down upon the grip. Placed in this fashion it can guide the club head in the best possible man- ner and: follow through intended straight along the line of flight. The heel of the right hand. should snugly against the thumb of the left hand.
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____ H.K.V.D.C. LAWN BOWL S MEETING
Volunteer Unit Commanders are re- minded that a meet- ing will be held at Volunteer Headquar- ters this evening to discuss the possibility. of holding an Inter- Unit lawn bowls com- petition. The meeting will be held in the Corps lecture room, starting at 5.30 p.m.
U.B.Beer
LIGHT OR DARK
BREWERY
VOLUNTEER CRICKET
NO LEAGUE JUST YET
In the absence of Lt.- Col. E. J. R. Mitchell, who is ill, Major H. Owen Hughes presided at the Volunteer Cricket meeting at Headquarters. yester- day evening.
Major Owen Hughes said that the purpose of the meeting was to see what form Volunteer cricket should take this year.
It was suggested that Volunteer Cricket be run as last year with friendly games on Sundays, pre- ferably between Units of the Corps. There were six units which had more or less agreed to field teams and the question of grounds for a competitfon was discussed.
Pending enquiries being made as to the possibility of grounds. being secured, the meeting was adjourned, it being decided that In no case would any competition be formed until the end of the year.
The Inter-Unit teams so far are 3rd. M.G. Coy, 3rd Battery, Field Ambulance, 5th and 6th - (Portu- fuese). Coys, No. 1 Coy: and 1st Battery
TO-DAY'S BOWLS Following is the programme for to-day's Third Round of the Co- lony, Lawn Bowls Singles Cham- plonship.
SKINE Bilvali v H. White
MATERIAL Craigenpower. HE. Strange" V. FAJ. Johës
At Pollès 1.C. Hulsbor VW, 7, Howard
MJ AMAlarcon, VT, A. Mɗdar
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