THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 1, 1940.
Golf ABC To Help GRAPHIC COOLE The Average Player
-By Lawson Little
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 minds 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!
BBB-Begin your back swing ple rules. The feet should be fix-position near the ball. Remember
slowly and smoothly. A hurled start away from the ball nearly always causes a short, jerky swing, that lacks both power and control.
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hand, but reserve the hit with the hands until you are in the hitting that the wrists complete the back- swing by cocking, and they com- ball is hit) by uncocking just be- plete the downswing (before the fore contact with the ball. not start the club down by un- cocking the wrists at the top of the backswing.
Do
LEFT HAND GRIP. INCORRECT - HAND TOO PAR
UNDER SHAFT
·CORRECT. GRASP CLUB. WITH PALM FACING TURF
COMPLETED GRIP SHOWS TWC or MORE KNUCKLES
·OF LEFT, HAND
VISIBLE 'LOOKING DOWN
ed firmly in the sand. The ball should be played well forward off the left foot and the stance slight ly opened. Usually the face of the 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 the masters and guides the outside in. It is fatal to loosen
of club. In order to ensure control your grip with the left hand or III-Initiate the swing in the of the club, make certain that the fall to follow-through. Contact centre of the body; the hips to the grip with the left hand remains the sand several inches behind right, and let the shoulders, arms, firm throughout the backward the ball.
'hands, and club move to the right, and forward swing.
body. as a result of the turning of the DDD.-Don't take your divots
JJJ.-Jerky shots are usually before the clubhead contacts the
caused by starting the backswing GGG. Gripping the club cor- too quickly. Start the club back ball. In laying the fron shats' re- member that the club must con-rectly is called opening the door us in "I". This makes for the 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 must be hit on the downswing.
professional for a check-up.
golfing terin meaning EEE-Explosion shots from HHH.-Hit the ball with your players have played the same e1-19. sand traps can save many strokes hands, particularly the right number of strokes. if the player follows several sim-
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H.K.V.D.C. LAWN BOWLS MEETING
Volunteer Uni 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 of 5.30 p.m.
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 competition 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- guese) Coys., No. 1 Coy, and Ist Battery.
TO-DAY'S BOWLS Following is the programme for to-day's Third Round of the Co- lony Lawn Bowls Singles Chom- pionship.
"At Kowloon F.C.
F. X.-M. Bila White
*R. Motrisonfor
A.E. Carey w -A.-M. Holland
At Crälgengower:
F. J. Jones.
Eastman; v. "H‚¤Äƒ Alves.
#At Polião =RC.
E. Strange.
L:. Silva or
n. Hlyer
Basa
M. A. Alarcon.
Howard
ówloon Bid,ć,
day!
FFF-Freedom of wrist action per grip.. depends upon your using the pro-
that
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OPEN SINGLES RESULTS
9.3
Following were the results of third round games in the Open Singles. Bowls championship play- ed yesterday:
At Craigongower M. n. Abbas beat A. Morton 21- on the 12th head.
At K:F.C.
J. McCutcheon
beat A. M. Omar
Page 15 A POSITION OF POWER
BY BEST BALL
Grasping the shaft of the club with the left hand palm 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 riot 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- nér and follow through straight along the intended line of light. The heel of the right hand should flt snugly against the thumb of the left hand.
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