GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 16

GOLF.

The English player, Duncan, expresses himself-as follows regarding "an important turn." He agrees that, at some otage in the up-swing, the left wTist must turn a little in the direction of the player, which, he states, is all-important. Without it a true swing is impossible, ! and the people who do not practise it are bound to be hopelessly bad players all their lives. Regarding this turn, he arguee as to when it should take place, and questions the recommendation that it should take place directly the swing begins. In his observations on the links he has only seen one player of note who acts on this principle, and in this case it was necessary that he should make the turn of the left wrist straight away, because he had to counteract a faulty disposition of the left hand. This hand was more under the shaft than over it, and unless lie turned the wrist immediately at the start he would not be able to get the club up in anything like an effective manner. When the club reached the top of the swing the left wrist would be bent outwards, which, ac every experienced golfer knows, is absolutely wrong. Duncan therefore argues i that he has to cultivate a very flat swing by screwing the left wrist at the start, which enables him to arrive at the top with both wrists under the ihandle of the club, ac they should be. He advocates, and is satisfied, that the simplest means to the end is to have your left wrist already half turned as you grip the dub, and advises the holding of the club in such a way that the left hand is more over the shaft than under it, with the top knuckles of the first three fingers showing and the thumb pointing down the side of the shaft to the lead at the back of the head. If this be done there will be no need to think about the turning of the wrist; what extra little turn is needed will happen naturally. When the left wrist has completed its torn, which it must do in order to keep its place as part of tile club, it assumes a position under the shaft. It is then thai the perfect confederacy of the hands is established, as at the top of the swing both -wrists should be virtuaDy under the shaft. Duncan pate it plainly when -he states that, H hi practice the player will stop to study their disposition, he should bo able to ccc the whole of the back of the left wrist and three-quarters of the back of the right wrist. When he tends the left wrist outwards, so that he can see the whole of it. he is at fault. Regarding the down swing, ho-states: " There on be no question that a vigoro<ae application of the wrists is necessary in the down swing; ■we need to perform the operation to the music of that " swish' which indicates thai, the club-head is travelling at a tremendous pace. One of the drawbacks of the immediate turn of the left wrist at the beginning of the up swing is that it tends to render the whole movement unnecessarily slow, and that it is not easy to work up pace in time daring the down swing."