A THOUGHT FOR THE ROUND.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 April 1922, Page 2

A THOUGHT FOR THE ROUND.

Loiig years* of study have taugh me.J that itt as-: Herf&er for the beginner to ' learn, ta/play.-feom the left foot that is ! to^say with, both feet nearly in the same.-line; or,- with the right a little more behind: t&an the left. One of the most frequent mistakes the beginner mates wath, his woden club is to "slice hf ball." A ball is sliced when the club race strafes it ever so litle erookediy—an error imperceptible to the sight and which is is generally committed unconsciously. Now, if the face of the elub-. does, not strike the ball fair and aquar^. fchmigh the deviation be only ot the smallest fraction of an -inch, the flight off l/.o ball is modified in the strangest, v. ;; y; the ball, starting away at first i£B a straight line, suddenly swerves • .r to the right, sometimes at a-njaitcaijgle to its original direction Ihe result is that the greater part of ma- distance is lost, arts almost in-. vanajKj,- the ball will alight in a san* bunker or among long grass, and the" player.- will find himself * in difficulties i^lT^ owever' the golfer pla-ys off tl&. ieife iEg s it is a very ra^ thing for hiSj. to si!£e the ball without meaning it.— Amaow Masaey, (from^olf Illustrated).