HITTING GOLF BALL
HARRY VARDON SUPERIOR Harrv Yardon at the height of his career knew no superior in the art of hitting a golf ball, and yet his finish flatly contradicts the theory that requires " hitting against the left side," which is just tinkering with the stroke, says an Australian writer. If the eyp maintains its place during the swing, the whole process of despatching the ball is simplified and the action of the left _ side is natural and automatic, provided it is allowed to act of its own accord. But should there be any dereliction of duty on the part of the eye, then the left iside must bo controlled in order thai; it shall not give way before its proper time, because, if it does, a quick hook occurs, or, if the player looks up with flagrant anticipation, he will slice or perhaps just touch the ball with the too of the club, and it flies off to _ cover-point. Harry Yardon, probably without knowing it, always kept ; his eye glued to the ball, and a quick hook or the more disastrous slice was an accident, which he wont for years without striking.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21783, 24 April 1934, Page 9
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