GOLF RESEARCH ARCHIVE 2011 To 2021 - Cure To A Slice Left Hand Must Bear Back
A SLICE WILL BE THE RESULT
"The wrists always snap directly in front of the body, so it can readily be seen that if the body is allowed to unwind too fast it will be facing a point somewhat ahead of the ball when the wrists snap and a slice will be the result. Likewise, if the body unwinds too slowly the wrists will snap the club head through when the body is facing a point somewhat back of the ball and a hook will be the result."Original Golf Fundamentals, Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland
Download : "The wrists always snap directly in front of the body, so it can readily be seen that if the body is allowed to unwind too fast it will be facing a point somewhat ahead of the ball when the wrists snap and a slice will be the result." DUNNS' Original Golf Fundamentals, Musselburgh, Scotland
IF WE DO NOT WISH TO SLICE THE BALL
AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT
"THE LEFT HAND HAS TO Bear Back
Against The Right"
BY THE Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland
ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS 1897 1922 1930 1934
Download : "The reason why many players "slice" is because they either do not have strong hands or they fail to use their hand strength at the critical moment when the power of the stroke is to be transmitted to the ball. When the hands work as they should, the player can actually feel that he is bending the club shaft on the ball. If you cannot feel this you will not get the distance of which you are capable. The majority of players who fail in transmission of power do so because their left hand fails to act as a fulcrum for the right hand to strike against. The left hand mustbear back against the right."DUNNS' Original Golf Fundamentals, Musselburgh, Scotland.
"The hands and the head of the club should arrive at the ball at the same moment, that is what is known as the art of timing."Joshua Taylor
NOT DISCERNIBLE TO THE EYES
"A SORT OF SHOT BACKWARDS"
AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT
Download : "When he hit the ball off the tee with a driver the impact sound was different from anyone else's ...' Henry Cotton, 1937, at the summit of the world." and, "Wristiness was now eschewed." THE SPORT OF PRINCE'S By LADDIE LUCAS Reflections of a Golfer, London 1980.
By Walter J. Travis 1903
"THE HANDS IN A WAY WORK REALLY
IN OPPOSITION TO EACH OTHER
AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT"
"at the moment that counts, that of impact
not... discernible to the eyes"
"MOVEMENT IN ITSELF
IS Not Discernible To The Eyes"
"It is all very well to say 'sweep the ball away'. But no golf ball was ever sent a long way without some sort of resistance creeping into the swing. The left hand does less guiding in most swings than it should. It is the first link between the shaft and the body, and its main function is to form the swing, and yet at the right moment it resists the hit of the powerful right hand." Henry Cotton
IF WE WISH TO SLICE THE BALL
A) at first, be outwards
B) Club Handle Ahead of The Clubhead
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CURVE-TO-RIGHT-CROSS-CUT STROKE Scientific Stroke "To curve a ball sharply to the right to circumvent a tree or other obstacle, aim to left and swing the club across the line of play swinging club down outside line of play cutting across to inside line of play. At impact club face must be at "offset" facing somewhat to the right by having club handle somewhat ahead of the club head. Also hit off heel end of club face. Experiment alone can teach how much of each is required to produce a certain amount of curve in the ball's flight." DUNNS' Original Golf Fundamentals, Musselburgh, Scotland. Also includes 'DEAD-STOP STROKE Scientific Stroke', 1922.
WHY MANY PLAYERS "SLICE"
"The reason why many players slice is because they either do not have sufficient strength in their hands or because they fail to use their hand strength at the crucial moment when the power of the stroke is to be transmitted to the ball."Seymour Dunn
90% MENTAL GAME
"Golf is said to be 90% mental game. A banker who subscribed to that theory appeared for his regular Sunday morning round with one of those chaise-longues-on-wheels so popular for lawns and terraces. "What's your caddy dragging that thing along for?" "Caddy, hell," said the banker. "He's my psychiatrist."'The Complete Joke Book' By Seymour Dunn, Illustrated by Al Ross, Stravon Publishers, New York, 1953, $2.00
Download : Free ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS Dunns' POSTER PDF suitable to A2 size, file at 300 dpi for your Fair Use
Download : "Dunn was tutored by Tom Morris" By H. S. C. Everard 'THE BADMINTON LIBRARY of SPORTS AND PASTIMES Edited By HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G. Assisted By Alfred E. T. Watson GOLF' GOLF BY HORACE G. HUTCHINSON Second Edition 1890 XIV. SOME CELEBRATED GOLFERS page 341 ; "about 1851, appointed custodian of Prestwick Links, just then newly established as a golf course" page 349 ; and "the twa Dunns, Willie and Jamie, graund players baith, nane better" old Tom Morris, 1886, page 430.
Download : Musselburgh Home of the ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS Musselburgh Links: Golf & Glory THE CRADLE of GOLF The Remarkable Story of Golf's True Scottish Home. 1821 The Dunn brothers, Jamie and Willie Snr. were born in Musselburgh. One of the most famous of early golfing dynasties.
Download : THE DUNNS 5 OPEN CHAMPIONS AND THE MUSSELBURGH GOLF STORY Chapter XVI Some Well-Known Professionals "He was a fine teacher" By George M. Colville Published By Colville Books 11 Park View Musselburgh East Lothian 1980. MUSSELBURGH OLD GOLF COURSE GOLF CLUB Willie Park Senior, Mungo Park, Bob Ferguson, David Brown ('In 1903 in the U.S. Open after 72 holes lost the playoff'), Willie Park Junior. The Five Open Championships www.mocgc.co.uk/history.html
REMEDIES FOR SWING ERRORS
"It is to be regretted that many writers use the term "fundamental"
loosely when discussing matters of style, individual mannerisms,
or other important, but not fundamental, aspects of golf.
PULLS, PUSHES, HOOKS, AND SLICES:
SLICE: The ball starts out to the right, usually at a very sharp angle,
rising at a normal height, and continues to curve to the right.
The fault is that the club comes into contact
with the ball facing very much to the right
of the intended line of play
because the club handle is ahead of the club head.
CAUSE: The left hand is failing in its function
as a fulcrum against which the right hand strikes.
A fulcrum is a support around which a lever turns.
A golf club is a lever and driving a ball is leverage.
In leverage there are three essentials:
(1) the resistance to be overcome (the ball's inertia),
(2) the power that drives the lever (this is supplied by the right hand),
and (3) the fulcrum (this is the left hand).
AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT
the hands work not together but against each other.
THE HANDS WORK NOT TOGETHER BUT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
Immediately prior to and during the MOMENT of the club's contact
with the ball, the right hand speeds up the club head.
It cannot do this if the left hand
fails to offer a backward resistance
against the upper end of the club handle.
Of course, while this forward pressure of the right hand
and backward resistance of the left is going on,
the sweep of the arms and arms...," Dunn
This code of golf instruction originated in the year 1897.
It was published and copyrighted in the year 1907.
"Dunn was tutored by Tom Morris"
By H. S. C. Everard, St. Andrews, 1890
"How right he has been!"
By Sir Henry Cotton, Penina, 1980
1890... 1980... Timeless
Approach Shots By Alex Smith 1907
"The actual zone of the approach shot begins, let us say, at a hundred and twenty-five yards from the green. The heavily lofted clubs - the mashie and niblick - put on under spin, which stops the ball comparatively dead; the other iron clubs put on over spin, which causes the ball to run. These then are the essential principles of approach play - the right thumb down the shaft, the stiff or flexible wrists, and the hands, either kept behind the club or pushed through in advance of it."Alex Smith, Carnoustie, Scotland
Download : "We are already familiar with the spin to the right which produces slice" in 'The Short Game' Lesson IV, The essential principles of approach play, Lessons in Golf By Alex Smith, Open Champion, United States and Western Open Champion, and "but the left one is held back a trifle, just as in the driving stroke," New York, Arthur Pottow, 48 West 27th Street 1907, Copyright 1907 by Arthur Pottow Grannis Press New York, Page 72, 81.
"If the shot is to be pushed the hands remain ahead of the ball at impact. If an ordinary shot is required, then the wrist can be allowed to 'throw' or 'flick' the club. Poor golfers often slice because of an untrained right hand." Henry Cotton
"I am quite at a loss to see any gain even in accuracy with the Vardon grip. There are many eminent golfers who do not affect it - Abe Mitchell, credited with being the longest hitter in the world. Ted Blackwell, who in his day had no rival in length: John Ball; H. H. Hilton; Jerome D. Travers; Jesse Guilford; Gardiner White and Oswald Kirkby, all three noted as long drivers; It by no means follows that that which suits one man will necessarily suit the next. In my own case I have repeatedly tried overlapping, but it does not suit me."Walter J Travis
DOWNSWING TO IMPACT
Starting The Downswing With The Drag
Download : "starting the downswing" with the drag page 88" and "beating Sam Snead, Ben Hogan" By Bobby Locke Open Champion 1949 1950 1952 1957.
Absorption of The Shoulder Turn
Download : 'DOWNSWING' "The first movement in the down swing is the shifting of the body weight by a sidewise action of the hips." and "This absorption of the shoulder turn by the forearmsis the most complicated movement in the entire swing" DUNNS' Original Golf Fundamentals, Musselburgh, Scotland.
Download : "It is here that the right hand takes possession" By Bobby Locke Open Champion 1949 1950 1952 1957.
Download : 'GOLF GUIDE AND HOW TO PLAY GOLF By JAMES BREAD, Open Champion 1901, 5, 6. 8 and 10. "This fault is sometimes committed in the belief that a very outward and backward sweep of the club is necessary to the making of a good long drive, but such is not the case. I don't believe at all in those long sweeps." ; "The initiative in bringing down the club is taken by the left wrist" and "Anyone who thinks out the theory of the swing for himself will see that it is obviously intended that at the moment of impact the player shall be just as he was when he addressed the ball, which is the position which will afford him most driving power and accuracy." SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY No. 10 PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH SPORTS PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD., 15, DEODAR ROAD, PUTNEY, LONDON, S.W.IS. Circa 1912 edition not stated.
Download : THE DRIVER BOOK "Let hip turns to begin the downswing""Impact is against firm left side""Note how head has
been kept down." By Sam Snead Masters and PGA Champion.
Download : 'Standardized Golf Instruction' "In the down swing the lateral hip action" By The Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland, 1934
"Unless you have a very good and special reason for doing so, do not play in gloves. The grip is seldom so secure and exact when it is effected with the bare hands." Harry Vardon
Download : 'THE TWO-HANDED SWING WITH THE DRIVER' "the wrists flung down to start the downward swing" ; and "begin the downward swing with the down fling of the wrists" page 57, 62, Lesson II Stance, Grip, and Swing. Alex Smith, Open Champion, Carnoustie, Scotland.
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Awaken The Hands
HOOKUS GIGANTICUS
By Alex Smith page 39, 51: "a pull; So As to Allow of The Snap of The wrists" 1907. By Walter J. Travis page 39: "that delightful snap... not discernible to the eye of the onlooker" 1903.
By Seymour Dunn page 48: "For all strokes of considerable distance the left wrist should be the hinge of the wrist action." Fundamental 9, 1934
"And it was when I was twenty-one that I began to study and learn golf in real earnest. I have said enough to show that a boy need not grow up from babyhood "teethed on a golf club handle" and play the game diligently in his young days in order to excel at it."Harry Vardon
"As the left arm has about completed its downward pull, the reaction of its sidewise drag comes into play just before the left wrist begins its downward striking action. Now the left forearm absorbs the arm drag by twisting to the right so that the club head still drags behind. Now all these actions and reactions come to a culmination in a terrific snap on the ball."Seymour Dunn
