"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." Original Golf Fundamentals, Dunns of Musselburgh Scotland

Download : 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.

"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

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.

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"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

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 forearms is the most complicated movement in the entire swing" DUNNS' Original Golf Fundamentals, Musselburgh, Scotland.

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.

The Basic Fundamentals

"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

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