GOLF RESEARCH ARCHIVE 2011 - 2023 - Cure To A Slice At Impact OGF12 Left Hand Must Bear Back The Sum Total = Good Golf
"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 has to bear back against the right."ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS, Musselburgh, Scotland, 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930 and 1934
THE GOLF RESEARCH ARCHIVE
2011 - 2023
THE
NO. 2
SECRET
OF GOOD GOLF
OGF F12
AT IMPACT BEAR BACK
Download : "The upper arm muscles, that is, those about the shoulders swing the arms and the HANDLE end of the club while the muscles of the forearms operating the hands through the wrists swing the club HEAD. The muscles of the forearms must also control the direction in which the club faces... During this attack on the ball, I have always felt that there is a point which varies in every player, where the left shoulder checks momentarily to allow the "levering" which exists in a swing to take place. It is not correct to sweep "the whole lot" through." The DUNNS of Musselburgh Scotland, 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930, 1934
Download : "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 - without hitting past the body and allowing the clubhead to overtake the hands..." and,"Now what sort of resistance can be found? I have played with the maximum amount of hands and arms in my swing all my life, ..."HENRY COTTON My Golfing Album Country Life Limited London Published in 1959 Open Champion (British Open) 1934, 1937 and 1948
Download : "At impact, club head, hands and player's head will all be in line... what I would term "the speed sector of the swing." This is produced by the right hand striking forward while the left hand resists backward." 'Original Golf Fundamental 5. STRIKE WITH SQUARE IMPACT:'' 'Original Golf Fundamental 9. DELAY RIGHT FOREARM AND WRIST HIT:' 'Original Golf Fundamental 12. TRANSMIT POWER TO BALL:' By The Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland, 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930, 1934 Scotland's Golf Coast, East Lothian, Scotland
Download : "Here is the greatest mistake of all in golfing theory... It is not correctto sweep"the whole lot" through."and, "...he will use 85 per cent. wrists and 15 per cent. arms and shoulders to produce his maximum impact speed... one of America's foremost instructors, gives the same figures in his estimate of the way the power is applied... implies effort, will power and resistance, for the golf-club is more or less a lever and the left hand resists the hit of the right hand."Henry Cotton Open Champion 1934, 1937 and 1948 The British Newspaper Archive 'Facts and Ideas', Sport & Country, 24.1.51
"It has been said that the power which drives a golf ball is centrifugal force. It is not centrifugal force. A golf club is a lever. The force which drives the levers comes from the right side of the player's body and is delivered to the club thru the player's right hand. A short swing composed chiefly of wrist action produces a snap, while a long swinging arm action produces a sweep. If the wrists be strong, the player can get more distance out of a wrist snap hit than is possible from a long sweeping arm swing. So, make quite sure of getting 100% action out of the wrists."Original Golf Fundamentals, Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland
Download : "In this way the slice will be cured and distance gained instead of lost." By The Dunns of Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland 1897 1907 1922 1930 1934. Scotland's Golf Coast, East Lothian, Scotland
"Just before the moment of impact, the right hand and right arm begin to take charge of the swing and the wrists uncock. One great principle is that the fingers, wrists and forearm supply the motive power necessary to propel the ball. It must also be remembered that great physical strength is not necessary. Any power applied by the shoulder is wasted effort. Firmness of finger-grip, and firmness of the wrists and forearms are necessary to prevent looseness of hitting. It is the left-hand wrist and forearm that guide the direction, and the left side braced against a straight left leg as the ball is hit."Craig Wood
"The unwinding continues greatly aided by the shifting of the weight to the braced stiff left leg, and by the hard pulling of the left arm on the club handle. Then, without detailing, the wrist action levers away the balls by the right climbing over the left with what might be termed a scissors action and the pivot continues until the right shoulder is around in the line with the ball as the left was on the up swing."Jack Gordon
Download : "THERE has always been controversy between golfers on the subject of the controlling hand in the shot. The left hand or the right? Opinion is sharply divided and the question, "is golf a right hand or a left hand game?" - is always cropping up at the 19th." 'THE GOLF I TEACH' THE GOLF SWING HOW TO HIT THE BALL ERNEST R. WHITCOMBE
Download : "9. At the point of contact, the right hand will have caught up with the left. This will bring the club face squarely into the ball."'GOLF FOR WOMEN ILLUSTRATED PATTY BERG' CHAPTER 5 Wrist and Hand Action Golf for Women: Illustrated by PATTY BERG with 96 action photographs CASSEL & COMPANY LTD. LONDON First published in Great Britain 1951 Made and printed in Great Britain at the Pitman Press
Download : "With the strong left arm I have, I am able to hit past my left wrist and can actually control the flight of my ball by regulating the point at which I brake (not break, note) my left arm and allow my wrists to throw."'MY SWING' HENRY COTTON Open Champion 1934, 1937, 1948, London Country Life Limited Published in 1952
Download : "Seymour Dunn, the professional at the Lake Placid Club, broke the record of the course, his own, by going around in 38, 34 - 72." THE AMERICAN GOLFER 1912 November Vol. 9 No. 1 p. 18-33 Page 29
"The missing stroke. That is the secret of turning the tables on America in the Ryder Cup. I believe it can be found, not in the driving or on second strokes - in both of which departments the British, by general consent, are equal or superior to the Americans - but in the simple pitch to the green. Our young players have got to learn to play the pitch wedge the way the Americans do and the way I myself have done for years - by hitting the ball with arms, hands and knees, all working as one piece, and to really attack the top of the flag. Too many Britons flick loose shots to the greens."Dai Rees