The GOLF RESEARCH ARCHIVE 2011 - 2022 - Cure To A Slice In Golf - The Left Hand Must Bear Back
"There must be some reason for so much bad golf, and intelligent people's inability to knock a stationary ball in a straight line. It is not lack of enthusiasm, as every golfer - and his wife - knows. There must be something that all professionals do, which they are unable to pass on."Dr. H. A. MURRAY, M.D.
THE GOLF RESEARCH ARCHIVE
2011 - 2022
"If the hands are in advance of the club head at the instant of contact with the ball, a slice is sure to come off and the reverse, if the club head meets the ball ahead of the hands, a pull will result."Jerome D. Travers
HOW
TO SLICE
THE DUNNS SAY: "HOW TO SLICE CURVE-TO-RIGHT-CROSS-CUT STROKE"
Download :"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." ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS By The Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland, 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930, 1934
Download : "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." 'Definition of slice 6 CAUSE' ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS By The Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland, 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930, 1934
Download : "there can be no doubt about the truth of my indictment." By Dr. H. A. MURRAY, M.D. THE GOLF SECRET Copyright, A. G. ELLIOT Preface by ALGY EASTERBROOK Sidmouth Golf Club UK INTRODUCTION MCMLIII
"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. CAUSE: The left hand is failing in its function as a fulcrum against which the right hand strikes. 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. At the moment of impact the hands work not together but against each other."ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930 and 1934
HENRY COTTON SAYS:
"THE LEFT HAND RESISTS
THE HIT OF THE RIGHT HAND"
Download : "the left hand resists the hit of the right hand." and "The accent in my swing is ever on the wrists, which provide 85 per cent. of the speed, the
body only 15 per cent." By Sir Henry Cotton. Facts And Ideas, Sport & Country. 24.1.51 & STUDY THE GOLF GAME WITH HENRY COTTON Open Champion 1934, 1937, 1948, Country Life Limited London. Published in 1964
Download : "the hands in a way really work in opposition to each other at the crucial moment, the moment that counts, that of impact between the club-head and the ball, the left arm stopping at the wrist for an infinitesimal fraction of a second as the ball is struck, accelerating the speed of the clubhead. This momentary stoppage is not discernible to the eye, but it exists just the same."Building Up A Game, Fifth of a Series of Articles Taking Up in Complete Detail a Course in Golf Instruction By Walter J. Travis, THE AMERICAN GOLFER, 1920. U.S. Amateur Champion 1900, 1901, 1903. British Amateur Champion 1904. Cuban Amateur Champion 1913, 1914
Download : 'BEGINNERS' guide to golf' By BOB TOSKI"At the moment of impact the left shoulder, the left arm, the hands, and the club
shaft form one straight line." Publishers GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. New York Copyright 1955 TROPHY PRODUCTS
THE DUNNS SAY:
"SLICERS SHOULD LEARN TO GET THE CLUB HEAD THROUGH ON TIME WITH THE HANDLE."
Download : 'The Speed Sector of The Golf Swing' "At impact, club head, hands and player's head will all be in line." ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS By The Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland, 1930
"Where, I think, the beginner starts off on the wrong foot in setting about attacking a golf ball, is that he imagines that he has to generate a movement in which, at the climax - i.e., the impact - his shoulders, arms and wrists will all be moving at their fastest. Here is the greatest mistake of all in golfing theory. It is not correct to sweep "the whole lot through.""Henry Cotton
"The golf stroke is the result of a combination of leverages - it is compound leverage. The club is one lever actuated from the left wrist. The left arm is another lever actuated from the shoulder joint. The left shoulder is another lever actuated from the spinal column. The right shoulder, right arm, and right hand operate or drive thru the club, left arm, and left shoulder levers."Seymour Dunn
"E. R. W." SAYS:
"CORRECT HITTING OF THE BALL DWARFS IN IMPORTANCE ANY POINTS OF DETAIL, CONTRIBUTARY AS THEY ARE, SUCH AS STANCE, GRIP, ETC."
"If the right shoulder comes underneath, the right hand hits really hard, and the left hand resists it, and holds the clubhead square a fraction longer. So you must hit the ball straight. But if that shoulder lurches round, or comes over the top, you are in trouble. The effect is much the same as that suffered when the left hand collapses, and it goes without saying that if the left hand does collapse, the right shoulder can only come round, rather than underneath."Dave Thomas Winner Belgian Open 1955, Dutch Open 1958 and French Open 1959
"Another cause of the slice is neglect to square the club face and hitting with the palm of the right hand upwards and the hands not in opposition to each other. This square opposition of left and right hands is important in assisting them through on the correct path. The remedy lies in improving the position of your hands in the grip and adopting the correct technique for hitting the ball.""E. R. W." 1947
"A desirable instantaneous mental impression at contact has been described as "giving the ball the back of the left hand". I prefer to think of it as "giving the ball the front of the right", which is very much the same thing. It is really a different mental conception of a similar physical action. It all sounds very involved and profound, but think about it.""E. R. W." 1947
