"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
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FRED DALY SAYS:
"AND I HAD COME UPON THE SOURCE OF
POWER AT GOLF."
Download : "And then one spring morning I made a discovery - an important discovery... That night the back of my left hand and the wrist were so painful that they kept me awake. The loss of sleep did not worry me. The pain showed that the muscles were relatively weak. And I had come upon the source of power at golf. " 'Getting Down To Grips' GOLF AS I SEE IT by FRED DALY With 121 photographs by Louis T. Stanley London SPORTING HANDBOOKS LIMITED 13 Bedford Square, W.C.1 First published 1951
"LEFT WRIST, HELD FIRMLY IN ITS PLACE,
ACTS AS A STOPPING POINT TO PRODUCE THE "SNAP"..."
Download : "You may have the feeling that you are swinging both arms together on the down stroke, but the hit must come from the power of the right as the left wrist, held firmly in its place, acts as a stopping point to produce the "snap" or the "crack" that should follow. It is here that the left wrist momentarily is stopped." Which Is the Hitting Arm in Golf? Further Words On a Discussion that Has Raged for Many Years By GRANTLAND RICE, WALTER J TRAVIS, American Golfer, June 1920, Vol. 23, Iss. 15, pgs. 11, 27. Courtesy LA84 Foundation Knowledge Digital Library Collections
HENRY COTTON SAYS:
"IT IS NOT CORRECT
TO
SWEEP THE
'WHOLE LOT' THROUGH."
Download : "the left hand resists the hit of the right hand." ; "the release of the full power by the wrists which are kept cocked all this time is delayed until the player feels..." and "It is not correct to sweep "the whole lot" through." By Sir Henry Cotton, Open Champion 1934, 1937 and 1948. Facts And Ideas, Sport & Country. 24.1.51 & STUDY THE GOLF GAME "the great golfing teacher" WITH HENRY COTTON Published in 1964
"THE LEFT HAND MUST BEAR BACK
AGAINST THE RIGHT"
THE DUNNS SAY:
"THE LEFT HAND HAS TO BEAR BACK
AGAINST THE RIGHT"
Download : "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." FUNDAMENTAL 12, Transmission of power, ORIGINAL GOLF FUNDAMENTALS By The Dunns of Musselburgh, Scotland, 1897, 1907, 1922, 1930, 1934
Download : "The Masters was successful because it was Bobby Jones's tournament. Without him, the club and tournament would not have happened." 'Demarbleizing Bobby Jones' By Stephen Lowe Faculty Scholarship - History Olivet Nazarene University Georgia Historical Quarterly 83.4 (1999): 660-682, Bourbonnais, Ill., U.S.A., Free World. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the History at Digital Commons @ Olivet
HARRY VARDON SAYS:
"SOME PECULIAR KIND
OF "SNAP"- A MOMENTARY..."
Download : 'THE WAY TO GOLF' "I have heard it stated on very good authority that when Mr. Balfour first began to play he submitted himself to very much the same process of tuition as that which I am about to advise, and that under the guidance of Tom Dunn" ; "indeed, the position of the body, legs, arms, head, and every other detail is, or ought to be, exactly the same when the ball is being struck as they were when it was addressed" and "Similarly there is a kind of superstition that the elect among drivers get in some peculiar kind of "snap" - a momentary forward pushing movement - with their wrists at the time of impact" Chapter III, Balfour, Mr. A. J., how he learned golf, 30; By Harry Vardon THE COMPLETE GOLFER OPEN CHAMPION 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, AMERICAN CHAMPION, 1900 With Sixty-Six Illustrations Sixth Edition Methuen & Co. 36 Essex Street W.C. London First Published June 1905
"Whether the hands overlap or not, the thumbs and forefingers must be placed so as to shape into V's. It is with these two members that we want to grip tightest. He has been enjoined so often to "sweep" it off the tee or the fairway that he thinks he cannot do better than describe a sort of semicircle with the club-head. The idea of the sweeping action is very well, but the golf swing is not a sweep pure and simple. It is partly a hit. It is the knack that introduces the sweeping action with power behind it." Harry Vardon
