. Travers' golf book . ^^ ^^^well-laid back face, is best suited forshots of this character. When the shot is played properly it is surprising how16s GOLF BOOK quickly the ball will stop after strikingthe green. In playing short pitch shotsfrom long grass the mashie niblick canalso be used to great advantage. Caus-When the ing a ball to drop dead is a very difficult Ball Drops ^^m ^ t • jT)^^^ shot to play, but not diincult to explain. Have you ever noticed the peculiar action of a billiard ball that has been struck on its back center by a hand brought straight down toward the table? It will r
. Travers' golf book . ^^ ^^^well-laid back face, is best suited forshots of this character. When the shot is played properly it is surprising how16s GOLF BOOK quickly the ball will stop after strikingthe green. In playing short pitch shotsfrom long grass the mashie niblick canalso be used to great advantage. Caus-When the ing a ball to drop dead is a very difficult Ball Drops ^^m ^ t • jT)^^^ shot to play, but not diincult to explain. Have you ever noticed the peculiar action of a billiard ball that has been struck on its back center by a hand brought straight down toward the table? It will run along the table a short distance, then the back spin imparted by the downward blow of the hand will exert itself and the ball will stop and then come back to the hand. To produce the same efifect in golf so that the ball will drop dead because of back spin, the face of the club must strike the ball in the same manner that the hand strikes the billiard ball. One day I was playing a four ball match with Fredericki66. Photo Copyright liy American Press Association PLATE XXXV—FINISH OF MASHIE SHOT, FRONT VIEW THE MASHIE NIBLICK Herreshofif and two others at GardenCity. After driving from the third tee,I was compelled to pitch my second shotover a sand trap directly between me andthe hole. It was a hard shot, because theflag had been placed near the sand trapand because of a following wind and akeen green. The ball, after striking the green, only The Cut inran about three feet and stopped two feetshort of the hole. I holed out and thendiscovered that the ball had a deep cutin its side, making it unfit for furtherplay. This cut was caused by the face ofthe club when it was brought downstraight against the back center of theball. In addressing the ball the right foot should be well in advance of the left, with the ball about opposite the left heel. The club should be taken straight back from167 GOLF BOOK the ball with the wrists. The face of theclub should not be turned away fr
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