When Ben Hogan was at Wentworth for the Canada Cup some years ago I noted that when he went on to the practice ground he took aim parallel to a line of trees.  Not for him the diagonal hitting that satisfied so many of the competitors!  He wanted a defined line.

  Commence your practice by playing short pitches with the wedge.  Then proceed to the eight or seven and into the medium irons and then into the bigger clubs.  Always come into that relaxed finish from which you can check on the position of the club-face.

  If you find yourself playing a wooden club or a long iron poorly, don't persist with the club.  Discard it temporarily and turn to one of the medium irons and work at the delivery.  Then try again with the club which was giving you difficulty.

  I would warn you against one of the most common errors into which your practice will lead unless you take care to avoid it.  Resist the temptation to reel off one shot after another in quick-fire style.  You are not operating a machine-gun set on fixed lines.

  You have in your hand a golf club, not a machine, and as you hit ball after ball in practice the danger is that your swing, without your realizing it, will become faster and faster with destructive results to the timing.

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