In order to effect a smooth transition from the backswing into the downswing the hand-action, never hurried, must be slowed down still more in the final stages of the backswing.  The hands and the club head are going to be put into reverse and the operation must be done as smoothly as a skilled driver reverses his car.

  The necessary slowing down of the action can be achieved only by feeling the build-up of power in the hands, wrists and left forearm.  This feeling, in fact, helps to give you that almost imperceptible pause at the top of the backswing as the hands begin to change direction.  There will be no tendency to snatch once you master this.

  You have been told how the downswing starts with a slow downward drive of the hands and left arm across the body and the lateral shift of the lower part of the body with the club-shaft retained behind the hands.  This most important lateral shift enables the good player to retain the power in the hands which he began to feel as he approached the top of the swing.  And it gives the hands room in which to do their work in the delivery, that part of the action which is going to apply the club-face squarely and with sustained power to the back of the ball.

  The club head is released into the delivery when the hands have descended to a point almost level with the ball, at which point the club head is still lagging, POINTING TO EIGHT O'CLOCK, maybe even higher but certainly not lower.

  My experience is that pupils generally find this eight o'clock position of the club head one of the most difficult features of the swing to achieve.  But how worthwhile it is to strive for.  The hall-mark of the outstanding player is one who lets the club head go into the same hitting area and maintains the club-line through the ball consistently with each shot.  It makes for constant accuracy with the various clubs.

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