Your Short Game

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  Unlike many books of golf instruction this one contains no sections confined to the playing of wooden clubs and the various irons.  There is no need.  The same swing principles are applied in the playing of all clubs from the driver down to the wedges.

  Adjustments to lie, loft of club-face and length of shaft which have been made in the factory before the clubs reach you will steepen the arc or widen it according to the club selected for the stroke.

  Your responsibility is to swing the club on the principles I have outlined.  The difference lies in the simple modifications in the stance for the more lofted and shorter shots.  These, of course, are made before you attempt to swing the club.

  However, the short game makes certain specific demands and right at the outset I want to stress a point about the follow-through in the shorter shots.

  You must not allow the club to carry through into or near the horizontal at the finish of even a full stroke with the pitching irons.  But this does not mean you must in any way restrict the free follow-through of the arms.  Far from it.

  You will appreciate that the arc through which the club is swung must necessarily be smaller with these shorter clubs, and a loose hand-action which lets the club finish round your neck at the completion of the stroke is unmistakable evidence that there has been too much play on the hands in the impact area and not enough "carpet-beater" action.

  You may have swung the club well enough, despite this excessive finish, to drop your ball on one side of the green or maybe just off the target.  But with the necessary hand-control maintained through impact the hands would still come through high in the finish with the pitching club held around the vertical.  With this firmer action you will be dropping the ball closer to the pin far more consistently.

  This may seem a trivial point to you.  It is nothing of the sort and by acquiring this free but controlled finish you will not only add accuracy and precision with the pitching irons but you will automatically improve your hand-control in the bigger shots.

The Simple Swing

I guarantee you'll lengthen your drive and cut your handicap by 7-12 strokes in just 2 weeks.

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