A SMILE A DAY 2

A SMILE A DAY

BOOK EXCERPT
HARVEY PENICK'S LITTLE RED BOOK, (LESSONS AND TEACHINGS FROM A LIFETIME IN GOLF). by Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake. 1992, Simon & Schuster. New York.

Do You Need Help?
If you play poorly one day, forget it.
If you play poorly the next time out, review your fundamentals of grip, stance, aim and ball position. Most mistakes are made before the club is swung.
If you play poorly for a third time in a row, go see your professional.

Backspin
An average golfer was pestering Tommy Armour to teach him how to put backspin on his iron shots.
The obvious answer is that if you hit the ball solidly, the loft on the club will put backspin on it. But this was too simple. The average golfer was sure Tommy must know some secret that made a good middle-iron shot land on the green and dance backward.
Finally Tommy said, "Let me ask you something. When you hit an approach shot from 140 yards or so, are you usually past the pin, or are you usually short of it?"
"I'm nearly always short of the pin," the average golfer replied.
"Then what do you need with backspin?" Tommy said.

'Even when times were good, I realised that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.' Gene Sarazen 1902-1999. 39 tour victories including 7 Major titles (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 1932, British Open 1932). Invented the sand wedge in 1930.

BOOK EXCERPT

HOGAN by CURT SAMPSON.
1996, Broadway Books, Rutledge Hill Press. New York.

In 1954 Hogan accepted Life magazine's offer of ten thousand dollars for the Secret. The cover of its April 5 issue trumpeted "Ben Hogan's Secret: The Debate." The seven pros polled for the story came up with seven different answers. They sounded like a freshman philosophy class.
"The left hip leads," Harmon said.
"Level shoulders," George Fazio said.
"He opens the face of the club when he grips it," Mike Turnesa said.
Walter Burkemo: "He drops his hands at the top of the backswing."
Fred Gronauer: "It's his pivot."
Snead was dubious: "Anybody can say he's got a secret if he won't tell us what it is."
Gene Sarazen came closest to the mark. "He has it up here," he said, pointing to his head.


'It doesn't matter if you look like a beast before or after the hit, as long as you look like a beauty at the moment of impact.' Seve Ballesteros, Open Champion 1979, 1984, 1988. www.seveballesteros.com

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OPEN MASTERCLASS, Learn from the Champions.

Nick Faldo, Open Champion 1987, 1990, 1992.
First, don't stand on the tee and regard the entire width of the fairway as your target area. Not only is that much too vague, it opens the door to complacency. Unless you have a specific target against which to measure you performance off the tee, you can never hope to be consistent. The key is to sharpen your focus with 'tunnel vision'. Allowing for your natural shape, take dead aim on some specific object - perhaps a tree, or a distant rooftop - anything that enables you to pinpoint your alignment.
A Swing For Life by Nick Faldo International Ltd 1995. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London. www.nickfaldo.com

'I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody who you can beat.' Harvey Penick 1904-1995, USPGA Teaching Professional Emeritus.

BOOK EXCERPT
OPEN MASTERCLASS, Learn From The Champions.

Ernie Els, Open Champion 2002.

The fact is, playing a full 18 holes with someone who swings at a completely different rhythm and tempo to you can, if you're not careful, upset your natural rhythm. It's almost as though you pick up their habits and you've got to make sure that does not happen to you in any way.

How To Build A Classic Golf Swing by Ernie Els. Tee-2-Green Enterprises 1996. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. London.
www.ernieels.com


'Rhythm is perhaps best defined as measured motion.' Gary Player, Open Champion 1959, 1968, 1974.
www.garyplayer.com

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Temperature 30-32 deg C, Wind Northwest 10-20 km/h, Humidity 98%
Course setup: Tournament Blue Tee
Course Length: 5905 metres Par 72

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