The Enthusiastic Due to the enthusiastic reception of this first book, I wrote a second book on golf, How To Put Power And Direction In Your Golf. The same 8 step procedure was used to point out how the two requirements of a golf shot were produced: (A) that a golfer should train himself to rely on the action of his body for the power in a golf shot, and (B) that a golfer should train his hands to give him the club head position and club head control with which to determine the direction of his golf shots. It was immediately after these writings that the true picture of the body action became apparent to me and it is my desire to pass this information on to the golfing public. That will appear in a subsequent chapter. My next discussion will be to present lesson 2, the part that the hands play in a golf shot, but before we get into that important subject, let us review again the double 4 step-by-step procedure of the golf shot—a system which will teach you to hit the ball with your eyes closed. Here it is in condensed form:
To assume the correct starting position:
(1) Place the club to the ball with the left hand
(2) Assume the correct position with the feet
(3) Complete the grip by bringing right hand to the club
(4) Turn or flip the right heel out To make the swing:
(1) Make the forward press
(2) Make the reverse press
(3) Raise the club to the top of the swing
(4) Bring the club down into and through the ball THE CRUX OF THE GOLF STROKE
With the presentation of the double 4 outline of the golf stroke, it is hoped:
(a) that a positive and definite method of establishing a uniform starting position from which to make the golf shot was learned from following the first 4 steps.
(b) that the second 4 steps provided a definite procedure of weight shift, so that the body could be established and utilized as the basis and means of motivating the club on the upswing as well as on the down swing and follow through.
(c) that a clear understanding has been reached that this combination of weight shift and "body action" is and should be present in each and every shot in golf, from the drive down to and including the putt. The above matter of body control and body influence in a golf shot constitutes Lesson 1. We now come to Lesson 2, the part of the golf stroke we purposely omitted so that we could give it the emphasis it deserves. This lesson concerns the part that the hands play in a golf shot. Upon the hands devolves the all important task of not only putting the club in the right position, but keeping it in that right position throughout the swing. It does happen, however, that only if and when a player has established his body as the motivating factor and control of his swing are his hands free to execute over the club the proper positional control.
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