| There are prior factors and there are | | | | of arm and shoulder work, and for a |
| post factors in a golf swing. Let me | | | | golfer to get his hands working, there |
| call upon a scientific formula to help | | | | is a lot of footwork and body action. |
| explain this order of importance that I | | | | To repeat, there are three basic factors |
| am discussing. The formula reads as | | | | in golf: |
| follows: | | | | Footwork, for balance |
| Ultimate results depend on post factor | | | | Body action, for power |
| efficiency. | | | | Hand action, for club control |
| These seven words succinctly describe | | | | But to these three factors there is an |
| the artistry of a golf swing; there are | | | | order of importance, a delicate sense of |
| things to do, but there is a certain | | | | timing that so many golfers miss. They |
| time to do them. | | | | fail to get the knack of properly |
| First the golfer must handle his weight; | | | | coordinating these three factors into a |
| but shifting the weight from one foot to | | | | working arrangement. |
| the other does nothing of itself, it | | | | As there is a certain order of |
| only places the player in a position | | | | importance, so likewise there is a |
| where he can use and utilize his body | | | | certain order of performance in these |
| correctly. | | | | three basic operations of a golf swing. |
| Secondly, only when the golfer has the | | | | In other words, in the properly executed |
| basic or prior footwork so that he is in | | | | golf shot the player moves smoothly from |
| a position to use his body to swing the | | | | one operation to the other, but all |
| club, are the hands free to exert over | | | | operations function collectively towards |
| the club the proper sense of position | | | | the final goal of applying the club to |
| and control, and the ability to apply | | | | the ball. So there is in the golf shot |
| the club correctly to the ball. In other | | | | an order of importance and an order of |
| words, a golf shot only flies as the | | | | performance which precludes any such |
| club makes it fly, and how the ball | | | | thing as a one-piece swing. Be prepared |
| flies is a direct result of the club | | | | to reach your ultimate goal of a smooth, |
| position. The club position is a direct | | | | flowing performance through a natural |
| result of what the hands are doing, and | | | | step-by-step procedure rather than |
| what the hands are doing is the post | | | | through any short cut. |
| factor that determines ultimate | | | | The other comment I wish to make is that |
| efficiency. | | | | if there is error in the performance of |
| No wonder so much time and effort is | | | | any operation in the swing, then such an |
| concentrated on the correct grip in | | | | error would multiply and increase as it |
| golf. | | | | would be carried on into the next |
| I have often said that a runner runs | | | | operation. So there must be sure |
| with his feet, but a golfer golfs with | | | | performance in the execution of each of |
| his hands. Of course, for the runner to | | | | the three factors. |
| get his feet in action, there is a lot | | | | |