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