Potted golf

Potted Golf.
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will be given overspin, especially if
hit with an ascending club, and im-
mediately it pitches it will run for-
ward.
It is important to remember that
the body should not move when a
running-up shot is played. Let the
arms do the work. For a longer shot,
in which run is wanted, perhaps to
take the ball up-hill to a plateau green,
some of the weight of the body will be
put into the stroke, but that sparingly.
The greater the use of the body in this
stroke the wilder may be the results. I
have frequently found that men who
complain of not bringing off the running
up shot are using the right arm too
much. They force the stroke to get
the distance, whereas there is no dif-
ficulty in getting length if the ball is
hit properly. Give the ball the back
of the left hand—that is the form of
the good advice sometimes heard on
the course. Be careful not to snap at
it, and don't slacken the wrists, -nor
bend the right one in the downward
swing. Snapping in this case means
foozling, and either of the other
mis-
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