Lesson #6 MORE ABOUT THE BACKSWING

Our last lesson left you in a rather awkward position with the cluo-head
in mid-air, while you were asking your professional just how much turn was
best suited for your physical build. I hope you aren't still standing in
that position - waiting to find out what to do next.

Now that you have made your oroper pivot as prescribed, your wrists should
begin to cock so that your left arm may remain straight and your right elbow
kept fairly close to your body. When vour wrists are fully cocked and the
head of the club points towards the distant objective, you are ready to
start your downswing. But that's another lesson, so let's get a few more
pointers on the backswing.

One often hears that a vlayer is too fast on the backswing. That usually
means that the player is abruptly lifting his club. However, when he starts
his backswing slowly, he remembers not lift the club-head. The stars do
not have slow backswings, because their club—heads flow back smoothiy. These
stars also slow-up or pause at the top of the backswing which makes for
better control. The average player may encounter trouble trying to cultivate
this complete pause and may get better results by slowing up at the top
of the backswing. Complete mastery of the club at the top of the backswing

controls the shot.