Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1918 — SEVEN RULES FOR GOLFERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SEVEN RULES FOR GOLFERS

Harry Vardon Gives Cardinal Points to Devotees of Links—Keep the Head Steady. Seven cardinal rules for golfers, as set down by the famous Harry Vardon, are as follows: 1. Keep the head steady and do not let the left heel turn outwardthen the body can only wind up when the arms go back. 2. Grip firmest with the thumbs and forefingers—they are not so well adapted as the other fingers to the purpose of taking a strong hold, and they are the most Important of all for the purpose of the golf grip. 3. Let the club-head lead, the left wrist, turning inward, the arms following the club-head and the right hip screwing next. 4. Don’t throw the arms forward as you start to come down as though you were mowing grass. Rather

throw them back, and let them come round in their own way from that point. 5. Let the movement of the right shoulder be steady and rhythmic; it should have nothing in the nature of a sudden drop or jerk. 6. Don’t be afraid to hit hard; if you are swinging correctly, hard hitting is not “pressing.” —7; Keep your head still until the club has struck the ball.

Harry Vardon.