INDEX

Accelerating speed, Vardon on, 104

Address and impact similar, Braid on, 137

Address, Braid on, 133

Apportionment of back-spin, 263, 270, 271

Arm roll in stroke, 210

Arms measure distance, 46, 174

As you go up so you come down, 97, 219

Ayres, F. H., Ltd., 289, 324

Ayres, Mr. Rupert, 289-291

Back-spin at impact, rate of, 272 how obtained, 247 Professor Tait's experiment, 225 Professor Thomson's error, 246

Badminton Golf, 120, 158, 214, 218

Badminton Magazine, 222, 226

Ball, Mr. John, 153, 157

Ball, action of, during impact, 237 brambly, inaccuracy off putter, 287 centre of gravity, 292 centre of gravity, test for, 294 effect of marking, 302 effect of untrue centre, 299 flight parallel with earth, 265 guttie, truth of, 294 Haskell, 253 indented or dimpled, 286 instability of the golf, 284 smooth, flight of, 289, 311 tests, 296 the golf, 283 track of, on green, 286 unscientifically made, 261

Balls, dimpled, 291

Base ball, spin in, 233

Beauty of flight, 3

Billiard balls, excrescences on, 283

Billiards, blind spot in, 175

Blackwell, Mr. Edward, 153

Blindfold golf, 164

Blind spot, 168, 169, 173

Blow in golf horizontal, Professor Tait, 265 upward, 265

Body movement after impact, 167

Braid on distribution of weight, 119, 135 on influence of club after impact, 101 on putting, 50, 55, 58, 77

Braid's putting, 75, 76 uncertainty about wrist work, 208

Bullet, drift of, 235

Catapults, Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey's, 296

Cleek, push stroke with, 194 Vardon's push shot with, 194

Clubs, all illegal, 322 construction of, 316 rusty, 333

Contemporary Review, 320

Corkscrew action in stroke, Braid on, 213

Croome, Mr. A. C. M., 198, 199

Cross-bow, Professor Tait's experiment, 266

Cross wind, Professor Thomson on, 240 Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey on, 298 Vardon on, 256

Cut, principles of, 89

Cutting round a stymie, 73

Direction, demand for, 3

Downward swing, control of, 133, 278

Downward swing, Duncan and Vardon, 130

Drag for bolting puts, 62, 63 in putting, 60

Drive, tension of muscles during, 38

Duncan, George, 7, 82 and mashie stroke, 72, 82 and smooth ball, 289, 309

Dynamical problems, Professor Thomson on, 228

Elimination the secret of coaching, 352

English mental attitude towards games, 4

English Review, The, 267

Evening Standard and St. James's Gazette, 288

Eye, lifting the, 34, 35

Eyes, effect of, on weight, 167 function of, 162, 163 movement of, 166 Vardon on movement of, 168

Fallacies of golf, 95

Feet, movement of, Duncan, Vardon, and Braid, 134

"Flick" in golf stroke, 213

Flight of ball, 222

Follow-through, 128, 129 control of, 278

Forearms, action of Duncan's, 210 in stroke, roll of, 210

Freemasonry of golf, 6

Fry's Magazine, photographs in, 125, 138

Golf books, unscrupulous practices, 10

Golf Illustrated, 197 and Professor Thomson, 253

Golfers groping their way, Braid, 269

Grip, apportionment of power in, 150 old, 152, 153 overlapping, 152 suggested new, 151

Gutta ball, Walter J. Travis on, 253

Haskell ball, 253

Head, keeping still, 162, 163 Taylor on position of, 171

High tee for low ball, 246

Hilton, Mr. H. H., 153

Hilton, Mr. H. H., in Concerning Golf, 160

Horizontal stroke, Professor Thomson's idea, 244

Hutchinson, Mr. Horace G., on distribution of weight, 120 on top of swing, 158

Impact, action during, 182 and address similar, Braid on, 137, 277 an incident of stroke, 45, 99, 100 arc during, 244 duration of, 165 length of, 277 muscles at time of, 30, 31 "no control over," Braid, 278 Professor Thomson on, 242 Walter J. Travis on, 253

Impatience to play, 5

Instruction by elimination, 352

Knee, left, Braid's action, 137 left, not loose, 127 right, and Vardon, 131

Laws of swerve of universal application, 234

Left and right wrists together, Vardon, 216

Left arm, power of, 12, 140 Braid on, 142, 143, 148 Mr. Hutchinson on, 146 Taylor on, 144, 145, 148 Vardon on, 140, 141, 148, 149

Left hand, regulating grip, Vardon on, 150

Left wrist starts club down, Braid, 215

Le Golf, Arnaud Massy, 320

Literature of golf, 10, 334

Low, Mr. John L., Concerning Golf, 159, 256, 257

Low ball, high tee for, 246

Mashie, cut shot, 26 cut stroke, Vardon on, 191 for stymies, 70 stroke, Taylor's cut, 193

Mashies, short, for stymies, 330

Massy, Arnaud, 320

Master stroke, the, 178

Matter, definition of, 41

Mechanical accuracy demanded, 2

Mechanics of golf, 3

Mitchell, A., 327

Modern Golf, 59, 73, 83, 133, 210, 246

Morning Post, 198

Mystery, none in other games, 16

Mystery of Golf, 15, 125, 220

Newton, on principles of swerve, 223, 235, 228

"Nip" at impact, Professor Tait, 266

"Nose" of golf ball, 231

Palm grip, Mr. Horace G. Hutchinson on, 159

Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph, 292 tests, 296

Practical Golf, 120, 335 et seq.

Press, influence of, 33

Professionals and journalists, 10 lacking in theory, 9

Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients, 292

Pull, the, 179 axis of vertical, Professor Thomson on, 237 Braid on, 188 explanation of spin, 240 Mr. John L. Low on, 258 true axis of, 240 Vardon on, 183

Push stroke, Vardon's, 194

Put, Braid on cutting the, 83 not a wrist stroke, 67 position of ball, 67 run on, 69 short grip for, 84 Vardon on cutting the, 87

Put, short, the easiest stroke, 48 Braid on the, 50 should be taught first, 48 Taylor on the, 50 Vardon on the, 49

Putter, short, 326

Putting, 11, 47 chief point in, 64 fundamental principles of, 53 importance of address in, 65 mechanically simple, 57 most important factor, 52 off heel or toe, 64 pendulum action in, 66 tests, 304 with drag, 60

Ray, Edward, 301, 309

Roll of ball on club, 238, 245

"Ruff," the, golf ball, 300, 309

St. Andrews, Royal and Ancient Golf Club of, 322

Schenectady putter, 320, 326

Self-consciousness, 20

Shaft, torsional strain of, 321

Simplicity of golf, 2

Slice, the, 179 axis of, vertical, Professor Thomson, 237 impact in, 252 Mr. John L. Low on, 258 pressure on rear of ball, Professor Thomson, 241 Professor Thomson on, 250 true axis of, 238 Walter J. Travis on, 190

Slow back, 96

Smooth ball, uneven flight of, 311

Snap of wrists in drive, 205

Soles, broad, of clubs, 328

Spalding, A. G., & Bros., 291

Speed, gradually increasing, 29

Spin, 181 effect on flight, Braid on, 260

Spread of golf, 6

Style, 19

Stymie, cutting round, 73 run-through, 343

"Sweep," a hit with iron clubs, 109

Sweep, the, 12, 98

Swerve, or the Flight of the Ball, 224

Swerve, principles of, 223, 233

Swerve, double, 293 Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey on, 305

Swing, premature teaching of, 5 the short, 110 top of, Mr. Horace G. Hutchinson on, 158

Tait, late Professor, 223

Taylor on distribution of weight, 120, 171 on putting, 50 on the sweep, 103

Teaching by elimination, 352 of golf unsound, 43

Temperament, golf the test of, 7

Tension during stroke, Braid on, 133 of muscles during stroke, 38

Thomson, Professor, and smooth ball, 312

Thomson, Professor Sir J. J., 227

Times, The, 292

Topped ball, 279

Top-spin, alleged possibilities of, 280 how obtained, 233 in lawn-tennis, Professor Thomson on, 232 nearest approach to, 280 not used in golf, 280

Travis, Walter J., fallacies of, 335 et seq. on distribution of weight, 120

Under-spin not essential to long carry, 227 Professor Thomson's error, 246 properties of, 248

Upward concavity against back-spin, 267, 275

Vaile golf ball, 290 putter, 55 stymie stroke, 70

Vardon and blind spot, 169 on cross wind, 256 on cutting a put, 87

Vardon on distribution of weight, 118, 124 on follow-through, 131 on putting, 50, 75

Vardon's weight in follow-through, 131

Vertical axis of slice and pull, Professor Thomson on, 237

Waggle, the, 346 Duncan's, 346

Waist, pivoting from, 122

Weight, distribution of, 13, 25, 27, 97, 117, 171

Weight distribution, Vardon on, 118, 124 Braid on, 119, 121 fallacy, origin explained, 138 Horace Hutchinson on, 120 Mr. Haultain's explanation, 125 Taylor on, 120 W. J. Travis on, 120

Weight on right leg, test for, 122

Wind-cheater, 3, 179

Wind, cross, 242, 256, 257

Wrists, action of, 202 Mr. Horace Hutchinson on, 219 speed of, 217 turn over of, 107 Vardon on action of, 203

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