I consider a discussion on slicing and hooking to be of prime importance. It deals with the art of playing golf, "stick handling"-it deals with the crux and essence of every golf shot, the positioning of the club (a subject thoroughly discussed in Chapter Five, but I deem it to be of sufficient importance to bear repeating).
It took me many years of experimenting, many hours of practice, many exhibitions of trick shots before I learned the respective effects and influence that the body and the hands had in regard to power and direction in golf.
Furthermore, the gamut of golf shots is contained in this slicing and hooking technique. Only when a player fully understands these two extremes can he consistently thread that middle route down the fairways, because then he knows just what to avoid.
A well constructed golf course always rewards the good shots-however, each course has its hazards, its side hill lies, its up and down hill lies, its trees and its bunkers and sandtraps-and no matter how well one plays, he is bound to find himself in difficulties at times. In such cases, proper selection of the club to do the job may solve the problem. An extremely low flying shot can be produced with a driver or a #2 iron, and an extremely high shot can be produced with a #9 iron.
However, there are situations which require that the ball be purposely curved to the right or brought around to the left, and an attempt will be made here to show how easily this can be done if the player has developed the basic form.
To repeat, once again, golfers are equipped with various clubs which automatically produce the shot required. continue slicing and hooking...