A set of four short films of Don Fischesser demonstrating the swing accompanied by Irv Schloss writings. - part one The best way to teach grip according to Irv Schloss Using Irv`s words- a shortened version from an article printed in the late sixties. If you are inclined to think you have read all you need to know about the grip, may I ask for your indulgence for a few minutes. Some of the things you are about to read may seem contrary to what others have said. Actually, I t

Originally built by the members and open for play in 1888, Tom and Willie Dunn were asked to improve the course a year later. At 90 meters carry length the cliff hole may have only been a niblick (7 iron, the most lofted club in the bag at this time), but it was difficult to keep the ball on the green, where it would often roll over the other side and find its way at the bottom again. The warmer climate of the French Riviera became a popular destination for British travelers

Many believe the swings of the past are inferior to those of today. A closer study will contradict that opinion. The basic elements have always been the same. Centering, width or radius, and contact area are all comparable. Yet there have been periods where an idea or method `tinkers` with those basics. One such period was in the seventies and eighties. It became popular to slide the left knee in the forward swing instead of allowing it to make the semi-circle movement it sho