Relying on our superior wisdom, Mr. George O’Neil has relayed to us the
following problem from a Kentucky gentleman:
“Dear Sir: I have played golf six years. I play an average game but my
iron work has been awful. Lately a friend suggested pronating the left
hand (turning it over) just as you start the back-swing, and I must say
it worked wonders. I tried the same theory with wooden clubs and the
same was disastrous. Why should this work on one and not the other? What
really happens when you pronate? Why should a player have to use this
method for results?”
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We supposed the relative merits of the flat swing and the upright swing
had been definitely defined. At least we recall a learned scientific
exposition in “Golf Illustrated” some months ago. “Of course,” we
remarked to Hon. Bob MacDonald, the lank pro at Indian Hill, “of course
you swing upright, whereas we ought to swing flat.” “A flat swing,”
replied Hon. Bob, “is no good to anybody.”