Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII PLAYING THE CLEEK THE designers of clubs have produced a model which takes care of the difference in the nature of the blow to be struck with a cleek and with a wooden club by "lofting" or inclining the face of the club more, which causes the ball to rise more quickly, as well as higher. Also by reason of a shorter and stiffer shaft the arc of the sweep is sharper or less "flat." That is to say, the design of the club will take care of all the differences without any effort of the player at all. The same effort and the same "timing," as in wooden shots, will get the desired result. Leave all the changes to be made to the club. The one great fault with poor iron players is that they swing so hard and fast that the club does not have a chance and no accurate blow is possible with such a violent effort. As the shaft is stiff er the weight goes into the blow quicker or the reaction of the shaft is quicker once you connect with the ball. I have drawn a sketch showing the theoretical as well as actual result of playing a cleek with the same style of stroke as used with a driver, that is, by picking it off the ground clean. In position 1 I have shown the cleek against the ball and drawn a dotted line marked P at perfect right angles to the face which is the line along which the ball should rise theoretically. I have also shown by the dotted line S the arc of the sweep when perfectly described with the hands moving parallel with the line of flight with the whole leverage of the blow extending from the pivotal center between the shoulders. In position 3 is shown the club at the instant the ball is leaving it, and you will see by dotted line marked A the actual line or angle of rise; the line is drawn at perfect right angles to the...
