APPROACH SHOTS 493 



practice of them, and later on he will find them serve 

 as a guide to correction when off his game. 



The above rules are recommended by H. G. 

 Hutchinson in his treatise on golf in the Badminton 

 Library, and no opinion can be more valuable than 

 his. 



The three-quarter stroke is required where the full 

 swing would be too much, and the half- stroke where 

 the three-quarter would be excessive. The nearer the 

 green is for the approach, the nearer the right foot ought 

 to be to the ball. 



In all these shots the left shoulder should not swing 

 down, nor should the shoulders swing round as in the 

 full drive. The body must be kept steady and yet not 

 too stiff, and the heels fixed firmly on the ground. The 

 iron should go back as far as the arms will permit, but 

 the shoulders must not o-o with the swinof. So much 

 for the three-quarter stroke. 



In the half-shot the right arm from the elbow takes 

 no part in the stroke. It is a stroke played only from 

 the elbow of the right arm, the upper part of the arm 

 being kept close to the side. Swing the club as far 

 back as the wrists and movement of the ris^ht forearm 

 will admit, and no farther ; or again, you make a 

 hybrid stroke between a three-quarter and a half shot, 

 which is rarely successful. 



If a beginner can play these strokes successfully and 

 conquer the differences and peculiarities of each, he 

 will be making the very best progress towards be- 

 coming an efficient golfer. 



Approach-shots are the most difficult of all to 

 calculate or play truly. The body must be kept 

 steady in the position I have described, and any swing 



