Golf For Women | by Mabel S. Hoskins
It might seem at first thought that, considering the great number of books on golf that have already been written by the most famous masculine players and students of the game, a book especially for women is unnecessary, and cannot hope to compare in usefulness with the dicta of the great ones who have so amply set forth the facts concerning their theories and their practices. There is another aspect of the subject, however, that has for some time appealed strongly both to my reason and to my imagination and has led me finally to write this book.
| Title | Golf For Women |
| Author | Mabel S. Hoskins |
| Publisher | Moffat, Yard & Company |
| Year | 1916 |
| Copyright | 1916, Moffat, Yard & Company |
| Amazon | Golf For Women |
By A Woman Golfer Mabel S. Hoskins
Preface- It might seem at first thought that, considering the great number of books on golf that have already been written by the most famous masculine players and students of the game, a book especially for w...
- I. Beginning The Game
- Not being a psychologist I cannot explain the reason, but I am sure that every one has had the same experience in regard to things that are committed to memory in childhood and those learned in later ...
- II. Putting
- IT is surely time for the foolish attitude of many good players toward putting to be abandoned once for all. It reminds me of the hysterical damsel who begged her companion to protect her from that h...
- Selecting The Putter
- A chapter of considerable length could be written on the different styles of putters that have been put on the market and the various theories of the people who have advanced them. There is no other c...
- Taking Aim
- The lie of the putter should be fairly upright so that the often cited, pendulum-like motion may be maintained as nearly as possible. It is a physical impossibility to put this simile into practical u...
- The Stance While Putting
- Aside from emphasizing the importance of having the eyes above the ball, there is not a great deal that need be said about the stance while putting. A great deal of latitude is allowed for each person...
- The Grip of a Golf Club
- It would appear that to hold a golf club in the hands would be the simplest and most natural act in the world, but from the endless discussion that there has been on the subject it seems that it is no...
- Observing The Condition Of The Green
- We have now considered the stance for putting, the grip, and the relative position of the ball to the player, but there is one more point to be thought of before the player actually makes her stroke; ...
- Soling The Club
- Having made herself aware of the kind of grass over which her ball must travel, and having allowed a conception of the distance that her ball lies from the hole to sink into her consciousness, the pla...
- The Stroke
- The line having been taken and the club soled, the time has now arrived for the all important put to be played. It has been said so many times that the motion of the club head in putting is like the s...
- Putting With "Drag"
- In the same article we read, The club head should not come back so close to the ground: it should come back more abruptly, so that the player can hit slightly down on the ball (which should bite the ...
- The Length Of The Back-Swing
- The problem of gauging the force of the blow by the length of the backward swing is in itself a difficult one. The longer the put the longer the swing is practically axiomatic in golf, but facility in...
- Sloping Greens
- The foregoing remarks in this chapter have been made on the supposition that the green on which the player finds herself is level, and that the ball may be aimed straight at the hole. Sadly enough all...
- III. Approach Shots
- Estimating roughly, those shots that are made from any spot within one hundred and twenty yards of the green may be called approach shots. A well-directed stroke with the brassie from, say, one hundre...
- The Pitch Shot
- If the player has adopted the modified overlapping grip, or if she is using the Vardon grip, she will find that no change is necessary for the approach shot from that which she used while putting. For...
- The Run-Up And Pitch-And-Run Shots
- There are not many occasions when a player will use the pure run-up shot. As its name indicates, such a shot causes the ball to make its journey entirely by running over the ground. It is, then, pract...
- IV. The Mid-Iron And Cleek
- There is no club that can be made to serve in so many different situations as the mid-iron. Standing as it does in the middle of the list of clubs it can be pressed into use as a substitute for any cl...
- The Cleek
- Whereas the mid-iron is universally popular with the rank and file of golfers, the cleek is generally viewed with much misgiving. As a rule, it is the expert player who really enjoys using a cleek, an...
- The Driving Mashie And The Spoon
- For those players who cannot feel themselves comfortable and confident with the cleek, there is the driving-mashie that may be used as a substitute. The slope of its face is a little more upright than...
- V. In And Out Of Trouble
- IN the game of golf, as in the game of life, it is much easier to get into difficulties than out of them. It is almost beyond human capability always to proceed directly down the fairway without stray...
- VI. The Wooden Clubs
- IT is with some trepidation that I undertake to write this chapter on wooden clubs. When there is so much that maybe said on a subject it is sometimes difficult to select the essential from the non-es...
- The Stance
- In dissecting the golf drive into its component parts for the purpose of detailed consideration we find that it naturally falls into four divisions; the stance, the grip, the swing of the club, and th...
- The Grip
- In the chapter on putting I spoke at some length on the subject of the grip. Although I stated there that I should strongly advise the modified overlapping grip for women, it is not imperative that wo...
- The Address
- As the center of the face of the club is the point at which it is destined to meet the ball, the club should be placed in such a position that its face meets the ball at this spot. The sole of the clu...
- The Swing
- Let us now follow the club on its journey; back from the ball it starts, not rising abruptly, but keeping close to the ground and in the line from hole to ball produced for a little way, then ascendin...
- Timing The Stroke
- This expression, timing the stroke, is very vague and indefinite unless the player knows exactly what it means. One frequently hears it used quite wrongly, probably because the word does not in itse...
- The Action Of The Wrists
- The consideration of the action of the wrists during the drive is very important, not only on account of what they must do but, also, on account of what they cannot be expected to accomplish. Strong a...
- Iron Clubs For Driving
- If the player believes that the length of her regular drive will carry the ball too far, it is better for her to use another club, possibly her cleek or her mid-iron, than to try to curtail the length...
- Overswinging
- In order not to waste any strength it is necessary to guard against overswinging. If the club head is allowed to drop behind the shoulders so that the shaft is carried beyond its normal position paral...
- Relaxing The Grip
- Whether or not it is advisable ever to relax the grip of the right hand at the top of the swing depends upon the personal peculiarities of the individual. If a player is sufficiently supple to make a ...
- The Follow Through
- Even after the ball has been hit, however, the player is not relieved of all responsibility. The follow-through is a very important part of the shot. Not that anything that the player or her club can ...
- Distribution Of Weight
- After the player has learned to go through all the motions of the drive correctly, there is still another point to be considered and that is the way in which her weight is distributed during the makin...
- Slicing
- Probably the most common fault of beginners is slicing the ball. Although I say that this is a fault of beginners, it is by no means confined to them. Even experienced players suffer from attacks of s...
- Pulling
- Pulling the ball is not nearly so common a fault as slicing, if, indeed, it may be called a fault at all. The pulled ball travels well and will roll a considerable distance. Some expert players habitu...
- The Brassie
- Although the heading of this chapter contains the words Wooden Clubs I have up to this time mentioned only the driver. The brassie, it would seem, has been completely relegated to the background. Su...
- VII. Special Shots. The Push Shot - The Slice - The Pull - Playing Stymies
- When once the regular shots have been mastered, the player's mind immediately turns to learning to execute those more difficult strokes, the command of which stamps one definitely as an expert at the ...
- The Push Shot
- The push shot and the wind-cheater may be classed together because, although one is played with an iron club and the other with a wooden club, the fundamental principle of the two shots is the same. B...
- The Slice
- It is not often that we can turn our mistakes into virtues, but such is the case in playing the slice. Slicing is one of the most common faults among players, and it is very difficult to correct when ...
- The Pull
- To the casual observer the pulled ball seems to be the reverse of the sliced ball, but if such were the case, the curve of its flight and its action on the ground would be the same except for the fact...
- Playing Stymies
- One might think that rolling the ball into the hole presented enough difficulties for the player without having the task of getting around or over her opponent's ball added to her troubles. However, t...
- VIII. Irregular Stances
- IF all golf courses were laid out upon flat ground many of the difficulties of the games would be eliminated. Fortunately this is not the case. I say fortunately, because level courses are extremely...
- IX. What Produces Bad Form
- IT is the ambition of every one to play in good form. Some thoughtless persons make an idol of this, and bend all their energies toward attaining the appearance of playing in correct style without ser...
- X. Some Women Golfers And Their Play
- Woman is prone to keep an eye on the fashionable modiste when it comes to style in dress, which causes man (with his stiff collar, temperature regardless) to smile or to ridicule. Woman is as independ...
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