Summary
IWAS recently caught by a blast from the past when a booklet based on the teachings of a golfing guru called Mr X came my way and reminded me of the days when hopes were still high and my feet weren't killing me. The articles were serialised in the Golf Monthly magazine and were avidly devoured by suffering souls in golf clubs around the country. Mr X introduced us to "toe pegs" and "shin posts" and placed great emphasis on posture. The posture part I found distressing on the re-reading, for it brought home the fact that I can't really stand up properly any more without holding on to something.
Indeed, a few of the photographs I thought were a little harsh on the subjects, for in some cases they were informal snaps of people simply standing about having a chat. Nevertheless, Mr X's beady eye had picked them up and they were ruthlessly analysed. Dave Thomas and Harold Henning, hands in pockets and having a laugh between themselves, are shown and it is noted that "both stand with the pelvis basin well UP in front and with the buttocks IN." Doug Sanders, in deep conversation with Henry Cotton, is shown as "a splendid example of posture for golf," though Mr X recommends that he should "get some flesh off his abdomen".See the full content of this document
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Putting Streak Ironed Out My Kinks
A picture of Peter Alliss watching the result of a putt, shows that everything is tickety-boo on the pelvis front, but a "slight inward kink" is detected in his lower spine. Howeve...
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