GOLF WITH THE MASTERS.

By DaveCamerer '37. New York: A. S. Barnes, 1955.'59 PP. $3-50.

The tucked-in right elbow and the wrists starting to uncock of Sam Snead with his driver. The flat club face of Lawson Little's great brassie. The big spoon of Cary Middlecoff. Not straight, Gene Sarazen's left arm and his 4 wood. The low boring trajectory of Jimmy Demarest's 5 iron. Tommy Bolt's uncocked wrists AFTER they have passed his belt line when he is playing a 6 iron. Jim Turnesa, not pigeon-toed, addressing a ball with an 8. Lew Worsham pitching with a wedge from a narrow and open stance.

There they are, the big fellows, in action. Do you play about 90 and hanker to break 80? You may not wish to imitate Billy Joe Patton with his fantastically full swing whipping into the ball with too wide an arc that gives him a 69 on occasion. You will discover nevertheless his secret. Should you wish to change your uneducated slice into an Ivy League true fade, here is Johnny Farrell letting his ball drift to the green, gently, after it has lost its carry. And then those sand traps which corrupt virtuous vocabularies! With a fixed right hip, shortened back swing, and super-straight right arm, Dick Chapman demonstrates how to keep your language clean.

The Secret to Better Golf is the sub-title of the fascinating book, Golf with the Masters by Dave Camerer, photographs by Bill Mark, one to four a page with terse and easily understandable explanatory comments. Valuable companions are made among the different swings and stances of the great masters, past and present: Doug Ford, flat-footed; Chick Evans, perfect in grace and timing; Julius Boros, sweeping into side-hill lies with pronouncedly bent knees; Mike Souchak, who outdrives stronger men; Frank Stranahan, the restless experimenter; Lloyd Mangrum, putting slightly knock-kneed; Porky Oliver, the fat man's Apollo; George Bayer, six feet five and 260 pounds; and Ed Furgol, with his withered left arm frozen at right angle; and John Revolta, digging out of heavy rough.

Golf with the Masters will have an initial cost of less than four first class golf balls, but you may discover that at the 19th hole with your heretofore unbeatable golf pals you may be paying for their drinks. As winner, you will do it with enormous good humor and return home to radiate happiness in the presence of your surprised and delighted wife.