I have to give credit, compared to the golf instruction today, this film short from 1931 is superb. No dry instruction here. Bobby Jones, the little guy from Georgia, was a natural actor, as well as being perhaps the best ever to play the game of golf.
This film starts with a foursome about to tee off and one of the men is being harassed by his buddies. He apparently cannot hit his drives well, and they are kidding him about it. One of them tells him, "You need to play the ball off your right foot." Which of course is the worst advice you can give. So the frustrated golfer walks off and goes to his hammock to take a mid day nap.
Along comes a miniature Bobby Jones, as if in a dream. He taps the man on the nose with his golf club, and proceeds to take him to a practice area where Jones demonstrates how to hit a proper drive. Showing him how to position the ball off the left toe, so that you can sweep it for maximum distance and minimum spin, so the ball will roll after it hits the fairway. Good instruction to this day.
And, of course, the film ends with the golfer awaking and re-joining his friends, and promptly hitting the best drives of his life. A classic series, shown occasionally on the Golf Channel.
This film starts with a foursome about to tee off and one of the men is being harassed by his buddies. He apparently cannot hit his drives well, and they are kidding him about it. One of them tells him, "You need to play the ball off your right foot." Which of course is the worst advice you can give. So the frustrated golfer walks off and goes to his hammock to take a mid day nap.
Along comes a miniature Bobby Jones, as if in a dream. He taps the man on the nose with his golf club, and proceeds to take him to a practice area where Jones demonstrates how to hit a proper drive. Showing him how to position the ball off the left toe, so that you can sweep it for maximum distance and minimum spin, so the ball will roll after it hits the fairway. Good instruction to this day.
And, of course, the film ends with the golfer awaking and re-joining his friends, and promptly hitting the best drives of his life. A classic series, shown occasionally on the Golf Channel.