If the hands, in the address, are directly opposite the lowest point in the swing, as they should be, and the club face is against the ball (which is five inches behind the lowest point) the player will find that in order to have the club face at right angles to the line of flight when it reaches the lowest point in the arc or sweep that the face must turn away to the right when addressing the ball.

By referring to the diagram, position 1, this point is very plain. Position 3 shows that the club face is squared to the line of flight at the time the ball leaves it, and this is why the ball goes straight.

As the club face is turned away slightly in the address it should be turned away still more as the club is drawn back, and this turning should continue as far as you can to the top of the swing.

As the club returns to the ball it should connect as it did in the address, and the turn be continued as is shown in the illustration.

The turn is not stopped when position 8 is reached, but is continued to the end of the stroke. One of the great difficulties in playing the cleek as well as the other irons is that players do not make this turn, but endeavor to keep the club face squared throughout; this not only destroys much of the vigor and snap in the stroke, but absolutely pre-vents freedom of the play of the muscles.

Players are prone to believe that the ball will go off from the proper line if' they do not keep the club face squared. This is not the secret. If the club is traveling along a straight line while in contact with the ball, it makes little difference if the face of the club is not exactly squared, be-cause the ball responds to the greatest force working upon it.

If that force is being exerted along a certain line the slight imperfection of the club face being pointed a little to the right or left at the moment of contact will not affect the stroke very considerably.

Players are apt to believe that making this turn complicates the scheme, but a few trials will soon convince them that it really simplifies the stroke.

In addressing the ball remember that in using the method shown in the cut the "aim" is to drive the ball downward. Do not be afraid that your club is going too deep into the ground, because it cannot; as the shaft is shorter than that of the driver, it comes away from the ground quicker, and the one thing to consider is the fact that ninety per cent of all cleek shots by those who cannot play them are topped. Just pound the ball into the ground and put your shoulders into it. That will do the trick.

In properly starting any scheme for playing a shot with the cleek, it is of vital importance to understand thoroughly just what happens to the ball or how the transmission of energy to it from the club head affects its flight.

I have shown by illustration why a glancing blow or a blow struck with a club with an inclined or lofted face is lacking in power, due partly to the ball skidding on the surface of the metal club, partly to the fact that the ball bounces away quicker, being compressed less, and partly to the fact that it requires far more accuracy to get the contact exactly 'in the middle of the club face, on account of the very small latitude for error when attempting to play the deck as you would your driver, picking the ball off the turf clean without injuring or cutting it.