99/07/11

Mr.Hiroshi Iino, a class mate, sent a message to his golf friends advocating he got the knack of driver swing. The following is his message translated by the editor.

Yesterday, I went to a golf driving range for the first time after a long absence. I swung a driver club for about forty minutes.
At first I never could hit a ball well because I have not held the club quite a while.
Although I have known that I could make a good shot at the fairway by rotating shoulders well enough, I could not do well with a driver because it has a longer shaft. At the driving range, I tried to rotate my shoulders as much as possible but note to move the head at all. I could hit balls to the straight direction with a good angle and get quite a distance. I was delighted with the result. But the probability of good shot is not satisfactory. I might be able to improve it by doing exercises. As I am bespectacled, the ball will go out from my sight when I rotate shoulders too much. The fear for losing a ball from my sight has been one of the reasons why I could not rotate shoulders well enough.

I move my weight to the left leg boldly when I start to make a down swing. I think this is another knack for attaining a distance.

The swings of a club at golf course are always different from at driving ranges. I would like to minimize the difference.

This is a report of my exercise results at driving range. Just for your reference.

When he made a good shot with a driver, he could get a distance of 250 yards or more up to 280 yards. He became a winner of competition game by Kurosunakai once when he was far and away the best shooter for getting distance,

Incidentally a news came from Stockholm, Sweden informing that Daimler-Chrysler tried to buy Volvo's truck division, aircraft division, marine engine division, etc. but failed (Its car division was bought by Ford a few months ago.)

Both sides denied firmly. But it is rumored that they failed to reach agreement because of the price. I do not have any idea what would be the truth.

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