th the turf
much too soon. If the stroke is finished correctly, the body will then
be facing the flag.

So much, for the time being, for the full shot with the cleek.
Personally, however, I do not favour a really full shot either with the
cleek or any other iron club. When the limit of capability is demanded
with this or most other iron clubs in the bag, it is time to consider
whether a wooden instrument should not be employed. Therefore I very
seldom play the full cleek shot, but limit myself to one which may be
said to be slightly above the three-quarters. This is usually quite
sufficient for all purposes of length, and it is easier with this limit
of swing to keep the wrists and the club generally more under control.
Little more can be said by way of printed instruction regarding the
ordinary cleek shot, which is called for when the distance to be played
falls short of a full brassy, or, on the other hand, when the lie is of
too cuppy a character to render the use of the brassy possible with any
amount of safety.

[Illustration: THE PUSH SHOT WITH THE CLEEK.]

Many players, however, who are young in experience, and some who are
older too, seem to imagine that the simplest stroke, as just described,
is the limit of the resources of the cleek, and never give it credit for
the versatility which it undoubtedly possesses. There is another shot
with the cleek which is more difficult than that we have just been
discussing, one which it will take many weeks of arduous practice to
master, but which, in my opinion, is one of the most valuable and
telling shots in golf, and that is the push which is a half shot. Of all
the strokes that I like to play, this is my favourite. It is a half
shot, but as a matter of fact almost as much length can be obtained with
it as in any other way. It is a somewhat peculiar shot, and must be
played very exactly. In the first place, either a shorter cleek (about
two inches shorter, and preferably with a little more loft than the
driving cleek possesses) should be used, or the other one must be
gripped lower down the handle. A glance at Plate XXVI. and the diagram
in the corner will show that the stance is taken much nearer to the ball
than when an ordinary cleek shot was being played, that particularly the
right foot is nearer, and that the body and feet have again been moved a
trifle to the left. Moreover, it is recommended that in the address the
hands should be held a little more forward th