What's so cool about this footage is that it apparently pre-dates the film series that Jones did for Warner Brothers! The PGA made this to help them teach golf better. Since the opening frames run by pretty quick, here's what they each say:
World's Most Famous Golf Stars in ActionThen there are four swings:
Copyrighted 1930
The world-wide work of having these famous pictures made was undertaken and financed by the Professional Golfers' Association of America to simplify the teaching of golf.
These pictures were taken at the enormous speed of 3200 exposures per second, and on the screen are 200 times slower than the speed used in striking the golf ball; showing for the first time exactly how all the movements of the golf swing are actually made.
Taken by C. Francis Jenkins
Washington D.C.
for the Frofessional Golfers' Ass'n of America
One of the world's most famous golfers
Robert T. Jones, Jr.
of Atlanta
on his home course, East Lake
- Jones driving the ball 280 yards
- Jones hitting his 3-iron 185 yards
- Jones hitting his driver against a special background
- Jones hitting his 2-iron against a special background
I hope you enjoy watching this, and that it inspires you. After all, the Jones swing is considered pretty funky these days, what with that sharp takeaway to the inside and its up-and-over loop...
Trust me, you can learn to play good golf with your swing too.
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