The Bertholy Method ( I )

It's here and as promised the table of contents:

'The Bertholy-Method'
The Magic Method of Fine Golfswing Achievement
The Only Golf Instruction That You Will Ever Need

o Seven Cardinal Positions
o Facility of Bertholy-Method
o Ode to Golf - "What is Happiness"
o Description of the Golfswing
o Case Histories of a few Bertholy-Method Students
o Description of Method
o The Disciplines of Golf
o Kinesiology
o Introduction to the Basic Laws of the Golfswing
o The Bertholy-Method
o The Deltoid Lifts
o Program I
o Program II
o Program III
o Program IV
o The Master Movement - The Lead and Lag
o The Waggle
o Program V
o Golf Swing Negatives
o Role of the Right Hand and Arm in Golfswing
o Three Majors of thefine Golf Swing
o Flywheel Action
o Bertholy Method Chipping
o Four Basic Tenets and Three Majors of Centrifugal Force Golf Swing
o Start of Downswing
o Proper Tempo and Proper Sequential Motion
o Putting
p P.S.M Jig
o Sand Play
o The True Part the Mental Plays in One's Golf
o Nutrition
o Glossary of Terms
o Reprints from Golf Magazine.

The book was self published and mine came with a separate letter from Bertholy to the buyer. Much in the letter struck me and I include one quote here:

To initially build a sound repeating golfswing, the "pipe" must be used five days per week, 15 to 30 minutes per day, for a least two years. This does not mean, however, that there will not be a gain during the interim period, but is is unreasonable to expect fine golfswing achievement in less than two years for at least 90% of all aspiring golfers.

There is also a picture of Bertholy at 65. Clearly an individual in excellent physical condition. Also a note about him shooting 29 for 9 holes in 1979 (the year this edition was published).

Summary (much) later.

Peter


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