Sam Snead 24 components, is this right?
 

im trying to make sure that what i'm seeing in a sequence is correct with how the book explains each component variation, please correct me if i am wrong somewhere. this is the first pattern i have tried to classify.

Selected Stroke Pattern: Sam Snead-mid iron swing from How To Play Golf
drag loading swinger
1.interlock
2.strong double action
3.pitch
4.triple barrel
5.square-square
6.turned shoulder
7.double shift
8.standard
9.standard
10.dual horizontal
11.2,3,4
12.standard
13.rotated
14.slide
15.delayed
16.standard
17.standard
18.standard
19.drag
20.wrist throw
21.end
22.random sweep
23.top arc and straight line
24.auto snap

Whip, do you have photos of the particular swing you are looking at? Straight on and DTL?

unfortunately i left my copy back home, this video is probably the closest to the time period of when the book came out (1952) about halfway through he swings a mid iron face on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGXb3QZWZk

here is a link to the book.http://cgi.ebay.com/1952-Sam-Snead-s-HOW-TO-PLAY-GOLF-HC-DJ-Slammin-Sammy_W0QQitemZ300350338832QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_N onfiction_Book?hash=item45ee467710&_trksid=p3286.c 0.m14

unfortunately i don't. the swing about halfway through this video is probably the closest thing to the sequence in the book from 1952. this is face-on mid iron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGXb3QZWZk

Snead had a closed stance with pretty much all of his clubs in the bag.



3JACK

in that book he plays closed with woods and long irons, square with mid irons, open stance with short irons

Sam was interlock? I didnt know that. That makes it Sam, Jack, Tiger and myself, well that I know of so far anyways. Who's the weak link in that foresome?

In regard to his left wrist throw, if you ever get a lesson on this particular Release Trigger from Yoda he'll tell you about Sam likening it to tossing apples off the end of a stick. You wont find that in golf Digest, I dont think. Priceless.

Slamin' the fingers
 

Sam used an overlap grip 10-1-A, but Sarazen used the interlock.

BTW, there is a nice interview with the Squire on Golfer's Nation. http://jimmclean.com/GolfersNation/T...0/Default.aspx

Click on classic conversations.

Thanks for the heads up Drew, Im really enjoying those interviews. I met the Squire many moons ago when my family was vacationing down on Marco Island. He was very friendly as I recall and wearing his golfing plus 2's and a pair of those old Etonics that weighed about 20 lbs each.

Getting a Grip
 

Whip,

Turn to page 26 in "How to Play Golf" and page 31 of "Natural Golf (paperback edition)". In both cases, Snead demonstrates the overlap or Vardon grip.