Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-29
COURTESY ON THE LINKS.
It is frankly conceded that most !,

mon to golfers as a body. Take. for in
stance, what has been called the wig
sle. NO true golfer would ever be guilty
- - suin heresy as attempting to strike
What has been called by the uninitiated
strlklns attitudes in scarlet AS the
Hourlsn OF the bat to the baseball player
ana crlcketer, or the several approaches
OF the billiard players cue to the object
pan before striking, SO is the '.wiggle.
20 the golier The club is laid first in
front or the ball (this may be unneces-
sary, though it is custom more hon
Ored IN the observance than in the
breacn). then carefully raised over the.
top and placed behind the ball, and
uraWh pack several times, each time fur
thef ana further from the ball, until it
ascends Tor the last time with full body
what should be unerring force on the
! pan. Striking attitudes," indeed. It
IS no such thing. 1t is next to impossi-
PIE to strike golf ball fairly and with
the center OF the club, a most important
point, unless the club has been SO han
died. The object of q .wiggIe'' is to
steady the player, to get the balance
OF the club and the exact position ard
lie OF the ball. Try for. yourself and
Judge by results. If you can, without
such preliminary, drive a ball far and
sure you will accomplish a feat which
nent opponents of the game.
Similarly most golfers have. partialitv
Tor certain club or clubs often carrying
this to extremes and using favorite I'M
der circumstances for which it is wholly
unsuited. This is habit which cannot
too quickly be unlearned.
Stick to old friends, advises an old
golfer. When you get a set of clubs to
suit you, and this takes time, don't keen
constantly changing them. The longer
you use club the more familiar YOU will
become with it, and the greater should
be your attachment for it, OF course
clubs will not last forever; but when one
falls, try to replace it with it's twin
brother 1t stands to reason that man
tooters clubs and vice versa Half an
men IN length or an ounce in the weight
OF club will make all the difference in
the world. "nY
Always try to get the services of
spou cadale- he should. know the green
thoroughly, and the club and game better
than yourself, even though he may not
himself be player. lie should also be
able to give YOU advice when it is called
tor. A smart caddie is worth his weight
IN gold; He will keep his eye on your
i paii; Whlch III consequence will seldom
be lost. and will hand you the proper
club for each shot. The better he knows
your play the better he knows what club
to hand you. So stick to a good caddie
when you once get him.
The choice of . ball also is no unim-
portant matter in golf. Some makers
balls fly better than Others Made up
balls never fly" like new ones, and are
nTfir nf ~,
most expensive parts of, the game of golf,
as a new ball is required for almost every
game. Though hard as bullet. they are
easily knocked out of shape, especially
in warm weather. when the guttapercha
is more or less affected by the heat In
frosty weather bad balls will invariably
crack. 4,s
In match and medal contests the play
differs somewhat. In a match your OBJ
ject is to make the holes in as few
shots as possible. In the former case it
is especially advisable ITO play to the
score" Thus your opponent has taken
three shots to fetch the green" where
as you have accomplished this feat in
two. You play 1.-The like with your
third. Your object should now be to
lie dead anyway. Your adversary can
not possibly hole OUT in less than four,
probably 1.-THE hole" A half with
chance of Il hole is thus the correct play.
Take another case. Your opponent
lies dead with his third, while your
third is twenty feet from the hole. To
obtain a half you must run chances and
make the long putt These are two
simple instances of playing to the score''
"a most important factor in match play
ing and one often overlooked by young
Al. Sc lJSn sr.r1i1 TO,
make Il hole in three when four will win
it. PLAY to the score'' should be photo
grapned on the golfers brain.
Don't hesitate to play away from the
hole when doing so is the safe or pru-
dent course, but of course do not so
sary, and don't take the bee line if
the bee line is dangereuss4and it is more
prudent to hold either ito the right or to
the left The safe player is the best
player, and will in the<fleng run wear
out his more tiashy and reckless oppo-
nent.
Never play rashly or, carelcssly. The
better you know green the better
should be your play upon it. 1t is half
the battle and like the barnyard cock,
YOU should be able to crow loudest on
your own ground. If you are on
strange green, ask Your caddie for ad-
vice, or, better still, go over the course
before paying anu Hole lne He VI III.
green's and hazards Remember it
amounts to great deal on a round of
eighteen holes to strike few snags.
Should your ball and. in water. as s.
rule lift but here again the depth of
water and the state of the score would
perhaps justify your running chances.
If the bail is only PARTIALLY under water
it is simple enoughs matter to drive it
out. Still it is always more or less a
risky shot, and the rule to lift should
he stuck to unless under exceptional cir
cumstances. Players have been known
to Get ON the caddie's shoulders or even
back to make water shots.
Remember the poorseald,e is human
being and has feeiinss.1ust Ike yourself Ell;
are running in hard luck or playing bad
": probably the latterS5s the case if your
nlumage has got rufiea. The better you