The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-22
Bold and Fearless Play ing Is Expert AdUice

the opponent, on the other hapd. has boldly risked long carries.
 successive shots with timorous sink. | ing at the heart; the opponent has
 risked every danger. with bold and fearless courage. and though he may ness. he yet comes out the winner In the end. There is thus q graphic con. trast of the battling Sspirit, which that wherever a ball is lying clean, and any hazard is within che compass of@a players power, armed with his longest club he should, except in cases | of exceptional importances>in four some match, play boldly to carry the hazard. In nine cases out of ten he will find that his confidence and bold ness will bring him the reward of suc- cess.
 The cultivation of the bold game. therefore, is always the best, both in single match play and in scoring tour naments. There are, of course, occa- sions in a foursome when the weaker player is obliged to depend largely on the advice or the wish of his partner. and a mutual understanding as to the risks that are to be incurred is an in- separable condition of successful four some play. 1t would be folly in such a case were each player not to remem. Der the wholesome doctrine of give, and take. The state of the match has al- ways to be taken into account and though each player on side ought to be allowed to play the shots which seem to him to be the best in the cir cumstances of the moment, occasions undoubtedly do arise when the wish of one player must give way to the gener- | al welfare of the side But even here bold play throughout is much more successful and inspiriting quality than the enforcement of the timid doctrine that either player should invariably
 risk nothing, but should always lay foV 1 safety.
 In medal play the same doctrine of cultivating boldness as general poll | icy holds good. It is often said that
 match and medal play. in that each
 game demands a different temperament
 The growth of this idea springs mainly
 from the ingrained conviction that
 strictly on the lines of playing for safe>
 ty throughout the tournament.
 There is. however, fallacy under 7. lying the whole basis of the argument in medal scoring. It is by the tacit ac-
 ceptance of this doctrine that so many
 players come to terrible grief as soon as
 their hands. Bold match players. -in- | stead of letting themselves loose with l their accustomed liberalIty and confl-
 dsence' feel that it is incumbent upon
 ing for safety game. By so doing they
 as a rule find, to their utter disgust,
 that they are taking more strokes to each hole than they are accustoIneo to do in ordinary match play. The end l of this mistaken idea that the two
 systems of play call for two different plays and policies is seen in the speedy tearing up nf the scoring card and a re-
 vision from the artificial to the natural playing style of the man.
 The timid style in medal play, ex- treme caution being shown at every l stroke. is substaHkaal blunder, and
 bold play is the right policy to fol
 low, for. as a matteroof fact. the SCOT ing round is a much higher test ot
 nerve and skill than is called for in the playing of the ordinary match But the great point to remember in both forms
 of competition is that shot shculd bt
 saved wherever it can be. and that the
 cultivation of a bold game in scoring and in match play is much, more likely l to attain that end than the policy of creeping round the corners of punkeRs
 or of playing little safe shots short ot them.