The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-24
Rational Golf
BY JASON ROGERS.

In answer TO several correspondents
who have asked me to. give a list OF
clubs necessary for practical golfer
not an expert present the list with
explanations.
/. A driver for use on the shots
and through the green where the ball
is in particularly good lie. 1 use
a very slightly lofted brassey for this
sort of stroke. The brass sole pro-
longs the life of wooden club. and
when man once gets the club he
seeks and with which he does good
work, the desire should be to make
it last as long as possible
2 A brassey slightly more laid
back than the club used from the tee.
The head should Oe a trife heavier.
say an ounce, and the shaft. sitter.
This weapon can he used to advan-
tage where the lie is not perfect, and
for tearing the ball away from the
rough grass. The ball will rise quick
er and not travel as far as from No
). cleek or well lofted brassev
for shots shorter than cen be safely
played with No. 9 without sparing
the stroke. The cleek is the better of
the pair if you can use it, as the
ball travels lower and is less DETECTED
by the wind l use the well lofted
brassey merely because | can get bet
ter and easier execution with it.
! 4. A mild-iron for full shots still
shorter than No 8 and for various
approaches. 1t is good for distances
closely approaching the cleek, but re-
quiring a higher ball with less run.
To own satisfactory mild-iron is a
great comfort to any golfer When of
with any. other club the mid-iron is a
stanch friend to fail back upon IFS
loft and construction make it a very
easy club to play.
3. A jigger for shots from 80 tc
l4O yards-the most difficult in almost
everybody's game, The head is Ions
and narrow and lofted a bit more
than the mid-iron and less than ma
SHE A heavy head and still shaft
, rerhaps an inch longer than the ma
SHE, forms a useful club.
{. mashie with deep face anC
shaft an inch or so shorter than tn,
ordinary store club. AS the mashie II
only CORRECTLY used for shots up Il
so yards, there is no necessity for
long shaft. l believe that the reason
many find it difficult to play mashi
is that the shaft of the club is to,
) long
Z. lofter for getting the ball III
Quickly for such shots as high pitche
10 greens that will stop short, TO
l very short approaches and for pitche
l out of bunkers for reasonable dis
} tances. The mashie has recently driv
t en- the lofter more or less out of use
1 but it is a very useful stick to hay
a in your bag. 1t is more laid bac
t than the mashie, with longer hea
sort of a mudhook, as it were.
y 3. A niblick or mashie niblick 70
t extracting the ball from unplayabl
h lies
!, y. A putter for the holding out prc
cess on the green. Of putters Their
e are literally hundreds of differen
/ Kinds. They are made of steel, bras
u wood and aluminium, but it matter
e not which you use so long as yo
= have learned how to use it.
= This list includes nine clubs whic
Il equip the golfer for every phase of
g shot both regarding distance and cor
o ditions of going.
d FOR purpose of simplicity Nos. 2,
n ard can be omitted without seriou
IS detriment provided the player ha
n learned to accomplish the results tles
a clubs were designed to secure wit
:. other clubs.
The secret of success at golf is
q know exactly what distance you ca
!, make with each club. Until Won AZ
. reasonably confident of reaching a d.
finite spot with mashie, for instanc
u you cannot pretend to know the cluI
: and so on up and down the list.
. Another useful club to have in tn
- bag is high mid-iron for use whe
- the Jigger is not jigging the ba
L where you want 1t. 1t provides fc
9 a shot just short of a full iron an
u for distance where you are apt
e press with the jigger.
u So much for the clubs. Learn the
g use and you can make creditab,
= score.
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