Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
ESSENTIALS IN GOLF TOLD
Experts Declare Changing Of Style is
Fault
FIRST STYLE MAY BE BEST
Practice ~ Bssker Art ~ Department,
- 0ame often Overlooked ts Dis
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES kills
or Otherwise Good score.


u practice h that the player should have
acquired nOmetblnR like settled style.
This style. moreover. must be the result
~ close and patient application, for before
she educational advantages u practice can
BE- realised with any permanent value al
fha technique % the golfers system must
BE- IN effect consolidated.
one Of the chief drawbacks 20 success
with n ma l0flty ~ amateurs who devote
a great deal 81 Time 20 practice throughout
she year b. the tendency 90 engage in the
disturbing process ~ taking 10 pieces and
building 10 affesb many OF the essentials
- such Style az they may have formerly
acquired. ~ 70 doing their style II always
undergoing a process OF change, with a re-
cult mat practice rounds undertaken with
fhs object Of psrfecting the delicate diff
cuities ~ tho goiflng art are found 70 be
u little relative educational value 70 the
permanent progress Of the player. II the
object 81 sustained and frequent practice
b 10 make the player more proficient az a
golfer. ID H. obvious that some settled policy
Of striking the ball should have been pre-
viousiy adopted. 81
The swing may be either full one
round the body, or a shorter one round the
shoulders. but IN either case, the essential
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based upon one or the other style. or. at
ans. rate. that the player should have mas
teied The first elements Of knowing how
to gresp tho club and 20 address his body
90 the ball. IL must be the height Of folly
On the part OF any golfer In the course OF
bis practice. either In private matches or
81 the course OF . solitary round, who II
always engaged tn picking to pieces the
methods ia which he already plays many
shots Satisfactorily. in order 70 substitute
what he wronRfuliy conceives 10 be bet
ter method Of playing these shots.
Original style Hest.
Practice carried out on such principles as
these must obviously become deieterious.
IN the first place. the player had formerly
acquired the art OF playing shots In a
certain manner which was In all respects
suited to his peculiarly Of swing and ply
seal attachments With the object OF en-
b9dylng In his style the more snowy way
81 playing q shot By another player. or by
some professional the player who is anx-
ioua 20 add this shot TO his equipment for
gets mat the art has been acquired by a
different system Of practice, that II Is due
largely 70 Instructive imitation, and that
IL 10 one OF those inseparable pieces of
gogfIng character which are constantly re-
yeaied BY good as well as bad players.
Another element OF practice not less es-
sential than that O. building it up on some
sort Of settled style Is that It should be
carried out with the whoie-hearted object
OF nasseringNI difficulty. There are many
golfers today who are quite conscious of
their inability 10 play certain shots with
any fair amount OIL success They are not
only conscious OF their own weakness. but
they do not ta-e any particular pains to
conceal from opponents that tho best way
N which 70 overcome certain difficulties OF
Iifs are quite beyond their skill.
Take. for example. ono OF the most fire.
qtenCy recurring diffieuHes wherein
practice Is rarely made a settled policy on
the part Of a majority OF players 1t Il
ans art Of getting ball out OF deep sand
: pit with one shot The new class OF
bunker which Is being laid down with SO
much profuslon. Is. withou. doubt a more
fearrome hazard to the majority OF present
day golfers than many renowned hazards
when have hitherto played a poetical and
t,rrorizing part in the tales Of our golfins
literature.
nankers Now Are Deeper.
These new traps are not only being made
deep, but they are. for the most part. built
np with hlsn perpendicular face on the
aide approaching the hole II one cares tC
rUend a lew minutes here and there on one
OF those green's watching the general char
ncter Of the play out OF this new class OF
trap no will be surprised o see the small
percentage u players who get the ball oui
Ia one stroke. Rather he will be struck BY
tins fact that the majority OF those whS
find their ball buBkered in this way. are
content 20 play three vicious shots without
ialslnE the bail above the face; and ther
be Will notice these unsuccessful players
breathless with exertion Of digging ans
out of temper al having 10 give up the holt
almost without a struggle. making theii
way TO the next tee full OF complain
against the unfairness OF the new hazard
This Is case where a little study anS
practice would well repay the special labol
u acquiring the bunker art Yet there ar
few golfers In ali the varying grades o
proficiency who will devote themselves I,
an hours systematic drudgery TO lear
deftly how 10 play bali lying in sand
over . high fence.
Everybody adapts the proud theory tina
from the relative shortness OF his play or tn
atraightnees with which all OF his balls ar,
his the chances OF getting into bunke
are fairly remote. But the last bunker a
the end % brilliant scoring round. o.
when the match would be safe In the play
er'a pocket. except for thls-awkward aeci
dent a. the inopportune moment. may egsil.
enough prove 90 be the undofng OF him VIII,
steadily refuses 10 practice the bunker art
Another Instance In which there Is failur,
% tighten up the loose joints OF a\game 1
tlie short approach shot, especially whel
there are one or two little sandplss to b,
crossed IN order TO set near the hole.
Maay Fah IA LofsinE.
Many players seem to be unable to 40
QUlrc the delicate touch OF lofting the bal
clean. 80 IS TO place II well over the OBJ
siacles near the hole side. But at a distanc
VI fifty or seventy-five yards. when Their,
D. = clear, unhroken run. the players VIII,
do not pracgice the short loft are a goo,
deal more successful Ia running the bal
up aiens the ground. The differences OF ex
ecution Il. IN the majority OF cases due q
the fact that the pitch ard Tan shot ha
been usore carefully praeUced while III
more aifucalt Il senerally treated a. one o
those incidents In tho game which onh
occur al long Intervals.
Practically lts true sepse really consist
IN trsiuB % strengthen the weak points h
ths EoifinE harress- Il ought 10 be carrie.
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