Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30

II have been spending two solid
hours trying to learn to putt. writes
Harry Fulford in Londing Golfing. My
reason for thus wasting time was that
suddenly remembered having read
somewhere that Mayo practices one
hour per day. Surely" I thought
If Charles is so gifted with patience.
also can summon up trifie-" Again.
/ had lust lost a game to one whom 1
lad foolishly looked upon as a rabbit
and who, rabbit-like, had a gift of hold
ing out from most places. Every thing
that I have read re the correct method
of putting I remembered; the stance of
every good putter ! had seen could
visualize, and the first person whose
style l adopted was McDermou. NOW,
he can putt, SO l kept my heels together
stood up to the ball and swung the CLUB
with a pendulum-lke movement. After
ten minutes OF McDermottssm ] came TO
the conclusion that without chewing gum
this style was failure, for the reSult
was no better than usual.
Next I essayed the Nardon methods.
say methods for poor Harry once in
formed me that he is the possessor OF
eighty-six different methods of missing
a "yarder." Well, | can beat that Tor
I've eighty-seven: however. | soon found
out that Vardonstic putting is dead
sure optic nerve originator, for l got
pains in both knees. lumbago tdue 10
crouching). and very nearly brain IeVer
Cblood rushing to head owing 10 Denu
ing) At this stage | changed the ciup
"a new broom" told myself. sweepeth
clean.' in fact, it bristles with promise
1t did, for | endeavored to copy the
stance Of friend of mine. who certainty
puts well. but must be possessed or an
eve that defies direction, for found that
could hook em a yard in three. Re-
versing this stance, | pushed EN-, and
had to aim for a slice. Up to now the
only ball that had disappeared was one
that / knocked carelessly back across
the green. 1t caught in the hole and
stopped there However, l had still
dozen methods to adopt. Ray: when on
his putting. is very good. ! know now
he does it. but he doesn t. and Kay s
elbow out stance slightly open. hands
well up. eye on ball (hole quite ignored),
knees wabbly. and. what | consider more
important still, a short speech to the
effect that If It doesn't go down purple
comets and dynamite will be its lot.
l have often heard Edward promise
1t this, with wonderful effect. All this.
then was carried out faithfully. but
either my promise was not sufficiently
awful or l stiffened up a cartilage or
burst a brace or something; whatever it
was, l know not but something was
wrong for no result was forthcoming.
/ certainly laid it dead. but as it was
yard putt that l was trying l derived
little satisfaction. Bear in mind that my
patience was by no means exhausted.
Great results are not obtained in couple
of hours, and although l hope to live
to the age of eighty I'm betting on being
a good putter at seventy-nine.
Then followed a bout of long puts,
say from fifteen yards. How beautifully
the ball ran up to the hole; how easily
the putter swung to and fro; what
simple matter 1t was to lay EN- dead;
reasoning out The explanation is UNI
doubtedly this; that in a long putt the
ball has to be struck harder. the club
taken back farther. and the force APP
piled carries it forward more You see
there is less delicacy of touch required:
we don't expect to hole IL. bit feel quite
satisfied with placing 1t where it can