Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-08
RATIONAL GOLF
METHODS URGED
EASTERN EXPERT GIVES
VIEW OF PLAYING
ROYAL GAME
Cny stephen Armstrong }

lINNlUh HpNh'N vt NV 'l''h Nhu
my general Impressions Of the iron
play OF the British golfers. let mn
turn out attention for q few minutes
10 the mid-iron
Perhaps there Is NOT a more use
ful club In ones bag than this or
rather ! should say. one of use TO
the greater number of players For
one man who can handle his mashc
successfully there are eight or ten
who know what to do with q mid
iron II is we'll named for 10 comes
IN IN" middle of our iron clubs. OF
medium length. of medium strength
and of medium loft Truly Il strikes
the happy medium, and yet. wc must
not deceive ourselves into thinking
that u rs therefore AN easy club 10
use correctly. This b. where so many
people make q great mistake. he
cause the result from q half-misscd
mid-run shot may not prove 40 dis
Iasirous as one which is not just
right from q driver or mashie. does
not Justify any one remaining con
tent to let his mid-irou look after
itself aud trust 10 m, next SET for n
coming OF all right
In golf as In the game of lft. per
lection Is the ohly standard Every
shot YOU miss or half nit with one
club makes It easter 20 fan with
another club II YOU are pushing
your hands through before the club
head while driving II is of little
avail, that Tor the moment YOU are
putting your ruuniug-up approaches
near the hole How long will b. De-
before your pitch shots will tail You.
| DO indeed they hav" not already done
500 Il is an very we'll Ia say driy-
Ilur is absolutely different from
mashic play Il is this which gives
such tremendous value To consist
oncy What good Is h to be- q won
Idcrful driver 10 you cannot usc your
Washio as YOU should. or putt prop
crly' sooner or later the flubhed
mashir shots aud the hali.hit putt
are going 10 bring on one of those
/ distressing periods when even your
! driving your special strength is
going to forsakc YOU tor time
! Therefore beware OF triflinr with
poorly played mid-irou shots whcth-
cr they ret YOU into huukors or not
] remember lady golfer who topped
% short mnshic approach very badly.
but the bali ran and ran aud nnally
came 90 rest two inches from the
hole Some one said Well play.
cd hul She answered quite mdir
uantN that She had topped IL dis
gracefully Hul" sand the spcc-
tator your BAH is dead tu the hole "
THAT NOT tho point was Oh, r.
'piN. such poor shot deserved lo
hc punished instead OF winning the
hole % s NOT o. thing ro Boz prus-
rd for
Ihis is the right way of looking n
,it Ever, one Is not 30 honest about
! % as She Ras. and 49,, welcome op.u-
youpl chance ruhs of the green.
| which help us. as no moro than our
due. and strive 60 appear as though
W' quite Intended 90 make Dee BAH
bounce sidowiso Off tho bump and
run up. where vr know uerfortlf
| well v" tried 10 pitch over the ob.
siruD'iou However as always hon.
osi' is mo best policy. and it 800
Say ip ourselves That uJs % yer,
bad shot didn't deserve that b,I
/ of luck. for ! ana missing with that
/ club Then 10 wo go 20 % secluded
spot and argue ont the question u'l
/ ihHi particular implement and never
/ letting ' rest until you have ceased
FOO fUp ur sHl1f or whatever yDu 1904.
/ doing with b. you win not uuE N.
liable tp Usr b. fcarlossiF hut Eou NI
/ know vuu t1go prevented some fault
I creeping into tho swing with rnuf
other clubs So bocaus, thr mIa fah,.
/ "'h 90 mid..rol mas not prove SCI
/ disastrous a' tn' moment l0 NOT
ever be- careless. with r watch f.
IHHl.s a m1 iron which uu "a.
"H's Boo relied on Do ou. 20. fH.
. strongest assets ans golfer can nus
s"ss D. will saw. MANY match 'ur
. lm and under m.1rlhl, weather
conditions s Invaluable,