Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04

~ NE OF the most popular Inks III
~ the world is complex. one of
many courses and holes known
Has the Atlanta Business Links.
There are times when a club memb er
Of this great club is only able to play
a few shots here and there, but a
hors 1de member never loses his
enthusiasm. Sometimes the course
Is rendered unplayable by a deluse
Of hard times and sometimes the
i privilege of playing is lost by some
sort of personal incapacity. During
good seasons. when the very atmos-
nhere is full of the game. the course
is badly congested, but good players
4 do not mind competition, they know
&that the poor golfers must soon drop
out
I Work is really play if you do it
BRIGHTLY and business is big tourna-
4 ment that lasts over long period
Of time. On the business course
is not member who has not
&been beaten time and again, for there
are difficulties of all sorts and only
Experience and straight, true shots
Twill win out.
are many celebrated golf
ers playing this big course, but
3there seems to be a general opinion
4that the successful players on the in
&ferior links of the country clubs can
Tnot succeed on the more difficult
& city course. No one of course has all
1.-The shots needed to play the diff
Hcult business game and that is equal
LILY true of the great golf players.
#There seems to be no good reason.
#hovever, why the successful player
ION the green links cannot succeed on
the smoky gray ones. The player on
1.-THE green outdoor course has learned
@The necessity Of accuracy above all
Fittings, and accuracy Of statement is
! one Of the absolute essentials of bus
mess, for If a man hopes to succeed
he must put his proposition straight
home without either hook or slice.
THE holes of the business course
of great variety. The player fire.
Quently gets off his tee shot in fine
shape but when he attempts his ap-
proach he suffers mental stymie
and is afraid to go after his shot.
There are all manner of approaches
4 some bold, some meek, some
4 thoughtful. somec onAdent-and luck
1 ne player who is master of the kind
\ that presents itself at the proper mo-
ment
4 There are always a great many
golfers playing in the same green and
4 y 10 oh 20
hollng out is just as apparent as on
the little green at the country club.
Fne player tries all sorts of sight and
undulations and humps. If he loses
4 his grip he must overlap: he must
take firm stance and putt as con-
Nncingly as possible. | have some
times thought that the joy of holing
/ out on the business green must be
greater than any other, and the flu
ture of course comes. harder Many
and many times it was found that
ones tee shot was fne, the approach
and chip shot good, but the putting
cost the game
HERE are good and bad players
on the business links, and the
sreenkeeper is a more important per-
son than on the country course,
Many of the holes cross and pits are
everywhere; discouragements abound
and the cup is often trimmed and the
game is never won until the last putt
is holed.
The midiron is a good club for the
course, the brassle hardly advisable
ana the jigger to be cautiously used.
Inc player who would be success
on this greater links must be on the
square; he must strive constantly for
accuracy of stroke and hope always
1or the luck that frequently blesses
me man who works hard and with a
definite aim.