Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
GOLF IS LIKE
BUSINESS, SAYS
CHICK EVANS
Famous Player Finds Similarity
Between Life on Peachtree
ana That on Best Links.
BY Chick Evans.


Ne Of the most popular links in
HI the world is a complex one of
many courses and holes known
H. the Atlanta Business Links.
There are times when a club memb ar
If this great club is only able to play
/ few shots here and there. but a
Ebona f7de member never loses his
enthusiasm. Sometimes the course
His rendered unplayable by deluge
of hard times and sometimes the
privilege Of playing is lost by some
sort Of personal incapacity During
/ good seasons when the very atmos-
phere is full of the game, the course
HIS badly congested, but good players
do not mind competition, they know
|that the poor golfers must soon drop
out
Work is really play If you do it
Brightly and business is a big tourna-
Iment that lasts over long period
Eof time. on the business course
|-here is not a member who has not
been beaten time and again, for there
Iare difficulties of all sorts and only
Experience and straight, true shots
Twill win out.
ETHERE are many celebrated golf
i ers playing this big course, but
Ehere seems to be general opinion
the successful players on the in
zferior links of the country clubs can
blot succeed on the NOR difficult
scitv course. No one of course has all
Y he shots needed to play the diff
5cult business game and that is equal
Sv true Of the great golf players.
fThera seems to be no good reason,
&howpycr, why the successful player
Hon the green links cannot succeed on
line SMOKY gray ones. The player on
zhe green outdoor course mas learned
II the necessity Of accuracy above all
&thngs end accuracy Of statement is
Hone Of the absolute essentials of bus
#ness, for If a man hopes to succeed
d. must put his proposition straight
#home without either hook or slice.
#THE holes of the business course
l Of great variety. The player fire.
&quenly gets off his tee shot in fine
shape but when he attempts his ap-
8proach he suffers a mental stymie
*and IS afraid to go after his shot.
*There are all manner of approaches
some bold. some meek, some
*lhoughtful, some confident - and
4luC6iy the player who is master Of
Sthe kind that presents itself at the
slroper momen..
There are always a great many
Esofers playing in the same green and
$When it is reached the difficulty Of
zhoing out is Just as apparent as on
8'ne little green at the country club.
Il fhe PLAYER tries all sorts of sight and
Eundulations and humps. If he loses
Sh.s grip he must overlap; he must
Fake firm stance and putt as con-
s'ncngly as possible. ! have some
ines thought that the joy of holing
Ro1t on the business green must be
Esreater than any other, and the flu
i 1re Of course comes harder. Many
Iand many times it was found that
Zones tee shot was fine, the approach
|and chip shot good, but the putting
|cost the game.
Il HERE are good and bad players
on the business links, and the
|greenkeeper is a more important per-
.son than on the country course,
Many Of the holes cross and pits are
everywhere; discourag ements abound
|snd the cup is often trimmed and the
game is never won until the last putt
|is holed.
The midiron Is good club for the
~ L L l..
and the Tiger to be cautiously used.
The player who would be success
ion this greater links must be on the
square he must strive constantly for
|accuracy Of stroke and hope always
for the luck that frequently blesses
|the man who works hard and with
Idefnite aim