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
and That on Best Links.
Bv Chick Evans.

y NE of the most popular links in
[ the world is complex one of
many courses and holes known
as the Atlanta Business Links.
There are times when a club memb ,r
of this great club is only able to play
few shots here and there, but a
bona fide member never loses his
is rendered unplayable by a deluse
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
is badly congested, but good players
do not mind competition, they know
that the poor golfers must soon drop
out.
Work is really play If y do it
rightly and business is a big tourna-
ment that lasts over a long period
Of time. On the business course
there is not a member who has not
been beaten time and again, for there
are difficulties of all sorts and only
experience and straight, true shots
will win out.
THERE are many celebrated golf
1 ers playing this big course, but
there seems to be a general opinion
that the successful players on the in
feriOr links of the country clubs can
not succeed on the NOR difficult
city course. No one of course has all
the shots needed to play the diff
cult business game and that is equal
~ true of the great golf players.
There seems to be no good reason
however, why the successful player
on the green links cannot succeed on
the smoky gray ones. The player on
the green outdoor course has learned
he necessity of accuracy above all
things, and accuracy of statement is
one Of the absolute essentials of bus
mess, for if 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 a mental stymie
and is afraid to go after his shot.
There are all manner of approaches
some bold, some meek, some
thoughtful, some confident - and
lucky the player who is master Of
the kind that presents itself at the
proper momen-
There are always a great many
golfers playing in the same green and
when 1t is reached the difficulty OF
boiling out is just as apparent as on
The little green at the country club.
The player tries all sorts of sight and
unduatons and humps. If he loses
his grip he must overlap; he must
lake firm stance and putt as con-
Nlncingly as possible. | have some
times thought that the JOY Of holing
out on the business green must be
greater than any other, and the fu-
ture of course comes harder Many
and many times it was found that
ones tee shot was fine. the approach
and chip shot good, but the putting
cost the game.
THERE 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 tie holes cross and pits are
everywhere; discouragements abound
ana the cup is often trimmed apd the
game is never won until the last putt
IS holed
The midiron is good club for the
course, the brassie hardly advisable
and the Tiger to be cautiously used.
The player who would be success
nm this greater links must be on the
square: he must strive constantly for
accuracy of stroke and hope always
Tor the luck that frequently blesses
me man who works hard and with
definite aim.