Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-22
INDOOR GOLFERS FIND
PRACTICE HELPS GAME:
Affords Chance to Overcome Two or
Greatest Faults of
Golf
GREAT AID TIC BEGINNERS
Many Hate to Start With Experts
Looking On for Fear of Ridicule.
Situation Is Just Like Taking
Dancing Lessons.

Indoor golf. which has iust invaded
lsich'nond. Is finding n place for itself
III the hearts Of the outdoor enthu-
ssasts. II appeals TO two classes in par
the game. bat who are bit sensitive
thont learning on the links in the pres
encc or others, and those who have
really bad faults and want TO correct
them
II IL Il curious fact, hut no MANY be.
sihnerr at Eoif Imagine that every ono
on the course stops PLAYING to watch
them practice. The same thing IL tru.
81 the man who takes up dancing les
sons. This is responsible for the fail
lrc OF many I" take up the game. The,
fear the ridicule of others OF course
we are all too busy with our own trou-
bles 10 oothc, about the worries o..
beginners All this is done away with
II the Boli schools. for there are no
spectators to bother the beginners
ferhaps the ;wc main faults In COL.
arc the lack Of concentration and the
lifting OF the eyes on the golf coursc
the tendency 10 lift the eve the mo-
sncnt The club head hits the bali 10 see
where the ball goes Is difficult TO over
come iherc IL no trouble on this
poih' In the golf school. and II there
Is any place where the PLAYER Will
keep his eye on the ball ii is on one
81 The indoor courses. For the man
who drops his shoulder who pulls
away Just a. hc hits the ball. who gels
ms hhnd ahead OF the club head. or
Who does any one OF half dozen
thinss which spoil his shots there is
10 octier place tn correct these fault.
than in the golf schools
Pr"fcssionnls Work IInru.
Fuiiy 90 per cent of our PLAYERS
nave haG no instruction at All from
professionals, and about 50 per cent
nave taken one or two lessons. and
Then, because they get around I'm com
portable hgures, think they know IL
al. IL is the same way with billiards
fhey pick up the knack of hitting the
hhii and are content We do not treat
our professionals right. There is not
n Goiicr iiNinE whose game would not
be improved tremendously were he to
take more h"'ruct!on. Calvin Dema
rest for ~ ,ra was noI allowed to
play I; game =. billiards but spent hours
y day practic,ng shots Travis. Evans.
Fownes Travcrs and all our really, ex-
rcilent golfers are men who devote
hours to certain shots, and Travis. the
best putter living, has spent an entire
afternoon doing nothing but putting
If YOU see any golfer with Il cranlpcd
style and an absence OF form YOU NAV
PIT him down as one who never
naironiZed n professional. With most
Of them golf is just 80 much hard
work. They DO the easiest things In
the hardest way. and most Of them are
iron players who wear themselves ont
during an afternoon because they have
never mastered the wooden shots. These
are the men who ought to take lessons
from golf schools or their own profess
sional.
The chief fault of the women is n
tendency TO overswing. and another is
too much concentration. Any profes-
sional can correst these faults. but the
men who possibly need professional!
teaching most are the slow players the
ban" OF every golf course. The slow
player seldom Is very good player,
Heinrich Schmidt and 4 few others
being exceptions. You will never see
slow professional, and-our big anna
tours are speedy men.