The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-21
CREDIT DUE TO OFFICIALS
FOR WAY TOURNEY WENT
Smoothness of Action of U. S. G. A. Men in Everything
They Did at Open Championship Deserving
of Praise-Pros Treated Well.

patiently for his partner to drive. step
up and then smash the ball with pent up
but controlled energy. But the result
was a most wonderful drive which
LANDED the ball full 250 yards away on
the carry but right In a bunker placed
TO guard the second shot. A moments
thought. n forcing OF self-possession and
that grand drive would not have been
wasted and made n party to a s on
"A par 4 hole.
However. these instances. few mon
the many which happened and Yet typi-
cal of all. are not characteristic Of the
best players, who know by the unhappy
school of experience that a stroke gone
can never be regalned by worry no
matter how great the grief. and that the
value of Il vacant mind In medal play
with nerves and thought attuned In the
desired effort. ! have always believed
that the nearest %ne'ghbor which hard
worry and f~retting had was hard luck.
while a confident and even temperament
was worth more than it's weight In gold
on the links. Each open championship
seems to prove This assertion. for the
| past NV. years have seen the winners
OF championships getting their fun share
Of the bad breaks but emerging from
the same through their u~nbounded con-
fidence In themselves.
Jack McDermott at Buffalo our years
ago had "a ! on IA par 3 hole which
would have put many another out OF
business. Francis Ouimet started on his
homeward journey In the rain at Brook
line ON the day when he tied Nardon
and Ray with "A 5 on the very short
tenth Aleck Smith. hampered by ,
sprained ankle which would W. kept
another in bed. lid a II AZ Buffalo three
| years ago and Jerome TraVers drove out
of hounds last Friday at a critical time.
These examples can he multiplied with
out lumber.
An open championship should he OF
value to the spectators and especially
TO thos. amateurs who visit the play
TO gain instruction IN all which per
, tains to the game. which value should
come as much from the manner In which
"A professional takes the breaks and
shows how to fight back when things
seem to be going against him as much
as In the product Of actual shots and
an admired swing.
Then We come TO the fact that ther,
are many OF the professionals who show
that they have no; made any KIND or "A
study of the game. Many a time and
oft II has been remarked that there are
not many golfers who are able to teach
others how to play the game. that ex-
, Cellence In execution need not by any
means denote an ability TO impart such
knowledge. The fact was very potent
when We heard one professional tell
another that he let the left arm an
hand do all the work In driving while
the other agreed that IL was possible,
but said that he did 1t with his right.
only TO have both OF them contradic,e
by a better player. who got their con
sent TO the approval that both hands
were Of equal Importance in the execu-
ton OF "A shot.
In this connection | am reminded OF
what happened In a golf school IN
! town this last winter. In order to ascer-
tain ahat the professionals who were
teaching there knew about the gam,
they We're asked to write out their opin-
! ions either briefly or otherwise. A week
7 passed and there were no and
then finally came In several. one had
copied direct from NIrdon. Braid and
Taylor. as the sentences could be traced
and OF course made "a tumble another
said that h. taught tn. way he himsel'
pla yed. but since ne had never seen him
self play, as a spectator would, that h,
knew nothing about what to write, while
still others said that they would b.
hanged first before they Mould put theii
secrets down on paper. What indict'
ments. these replies!
Right here il where many OF tn,
SolIelS' VINO were lHtNlhS the game iaS
week, fail. II they would only avail
themselves Of the many o~pportunitie,
when they have to study and learI
about this ineNhaustible game what q
fortune might Ice theirs. The time |.
surely coming when men will Ice willinr
TO pay s. and 50 "A lesson II they car
rest assured that they VIII positively
learn how to play golf. If'some WHARF
could teach men to become even a han,
gicap 10 man in q weeks time his plac,
o. business would be stormed and tn.
line OF applicants would reach from
Forty-second street to the Battery.