The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-22
ONLY AMATEURS SEEM
TO BECOME OVERGOLFED
Affection Is One That Professionals Usually Are
Able to Avoid, but Which Attacks the
Non-Money Makers Frequently.

next -four or Ave weeks, taking part IN
different competitions which are held
from time TO time In this district. and
then attempted to make another 90 over
the Hackcnsack course. he would find
!. "a far greater task. In a campaign
of four or five weeks one loses some
thing of interest. something OF physical
strength. something of variety, all Of
which losses combine to make golf "A bit
the harder.
How IL a golfer to adjust his play 80
that he can get the best results? | be-
lievc that IL a player mad nothing else
to do than to practise for champion
ships or other hard events. II would be
unwise TO play more than six rounds in
a week divided up into two thlrty-siN
hole round on different days and two
eighteen hole rounds on two different
days. with one morning set apart for
practice. 1t would be unwisc to take
part in matches at which there was
much AT stake on the days when thirty
six holes were played. and the best
method OF finding out the improvements
in ones game would be to hole out each
time and compare the medal scores.
Very little notice was taken by the
press OF the Southern championship vic
tory. which was won by Miss Alexa Stir
ling for the second time in succession. !
must confess TO a distinct admiration OF
the young golfers ability and without
hesitation prophesy that she vii be the
woman champion Of the United States
before many years have passed. In all
the last decade there never has been a
player with such brilliant prospects and
II does seem as ~ she is the ono fine
woman golfer who has emerged from
the ter thousand others who have taken
UP the game within the last few years.
IL Natural Golfer.
For every 10000 golfers who take up
the game there is probably one who BE-
comes sufficiently clever 10 be ranked in
tho first twenty-five Of the Country's
golfers. and the chances for the women
are about In the same ratio. since we
reckon b. the.r standard and not by the
men par OF n course. Blu: what In
terests those who believe that there 10
n national champion In sight is not 20
much the fact that She Is a good player
as that she is a natural rather than n
made" golfer.
There 10 many a distinction between
natural and made golfers. 1t Is quite
possible for n golfer. either man or
woman. 20 20 out and take lessons from
a good professional and IN time by pay
Ing stric; attention become a very cool
player. who mus, be reckoned with at
all times provided the made" player
gets plenty OF time to practise. This is
seen very often in the case of women
golfers who OPP the professionals
swing and play a stereotyped game from
the start TO tn finish. When they are
confronted by a voXinC problem in the
shape OF "A difficult or novel lie they
finch and cannot make the shot rightly
with any degree Of assurance.
II Is far different with the natural
golfer. who goes AZ "a new goliing prob
l"m with zeal II confidence in his
powers 10 bring off tho right shot. \
careful study Of the play of the hest
women players Of this %country. taking
tn" lar, seven or eight years in evidence,
falls to bring to light over two or three
OF III" free play champions Of the links.
In bygone days Miss IIecker was some
what after this style. while one of the
most likely candidates for highes,
honorS whose swing and play was
naturilness itself was Miss Ani'a
Phipps. Tho latter did not coniinc her
self seriously enouglI TO the game, play
ing tennis oftcntimes and taking part
In championships with too little Of the
pat!enc. and seriousness which the game
demands.
Most OF the other golfers who have
achieved fame would not have done so
without good coaching. but Miss Stirling
is different she II a golfer from the
beginning to the end of her swing and
Is less likely 10 get far off her game
than any other player We have. Real
class tells when the iron shots are
played ard it Is ability in this line
among tho women by all means which
counts heavily toward u title, Those
who have won the big events In the lat
ten years were better with the irons
than most Of their opponents and ii Is
IN this field Of action that Miss Stir
ling shines. She is the best woman
iron player IN tho country, being not
dismayed by a bad lie and getting every
ounce Of her strength into the shot at
just tho right moment
Inability to get at the shots with the
utmost confidence makes the ma iori.y
% the women players try to take tho
bali off the turf clcanly it is different
with the southern champion. who plays
the bail and then tn" turf with excellent
results. Miss Stirling is not "a vet ,
long driver, but is - rather good putter
IL is tho possibilities which lie in h.r
iron game which make for extreme
praise and prophecy. She has Scotch
blood III her vieus. which helps, and is
never beaten until the winning put, is
made, which i the usual combination or
. winner