East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-11

I some IiILeen years ago L venture ~
say, golf was not heard Of on this
coast. But so rapidly has the game
grown that we find it played in every
town that has population Of ter
thousand or more The past five
years have seen a good many base
hali players turning their attention
| to golf. finding it more fascinating,
as ii depends entirely on his own abil.
iity not like some other ball games
where il requires a team to play 1t.
Golf has been conceded by all doc
tors to be the best exercise for re-
storing health, as II develops every
muscle in the body If played right
Those who begin at middle age can
become good golfers even if not the
best. Muscles that have been DOR
mant for years are brought into ac-
ton, thus stimulating new energy
and consequently adding years to life.
There has been some objection that
golf was too strenuous for older peo-
pie. There is absolutely no danger If
he has a competent instructor 1t is
great mistake to start playing the
same without an instructor as the
tendency is to hold the body too rig
i'd and the club too rlrm and thus IL
able to strain the muscles Of the heart.
One has to remember the club only
weighs from IA to II ounces which
iacans he has TO relax his muscles in
order TO get the swing
Golf is a game which is played from
the wrists 1t is sometimes said that
there are two kinds of golfers. One
aInd is those who are born golfers
and some seem to fall into the game
ydte naturally and get brilliant re-
suits. But the majority of people
are anything but born golfers and so
it is a great advantage to begin the
game young, for the player then 1c
.u.Ies a certainty IN making his
strokes that is very hard to acquire
after.
Why so many fail to get on is be-
cause they do not try hard enough
AID cannot give enough time for
practice. Even the most briHilnt
payers of the game nave their weak
coints and any player will get on
better afterwards it he thinks and
studies his game when he can get Il
quiet hour to himself.
have had people come to me tor
lessons and in a very short time /
nave found their mind somewhere
else and oftentimes | VIII be explain
ing and talking my head off and on
looking up l find they are looking
somewhere else. Now, when this
happens l can't help them to get any
result from lessons. Both the teach
er and pupils must put their heart
and soul in the work they have N
hand If a PLAYER wants to reduce
his handicaps nothing but hard,
steady practice and some one standing
over him pointing out his faults be-
cause there must be something wrong
with his game, otherwise he would
go on improving Every scratch
player has found that to be the hard.
est period of his game. Some may
think when they are down to 10 han
dicaps that they know enough about
the game and don't need instructing.
1t is true they may know all about
the game but the point is they can
see their faults and require COM
petent teacher standing over thent
Even the best professionals have to
take a lesson occasionally and follow
out the instructing as near as possi-
Bile which he has already had
A new player oftentimes plays a
better game the first month than he
does for some time after. For a
month or so he will play fairly good
golf. then he will fall back for a
while and play worse than he did at
the start This happens to beginners,
his game comes ana goes, but every
time he comes back to his game he
finds he is a little margin to the
good and SO it goes on FOR 4 or years
when his game will stop improving
This happens sometimes when he
is an is handicap and sometimes as
low as 10 handicaps. Now when this
happens, | advise him to get in and
take lessons and work hard if he
wants to improve. Of course, if he
is satisfied with his game, lessons
would not do him any good. To get
any benefit from lessons one has toI
enter into it and think of nothing
else
There will be golf lessons continued
in this paper during the summer and
those that are interested in goll
should not fail to read them.