The Washington times., 1916-05-28
Practice Is Essential in GoFH
You Would Become Skilled at II
Harry vardon Tells How He
Learned His Game During
One Year Of Workouts.

OF the course. and consider shat Q ach
bag represented a player. One was a
new set of clubs and the other an old
set. and he would no more have thought
Of borrowing from the new when the old
was due TO play. or vice versa, than OF
cheating himself about the scores for
the respective holes. He was regular
Jekyll and HYDE of the links. and he
got on very well. az surely no deserved
to do.
Be IL said that one can learn much as
to the clubs that are suitable In these
periods OF solitary practice. That 10
point to which ] have always paid close
attention In the weeks preceding cham
ments, important changes have some
times taken place In my equipment.
Thus. iust before the beginning OF the
big events Of 1914. found that my
driver of long acquaintance had lost
some of It's charm. Rummaging about
in the shop. came across driver
that had been discarded Xcer earlier
because II seemed to be too light. fan
cied II now. and decided to trv II
against the other. The discovery won.
and II helped me considerably to win the
British open championship and other
Prior to an important occasion, the
wise aspirant to success goes thorough
iy into the question of his Kit and his
capabilities In various departments OF
tss ss% sserstsns hi Ss ss
when he has reached the scene OF
action. he will not be able to make
changes and try experiments In the
same peace Of mind as on his Owl
course. That In why you see crack
player may urge that no occasion 10
specially important to him, and that.
therefore. he lacks the incentive to de-
vote time regularly to practice. But we
may assume that he wants to improve,
and I am sure that the best way to DO
IL In the way that champions have found
profitable.
Doesn't Believe Him.
do not believe the man who says
he plays only for exercise and that he
does not care whether his form Is good
or bad. As a rule. he makes such
remark when he Is about I'VE down ~
the turn. Golf Is a pastime which COM
pels n person to want to do better than
ever he has done in the past. Its ma
ture il to open up wonderful possibiii-
ties and generate incxhaustible hone,
And so the player ~ always believing
| In his power to improve.
Home exercises Of the dumb5ell arc
| Indian club variety. such as good
many golfers make a habit of perform
\ ing with a view to STRENGTHENING theii
\ arms and wrists. are not necessary. In
| decd, sometimes they are positively
from se Hss, DG s,Her q ve y
muscle as opposed to what would cnl
a healthy and normal suppleness. Col
| Is essentially n natural game: mar
| needs to be At In order 10 play II well
and II keeps him At. but he Hoes moi
| want abnormal muscular development
| IL YOU Rave n room sufficiently large
/ II Is not n bad idea to practice som,
swings on the DAYS when you canno
/ visit the course. This process helps Il
keep the arms and shoulders In work
| ing order. For the same reason. th'
| indoor schools. which are 80 numerous
| in America. are useful In the winter. al
though II IL not possible to Tell wher
hitting a ball into net quite wha
would have happened to 1. IL Its nigh
| For the player who desires to advances
I recc mmend at least three hours o.
| practice every week And In the inter
ests OF the golflng community II ma,
| he suggested that these outings should
have their base somewhere near thu
edge OF the fairwav instead OF In thu
lifting OF a good many divots. some o
f, them very large II the player is in hi
novitiate.
| I once saw a beginner at Totteridg,
miss the ball completely and yet los
Il. He slcgRed blindly with an iron AND
lifted a piece of turf about as big as :
soup, plate, The divot dropped neatl,
the latter object. the pla yer thought h
had hit u. Where's II pone?' h
asked excitediy. IT was not until some
BODY told him to replace the divot tina
he found that II had not gone at all.
| Copyright. 1915. by Wheeler Syndicats. Inc.