Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16


of every ten professionals now in this
country devote five, six and seven
/ hours a day to teaching, and get in
only an occasional round I doubt II
there was one professional in the open
championship al Baltusrol last sum
mer who felt in the least overgo fe1
Each man on the way out to the links
and in the clubhouse was recountlng
not the splendid scores which he had
made over some course. but rather
the number of lessons which he had
given per day for the former weeks
and months.
Pros Under No Strain.
AS regards those professionals who do
get an opportunity to play with the mem
bers quite frequently. they are never
under any strain because they know they
are the superior of the players with whom
they are having a round. and there is no
mental effort on their own part which
will carry over into a tournament the
following day or week.
It is different with the amateur. and he
must lay out for himself some schedule
which he must follow vigorously II he VIII
find his powers at their highest when
most needed Oswald Krkby has not been
playing a great many times this year
He has had an occasional round at Engle-
wood. Full of vigor and with all the past
capable he has been able to put it to
the best of advantage. as was shown bY
that wonderful SO of his at Hackensack
week ago Saturday. I doubt not that 1t
Mr. kirkby played every day from now
on fo- the net four or five weeks. taking
part in different competitions which are
held from time to time in this district.
and then attempted to make another SO
find il a far greater task. In a campaign
Of four or FIVE weeks one loses something
of interest, something of physical
strength. something of variety. all Of
which losses combine to make golf bit
the harder.
How is a golfer to adjust his play so
that he can get the best results? | be-
ieve that if player had nothing else
10 do than to practice for championships
or other hard events it would be unwise
to play more than six rounds in a week,
divided up into two thirty-siX- hole rounds
on different days and two eighteen-hole
rounds on two different days. with one
morning set apart for practice. 1t would
be unwise to take part in matches at
which there was much at stake on the
days when thirty-six holes We're 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.
System Bound to Aid.
If the time approached when some
big championship came on. three days
play at thirty-six holes might be had,
two of these days being in succession
and with but one days practice, leaving
a clear rest of three days, two of which
should be had in succession. A system
something after this fashion undoubt-
eddy would lead one up to the final
week of play in tiptop condition. For
the big majority who can play but two
or three days a week, the best advice,
which nevertheless seldom is followed,
is to devote at least two or three hours
to practicing The various shots. becom-
ing acquainted with ones clubs from
all sorts of lies, this practice to take
place previous to the thirty-six-h hole
rounds. which are made on Saturday
or Sunday.
Time without number have articles
been written upon the value of prac-
tice. l believe that two hours practice
on the day before one has to play in the
qualifying round is worth more than