The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
ON THE GOLF LINKS
ONE PHILOSOPHERS
Anyway, Expert John Ander-
son Gives q Few Canny
Scotch Observations.
STARTS WITH COURSE
NJ JOHN q. ANDERSON.


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Observation on Golf reveal new
thoughts ana imprsssions with zach
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eoners list OF ten permanent golhns
,p.esslons ana tneh oissect tne whole
mass would discover an astounding va
riety Of opinion. It u not our own in
,eT,ioh 10 list glossary OK terms In the
nsnt OF new eolnns IDEAS, Out there are
Le" speciei OBSERVATIONS whicn nave
~" msue IN TINS country Within the
.sst twenty years which may prove IN
teresuhe 70 the thinking golfer, and pen.
nsps 70 the golfer who thinks more OF
ms own game tnen ne does OK the game
Hsen.
10 great extent the statements made
are applicable on the other SIDE except
.he cases OF those eiupe whieh nave
mao great got thinkers with power 10
~orA out me pest lsia schemes TOT sot
sncemont. Lot us pes'm win inc
SouIse uehe the most hKeiy place
cause discussion.
- soh course increases IN excellence
he Con,inuoo stay OF inc sreeh-
s.,. 500 seenkeeper. 10 enanee tne
misfortunes OF our system.
2. Not one course In q hundred has q
good starting or finishing hole These
are noticeable every time.
3. A burnt up fairway in the summer
shows poor management in the spring.
4. A medium short course excellently
trapped gives 100 per cent. more salts
faction than long course built for the
slogger
a n xrh a "a
will be exceedingly dihicult and the ball
will not be lost Short grass and fur
rowed sand rows answer the purpose.
o. There never was course with well
trimmed hazards which was not well
Kept everywhere.
T. The tendency Of the day Is toward
ione courses, which means more extra
long hoies. This 10 unfortunate; there
are not han-dozen good extra long
hoies IN the world.
=. Inc course 10 the greatest de-
veloper OF golf shots; the traps which
stand out with Doiones8, where two are
preferably placed nearly opposite to
each other present at once silent de-
mand Tor exceiience A partly hidden
traphs As disconcerting to the player a.
u 10 q real menace to his improvement
Next-the Players.
Next thu p,avers IrnousIiasa truth.
1 Thev are the most enthus,a stic
ali the wear round snortsrnen -,hen tbsv
are not blazing the rams thsv are
usually taking or readin1 n
. Tbere nsver wa. a narsec,,v NAL,
golfer who evsr n,sv.d = crsckins eooa
Tame
2. America,. s,x rrsats.t s,,fer. IN
the amateur ranL. srs a. ,o,ior.,. "
NJ Egan q Evans p cordner O,,r.t
Travsr. and TreJ.-thrs. fro,, The
west ana three fror, the E.s, with
tho Ea.tern thrs. ranrin1 eS,a., to
tvsntv csr can't h.,tsr In ,ha aesraa,t.
4 The men WITH all the ynonev thsv
want who NAV the game winter and
summer snring ana fall do M, %, the
.ann. sn,ov,nan, n,,, 80 49, 49,, q. AZ
those who NAV II two or three tive. a
week Famiiiaritv breads theor,.. and
new tbeor,s. ara 1904 for noth,re ~,os,
was holed whils following The theorv sS|
vanced at the nineteenth hole or COM
municated IN confidence to the unhappy
golfer sitting next to you on the hotel
porch.
5. No two players have the same
swing or absolute style Golf has pro-
duced but one man who could mould the
style OF his pupils almost exactly after
his own with Unexpectedly good results.
That man was Willie Fernie of Troon
and 1t was no wonder that he was at
one time the highest paid teacher IN
the old country. The man who stood
out most prominently In this country IN
this respect was Donald Ross.
8. Golfers tell FEWER lies than for
merly for they nave FOUND out that the
sum total OF their excellence is fully as
great as any exaggeraGon. Hardly O