El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-24

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IN distance In golf the player IS
constantly moving about and try
ing various links 50 he should be
good judge Tournament players Just
have 20 be, else they crack at odd
moments for no other reason than
failure to know how far Il IS TO the
Too many players depend on the
other fellow. That is the wrong
theory There IS more to the game
than copying the play Of an oppo-
nent, especially II ne is better tnan
you No two champions use the
same weapons. They get home by
different routes Each IS star be-
cause he knows his limitations with
his clubs Woe be unto the golfer
who follows any other tip
He Does Not Know.
That is usually the way with the
average golfer. He things he knows
all ahs6f IL / have very good
knocking them out for some three
years and is wei above the average
But he thinks he knows the game
not from a playing standpoint-but
in general knowledge OF what's what
Far be it from me 10 offend any
one. especially q golfer I do ap-
nreciate how sensitive our feelings
are So I put down the points Of
this article for another reason than
TO hurt anyone's nature I put them
OF az least give them a fair trial
can heartily recommend them
ny friend. who has taken hundreds
Of lessons, has not yet reached that
happy state OF consistent golf He
is ambitious and seems bound 70 me
10 arrive" very soon But he, ike
thousands OF golfers. must first learn
Just how much power he has with
each club
This point wa. brought to my
attention because OF many Ike
experiences in rounds with him.
II Is nothing more than that he
thinks because ! can get dis
lance Of $50 yards with. say, the
mhHhie, he should do the same.
Now ] have seen him play too
many holes TO know he can do
this thing with anything Ike
eonsistency. But for the sake Of
his friendEhip i let him get away
with this idea
II came about that I picked Up
the point because he was SO fire.
Quently asking me what club ] was
going 70 use when we were about
the same distance from a green
noticed that when ] told him q mashie
he played the same, or whatever club
understand it that the results are
not always the same
Knows How TO Judge.
Now the failure OF this particular
player to duplicate my shot is not
due 20 the fact that I am a superior
golfer That IS not what I am try
ing 70 get across in this story. What
I an attempting to do Is 10 show the
reason Something like the same
thing would happen II 1 tried to play
that would fan to our lot II I were
meeting any OF dozen stars Of
America I would naturally get q
good licking and for the same reason
that my friend falls before me.
The reason IS that owing to many
years OF play I can Judge what club
TO use TO play certain shots. I am
pretty certain OF what distance I will
get with any club in my bag. Ex-
perience has taught me that Now
this distance varies with various golf
ers for many reasons, obvious and
otherwise II is not strange. con
sidering this. that two golfers use
dlfterent clubs for the same and
identical shot
Il Confident Anyvrny.
Ny friend thinks he should do as
do. This is because he has not
yet learned the value Of his various
clubs. Until he does just this he is
: bound to founder about Ny advice
70 him and all those OF his kind is to
set about getting this fact in mind
And It is not altogether necessary
that he knows TO the inch. He needs
only an approximate idea
Golf holes are deceptive as TO
length, some more than others No
one can rely on guess work as 20
distance There Is one sure plan TO
follow in judging the length OF any
hole-tollOW the score card On II
IS the distance in yards. By doing
tEat you then know what you have
10 do. And you can figure il out
with mathematical precision II you
have made it a point to remember the
distances OF various holes you know
well
To illustrate wen say the limit
on cur tee shot a. 100 ynrdn be-
cause We eun reach the green ut
home On hole Of this length
when driving our best. Now II we
play such q hole elsewhere and
cur opponent steps mp ana puts
one home with a sleek that Is
certainly no reason why we
should use the same brand Of
club.
Suppose we know that on another
hole OF the home club measuring 156
yards that our mashie will not reach
Il. and that our sammy goes away
over It. Eventually we discover our
midiron does the trick Somebody else
comes along and slams one on with
mashie- That Is certainly no rea-
son why we should try to emulate
him By all means our midiron isl the
club for such a hole regardless Of
what others do.
Do you get the idea2 Do you not