The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-24

WHO plays you W Giio BAcch os.oN
it is your match. The putt in this
The approach and the second shot
might easily be called the same thing.
as q great many holes are now played
with a driver and a mashie. The sec
ond shot really means more than this.
however, as we must also regard IT as
the recovery shot great part OF the
time. So, with recovering from the
rough and playing the shot to the
green, the second shot is very valu-
able and the player who 10 not able to
perform well with his iron Ia not going
to get very far in golf
But granting that the drive. the iron
shot. and the putt are all important.
who would want to go to a champion
ship without his mashie?N Who would
take a chance of betting on himself II
said mashie wasn't working properly?
Advantage Of Mashie Play.
Golfers begin to get low scores when
they learn to use the mashfe because
well-played mashie shot allows for
q few mistakes made in not reaching
the green in two. and 1t reduces putt
ing to a minimum.
Golfers, the best of them I mean,
always want to be at top form with
their mashie at championship time.
Otherwise they feel that as far as win
ming is concerned they might as we'll
pack up their golf kit and go back
home.
Caddies learn to become good play
ers through the uss OF the mashie.
They usually begin with this club.
Around any big club either here or
abroad, you will find the boys play
ing around the caddie house approach
ing with trees for targets or chipping
up to hole in the ground.
Learn Other Clubs.
BY handling the mashie properly
they soon learn to use other clubs
quite rs well. remember when /
was a boy that was a big part of the
fun-approaching with a mashie-but
we played mostly for holes instead Of
trees. The boy who Is anxious to
learn the game falls into the habit of
hitting the ball just right. lie, of
course. gets his idea from watching
the good players for whom he cad
dies. ..
There are two ways of using a
mashie. One is for the pitch shot and
the other is the run-up. Courses are
trapped 30 well now that the player
fare very well.
What we call "the all air route
must be learned to make any head
way. American golfers regard this
az more of problem than the Eng
lish or Scotch because our greens
are trapped closer. We had to learn
to pitch with the back spin and soon
found its usefulness far greater than
that of the pitch and run.
The ribbed club has been a very
great help, but most of us learned
| to stop the ball with q smooth-fa faced
club. This, I think, is the one big
advantage that we have on the play
ers on the other side. This was sure
/ ly proved at st. Andrews. where II
was thought only a run-up shot would
be Of any use.
Guide to Other Shot.
| II was going to learn golf over
again. It would be in the mashie that
how to handle this club first because
In 30 doing / would be learning the
correct method of hitting other shots.
That is, would be getting the funda-
mentals in my system 80 thoroughly
that they would never leave me.
| The principal thing to remember in
using a mashie is to let the club blade
| go on through after the ball has been
hit. In other words, there should
never be any attempt made to lift the
ball. The loft on the mashie will take
care of this.
| Another important thing to remem-
Der Is in the back wing. There are
few cases where one would want the
club to go more than shoulder high. as
II Is accuracy we want in the mashie
shot instead of distance. There would
be very little cause to pivot, for the
same reason.
| Two Things to Remember.
The two things we must make sure
Of are direction and the idea of get
ting the bal Into the air. Judgment
alone will give you the desired &C