The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Finds Regular Work for Ten Clubs
In Her Golf Says Miss Cecil Leitch
Wooden Nibliek' Most Adapt
able Weapon, Declares
Woman Champion.
ny CECIL LEITeH,
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mate payers form bN Ant EniiNA3vf
OF her clubs or the nuntcr she car
ries. Many low handicap players per'
form wonders with a few war wors
favorites. while others cannot enjoy
the game nor play 10 form unless the.
have very full set Of clean and wei
cared for implements.
The actual number on clubs 10
which ] find regular work - tea-
driver. brassie, spoon. straight faces
iron. mashie iron, iron No. 4, mashia
mashie niblick. nihlick and putting
cleek. Amy additional clubs that
may carry are duplicates ia case q
accidents. The accompanying photo
graph shows these clubs arranged Il
the above order IT will be notice.
that the brassie is longer than th'
driver.
This found advisable when play
ing on undulating courses where on'
is invariably standing above the bal
and long club IS necessary. As
am feet . inches IN height an,
about 10 stone 4 pounds (144 pounds
in weight II may surprise some Of my
readers to learn that my driver an,
brassie weigh only 1874 ounces ans
1874 ounces respectively. Before IN,
war ] used even lighter clubs, but hae
to give them up whom found thai
five years absence from the course
had made me a harder hitter.
Perfect Timing the Secret.
Heavy clubs do not necessarily
mean long driving, and / know many
lady players who would improve 4
they would only realize that perfect
timing is the secret of long and accu-
rate driving and can only be acquired
by those who have complete control
over the club. The length of my
driver from the end of the shaft tc
the bottom of the heel is AZ inches
and tine brassie 43 inches.
My present set of iron clubs con-
tains but one of my pre-war favorltes
All the others had to be pensioncd
and slightly heavier ones collected. as
I found I was trying to make them
do more than they were ever built K
do; in other words, / was forcing
The straight faced iron is the sole sur
vivor-a club that for me takes the
place of a cleek.
During my early golfing days
found a brassie a most unattractivt
club and looked upon my cleek as q
faithful friend. Just before proceed
ing to st. Andrews to compete in the
Ladies' Open Championship in 1908
discarded my cleek and transferred
my affections to brassie and have
never since found that cleek Is 6
necessity. Others have apparently
been equally tickle as nowadays ono
seldom finds a cleelk In the bag OF &
lady opponent. My spoon look upor
as "a wooden niblick" and the most
adaptable weapon l possess.
From a heavy or cupped lie it has
no equal and Is the easiest of clubs to
use, while a low or a high shot
against or with the wind, as the case
may be, is often moro suited to this
club than to an iron.
Mashie Iron Is Next.
Next in power is the mashie iron--a
club which I prefer to the more popu-
lar mid iron as It's deep. short face is
less likely to be turned by irregulari-
ties of surface.
The No. iron may sound a for
eigner but it is the type of club for
which / have made a lengthy search
and have only recently discovered II
takes the place, in my bag, of a Jig
ger and is far more attractive wea-
pom to handle.
Then come the mashies, niblick and
putting cleelx. I can never understand
why most players look upon a niblick
with contempt. To my mind 1t is as
important as any other club and
look upon my own as my greatest
friend and always seek its assistance
when a tricky approach has to be
played. Even IL a niblick is only for
use I'm bunkers, bunker play is gam'
within a game, and a suitable cluf
should be used.
Many Of my friends have tried tc
make me give up my putting cleel
and use an aluminium putter, but ba,
as may be with the former ! shall
never change in favor of the latter foi
two reasons.
CIeels Very Useful.
First, / do not care to play one shot
with an iron club and then use n clut
made of an entirely different metal;
and second, I am convinced that /;
putting cleek Is the most suitable
club for a wandering player who sell
dom plays on the same course fol-
more than two or three consecutive
days.
Most Of my clubs have come to me
by accident. The putting clcelS was
the gift Of Jack White after a match
in which my putting was deplorable
In his usual quiet way he generously
blamed the club ] was struggling tc
use and on returning to his shop pro-
duced from his locker OF favorites and
handed to me the perfect club l have
used ever since.
My mashie nibliclS is the result OF nm
exchange with q friend who had car
ried II for the occasional shots that
may entail n broken club.
Shortly before leaving England ]
had to part with the most perfect
driver / have ever handled. Hare
work and the excessive heat had
caused q number OF cracks in tho
socket. Ii was tragedy Of the worst
| order, especially as II occurred jus
before q big meeting. but every cloud
has a silver lining" and a casual re-
mark to n friend resulted In my bor-
rowing n spare driver OF hers Az {,
Immediately proved itself TO be n most
satisfactory substitute doubt whether
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