The New York herald., 1922-10-02
Britain Is Encouraging
the Junior Golf Player
Begins Building for Future by Holding Championship
for Boys-Fnal of This Years Event Is
Witnessed by Gallery of 500.
By JOHN G. ANDERSON.

he was palpably nervous and could not
get into his stride"
1T is hardly to be wondered at that
boys would be nervous with flve hundred
pairs Of eyes glaring at the play for
four solid hours"
Master Greenfield appeared very ner-
vous and seemed frightened to hit the
ball. His putting was pathetic. weak
little coaxing strokes that stopped far
Short
Both boys showed the strain of COM
petition and were glad when the final
putt was made"
What a difference. say, in the case OF
Bobby Jones at Merton when but IA
years of age he moved down an ex-
champion in the second round with no
more thought or nervousness apparent
than IL he were playing his dad for an
ice cream soda.
It is tournament experience which Is
given to Americans SIS Duncan, and
this one factor alone means that there
will be supremacy on these shores for
some time to come.
The age Of the competitors in the last
eight and then the semi-finals at Brook
line may have astounded our friends
over the sea, but what appealed to their
eminent critic, Bernard Darwin, most,
was the lack of any sign of nervousness.
Tournament play from the age of is or
under had made all golfers in that
semi-f1nal immune to outside influence
so that they were able to concentrate on
tho game with best results to them
selves. And instead of being hampered
by the thousands of pairs of eyes watch
ing their wc'l; they found inspiration.
Wherefore ii j. y good sign for Britain
that their cham lionship for boys, now
in its second year. points out 30 clearly
the weaknesses which to many have
been spoken of but not fully recognized
as real and vital.
Our style of architecture, particularly
in the bunkering side of it, has come in
for extreme castigation from our we'll
known visitor, John Henry Taylor. He
believes and says frankly that we are
ell wrong in trapping the greens so
fierce'y IN back; that the slogan Never
up, never In" applies to long shots up
to the hole fully as much as it goes for
putting. and that it is moro difficult
and hence more praiseworthy TO be up
and over the hole than to be short. The
ball may find a deep trap in front of
the green with no excuses, but when q
good long shot, say from IT'S yards.
goes ten feet over the green and finds a
nasty looking deep trench or very long
grass. It would seem as IL the archi-
tects did not believe in the fact that
perfect golf shots cannot be made from
long distances.
Our own opinion in the matter, after
viewing most of the best known links in
this country, is TINT Taylor is exactly
right, and if his words meet with the
respect due TO years OF experience and
thought we will have better bunkered
courses in the Iuture.
On one other point Taylor finds fault,
but we think with less provocation The
dogleg hole finds little favor in his eyes,
This kind of hole is truly American In
scope. There have been some well
known dogleg holes abroad. but never
have they been In such profusion or so
exaggerated. But they are generally
liked and II not too extreme arc trying
and mighty good test.
We do know of one hole where the
architect, who generally goes TO ex-
tremes, has constructed a dogleg hole
where the drive is TO the right, the sec
ond shot must veer around trees to the
left and the third shot is straight down
with an iron TO the green $50 yards
away. The hole measures sos yards and
the green is seventy yards from the tee
and can be reached with a mashie over
the trees to the left. This was done at
first and rule now has been made forbid
ding such shot. That Is a stupid sort
OF dogleg. but It indicates the limits to
which this construction can so. AS a
general thing our dogleg holes are among
the best we have.