Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-31
BY FREDERIC I. HAsKIN.

tremely well pleased with himself az
ne stood on the fourth tee and nre-
pared to get Off another .slashine
drive. e
We'll" he said in all seriousness
l nave mastered the long game, but
Fl see that I'll have to give a little at
tention now to the iron clubs!"
to say he did not thereup-
on whale out another long drive.
wnom the gods of golf love thec
cnasten, and that young man was
ouly chastened before he learned the
olHerence between luck and skill in
a well-hit golf shot. TODAY the roir
courses of the world are covered with
men who mourn the years they lost
n Q years of youths suppleness and
resll1ency. when the eyes were keen.
m when there were no such things
as oumpy nerves, satrophied muscles
and stifened Joints. =
Future for Professionals.
Second of the reasons why the
younger generation Is taking to rolf
Is that it o holds out substantial
rewards to those who make a profess
sion OF 1t. Walter Hagen will prob
ably make $40, 900 this year as a re-
suit OF his having won the British
open championship. He and. Joe
h@rkwood, the Australian champion.
nave teamed up to play exhibition
games and have practically all their
time booked for months ahead. They
get a minimum of $500 a day for
these games, and while there Is moth
ing about that to make Jack Demnsev
give up prize fighting, it runs into
q tidy sum in the course of a year.
k1rkwood is a past master OF trick
shots and he and Hagen make a COM
bination that is hard to beat as a
drawing card.
Gene Sarazen will cash in on his
success in like degree. He is in great
demand for exhibition games already.
and in October he and Hagen are
matched In a contest for what is
termed h worlds championship that
will yield q big cash prize to the win
ner and be we'll worth while even for
the loser. AS ar Illustration of how
success In golf may be capitalized it
offered Bobby Jones 5000 t. play
q series Of exhibition games with
Sarazen. OF course Bobby declined
the offer, as he 1s an amateur and
has no thought of abandoning this
amateur status, but at least he has
the satisfaction Of knowing what he
can do in case the mortgage is about
to be foreclosed or the Did homestead,
or some similar emergency arises.
However, the professional does not
have to be of the top-notchers in
order to make money. Those who
stand sven fairly we'll as players and
as teachers are In demand and have
no trouble in securing positions that
will net them from $500 to $50 o
or, 10000 a year, including their fees
as instructors and their profits on the
sale OF balls, cubs. golf bags and other
Equipment Of the game.
Every boy who becomes a caddy
speedily 10 enamoured OF the game
and begins playing as soon as he can
get possession Of an old club or two.
! Nine times out of ten he decides that
he would rather play golf than al
anything else he. can think OF, and
when he realizes that he can get real
money for playing 1t the only thing
that can stop him from becoming a
professional IL utter inability to mas
ter the game.
SO 1t Is not surprising that the old
sters are no longer permitted to look
upon golf as their game. and they are
fortunate that the sport Is such thai
they can not DO crowded out entirely.
Youth may win the championships,
but 1t can never acquire a ,monopoly
Of the pleasure and benefits to be de-
rived from tho game. "a
Besides. golf 10 q game that once
In man has taken 1t UP and. learned
Its thrills and fascinations he VIII
never quit 1t until he finds himself
in that last great bunker from which
there 10 no recovery-the grave. SS
-- 55f& MISREPRESENTATION