The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-19
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Mind Over Golf

The latitude of mind" of which much is made in golf, and rightly so. should be to forget your opponents good breaks and center upon your own. You must learn to take luck as it comes. A player should es- recially avoid crying over the vary ing luck of the game while it is in progress. If he wants to hold a postmortem afterward in the club house that is well and good, for that is part of the pleasure of golf
 I believe that one of the most ir- ritating Interruptions which can spoil the harmony of good match is the casual remark that floats across the course at just the wrong moment and spoils a good shot. I have often wondered if this casual remark is often a result of the personality of the player who is subjected to it. This thought occurs to me because players-and by no means good ones seem to have a faculty of securing respectful consideration by the gal lery and they are permitted to make their shot free from any interrup- tions, while other players seem 10 incire remarks and movements from the gallery that are disconcertins.
 Don't "Baby" Shots
 While speaking on the effect of luck in the game it suggests to me the results which seem to follow the man who plays his ball on the safety first principle. I want to say a word against the practice of baby ing your shots. This Is season of the year when a golfer should get all the "carry" possible, for rains make courses uncertain and the rlayer can't figure on much roll" The air route is the safest. Don't baby" your ball. The man who is overcautious is at as much dis advantage as the man who is reck- less. It is well to consider the man who babies his ball may find him self up against the necessity of fuil shot to reach the green while his rival who played freely, even though he goes into the rough. may very well he in a position to reach the green with mashie shot. which is, of course, a decided advantage
 Accidents in Golf
 Accidents in golf, as in life, may upset all calculations. Nevertheless, under ordinary conditions the race is usually to the swift and the battle to the strong And so I think that a man who has acquired merit as a golfer has no reason for despair if he loses an important match through a turn of luck. The ''break of the game" is, of course, very real thiEg but at most it is only vari- able factor that cannot be foreseen and fortunately does not occur con- sistently while the skilful golfer al- ways has merit working consistently for him. All of us have seen poorly hit balls come to rest in good lies. We have seen them headed straight out of bounds when suddenly tree or stone puts them back in the course iii splendid position. And how often we have watched the ball lin- ger on the edge of a bunker-but not drop in. These are all parts If the "break of the game" It sceems hard sometimes when one knows the quality of his play entities him to victory to lose it through chance, but such a player should remember that chance as often works for him as against him, and that if on his side he has merit and skill he must win the greater portion of his matches.
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