The Washington times., 1922-03-27


The averses beginner starts wrong
Just for this reason. His muscles
are not yet tuned up for hardd hit
ting. The result IL that the club
comes into the ball late and pushes
1t off to the right in what every
golf beginner or duffsr knows As a
slice.
The length Of the clubs furnishes
another problem. II they are too
long or too short the game 10 ruin.
ed at the start.
The beginner, In such a case,
starts out with the terrible handicap
OF having clubs unsuited to him. 1t
Is little wonder that he does not DO
well in the scoring line or even in the
way OF hitting . few good shots.
In his ignorance of the game the
beginner here faces his first serious
problem. a real cause for worry
worry that the experienced player
has eliminated.
Nearly every star player has rare
collection Of clubs stored, IL no has
not given them all away. A we'll
known amateur told me recently that
he found over a hundred clubs In his
attic. They were clubs, he said, that
he had purchased in his early career,
and each and every one Of them was
a prize, so he thought, in its turn.
Getting suited to the proper
clubs il sometimes an accident,
but II one will only purchase one
or two at fime instead Of going
about II I'm a wholesale way, ne will
save himself a lot of expense. Be
sides II will be much better for his
game.
I would recommend that a driver
be selected that has a fairly large
face. This does not mean that the
club should be heavy, as the weight
in the back determines that Your
first club should be laid back a great
deal, as it is easier with this club 10
pick the ball up.
1t would be better in some cases,
IL one did not purchase a driver at
first, but made a good selection in
his brassie and used that from the
tee. The wooden clubs are 80 nearly
alike that even the most skillful
sometimes cannot tell with which
club they obtain the greatest dis
tance.
There should be little or no whip
In the shaft Of wooden club the
beginner is going to use. This is
one reason that I suggest brassie
to start with, as the shaft " the
brassie is nearly always much
stiffer and easier with which to OBJ
tain direction.
Another problem for the beginner
ana one that oftentimes worries the
star who has not played for a long
time is the Judgment of distance.
Good players often rely on their
caddies' advice IN this respect.
When one stays away from the
game for some time he may return
with a perfect swing and use all his
clubs well, but lack the art of juds-
ing just how far to hit the ball.
J.. The beginner who has not been
used to hitting . ball at all has
even more troubles. He must
trust more to luck than skill In
making q carry over a water
hazard or q bunker, or he must
trust to luck at ell times In ap.
preaching . green. The ball will
be hit too hard or too soft. or the
direction will be off.
As rule the beginner over-ap-
proaches the hole because he usually
lifts his head and tops his shot,
which runs past the pin and over
the green into a trap.
In getting out OF the trap his
worry is still greater "a he never can
tell whether he is going to put the
ball on the green or overplay IL
again. This Is from lack of skill in
manipulating a niblick. It 10 just a.
well that one carried no niblick at
all as to have one and not know how
to use II.
( What would help a beginner more
than anything he could do would be
10 practice this trap shot In some
remote corner of the course, When
one learns to gauge the distance Of
a mashie or a niblick he Is Just then
beginning to take strokes Off OF his
game.
II would be far better for the be.
ginner II he did not worry over n
score card and pencil at first. The
fact that ne II counting his strokes
runs up the score. Most beginners
do count every stroke because they
are always fighting to lower their
score, thinking that this Is the
surest way Of Improvement, but in
to make the shots first and good
scoring will come easy.
I reality II Is holding one back. Learn
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