The Washington herald., 1922-06-25

A short while ago in one of these
dispatches We exposed the value of
the spoon as a handy aid in time Of
trouble.
There is still another club which
can render varied service, one which
frequently is overlooked.
This club might be called the
mashie iron the mid -mashie or the
jigger.
There is no great difference, ex-
ctpt that the blades Of the mashie
iron and the mid mashie are a trif1e
deeper.
The important point is that the
club comes in between a midiron
and a mashie and is useful for an
extensive repertory OF strokes.
OF Varied Use.
Different golfers prefer different
types of this club. Jerry Travers
got remarkable effects from a Jig
ger. Walter Hagen got about the
same effects from a mashie iron.
This part of it is all a matter of
personal taste.
The main idea is its varied use.
Suppose. for example: you came to
a distance where a full midiron
would carry you too far.
You are then uncertain as to
whether you should spare a midiron
and probably miss. or press a
mashie. and probably miss.
But with the mashie iron or Jig
ger at hand, you have the exac,
club for this stroke.
Or suppose you have rather a LONG
mashie shot. The mashie Is a fair
ly delicate instrument and should
not be overplayed.
Once again this in-between club
can be taken out with the ball
struck firmly. but under control
Fer example, IL is a great club to
use in place OF full mashie against
the wind.
You know you can get there with
mashie IL you hit the ball exactly
right
But against the wind there is the
tendency to hit too hard. and &C
wreck all direction.
With this club, an even, normal
blow will turn the trick.
Further Uses.
There is still another handy use
lOI II Is a llht CluD
for the short pitch and run from on
the green, and a still finer club for
the chip shot.
For the chip shot the mashie IL
laid back just a bit too far-tht
midiron is a trifle too straight with
any heavy grass Intervening.
But the jigger or mid-mashie OF
mashie iron has just the right
amount of loft to simplify the
stroke. The loft on the blade is ad
iusted for the height usually needed
anywhere from fve to fifteen yard,
of the green.
When this latter shot is workins
well. low scoring ie rarely hard
unless one has been unusually wild
Average golfers frequently get VI
somewhere around the green in
only to take or 6, because the,
are unable to get their short ap
proaches close. But from nve {,
fifteen yards of the green there q
no reason why the player shoul,
not be able to get down in tw,
more. more often than not.
In one of Walter Hagen's round
last winter he made TWENTY-FIVE
mistakes and yet was around in 7s
On ten OF these occasions. afte
driving to the rough or to a tral
or falling to get on in his second
he Clipped up close enough TO 81
down in one putt, Hagen makes n'
attempt to use a niblick or &
mashie, as so many do, for thiI
short approach. He wants /;
straighter face club, because II Il
easier and simpler to play. 1
Hagen thinks a mashie or niblicl
too risky for a short chip. VIII,
should the average golfer take thu
risk?
Several years ago Alex Smiti
made the remark that he would b
willing TO back Travers against an,
golfer in the world from forty yard
of the green. Because he Is sucl