Evening star., 1924-05-25
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"Goat Getters" Offer Ne,v Tournament Golf Interest
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, be objected to. In fact, he does few
things that are even observed by the
gallery. His immediate opponent
gets the full blast of it. The idea is
tated-or just plain mad.
No one can play good golf when
he Is mad and "grouchy," and that
fact has been observed to have a
bearing on important golf play. The
goat getter" merely looks at you
and you are dang near ruined. An
other of his mannerisms is sIyly dis
played In your presence, and your
golf goes blooey. Meantime, he is
cool and collected and thoroughly
understands what he is about.
1 wouldn't say that Won Elm has
studied this phase of golf playing.
Hls manner is unquestionably his
natural attitude toward an opponent
But one thing Is certain, and that Is
player with the qualities hence
forth Is to bring on to the tourna-
ments a tremendous asset-for asset
IT Is. If he makes a good shot and
then looks at his opponent-in what
10 him a natural manner-and
arches, Is IT Won Elm's fault? Has he
done anything not legitimate? He
mas not, certainly-and he is entitled
10 any advantage that accrues to him
Pee because OF this phase OF playing. Let
mis- opponents wear b1inders!
What have referred to as goat
getting is in reality the application
OF a well known psychology I'm golf,
Ihls Psychology applies as it does in
,ie Lne more commonplace pursuits of
think these players are statesmen.
Ihey know how to sell their oppo-
nents, unconsciously perhaps, on the
inea that they can beat them. How
DO they do 1t, specifically? BY doing.
as Napoleon always did. what vo,,
exnact n 6n n,yl At,
unusual instead of the COMMONPLACE
thing.
Here's One of Tricks.
At the St. Louis National Amateur
championship when Guilford won the
title Bobby Jones met Willie Hunter.
the English star. in the later matches
Of the week. They came UP to the
fifteenth green in three each-a. five
par-and with Hunters ball a few
feet nearer the hole. Jones, putting
first, had something like a twelve
foot putt for birdie.
Ten thousand pairs of tournament
golfers might find themselves in this
situation and this is what would hap
pen The player away would stand
back of his ball or at the edge of
the green. well out of the line of the
opponents putt. Observe that / said
stand. But the afternoon had been
Hunter first sat down on the green
and then. as Jones approached his
ball, he rolled over-fiat on his back
and shaded his eyes with one arm
He was well out of the line of Bobby's
putt But he was fiat on his back
on the green. That was the unusual,
the unconventional-it perhaps was
the first time Jones ever tried a putt
under exactly such conditions
Bobby took a look at Hunter. Then
he took a look at the putt-and blew
II. Then he went out of the cham
pionship. They played one more hole,
but Jones was beaten before he went
to the next tee.
Hunter has besn playing good
golf all his life and, like many Others
who have begun to study the psy-
chology Of championship play. he
knows there is more to a champion
ship success now than making good
shots or even outthinking your op-
ponent There are SO many golfers
of championship caliber now that an
unknown may step forth any moment
and capture momentary fame by
knocking off real star.
So the real stars of championship
golf are studying the psychology
the salesmanship idea of selling the
opponent on the negative Idea of de-
the goat getters" from now on.
Watch them. They are the interest
ing eolfers-and always will be.