Evening star., 1926-05-25

In the medntlme ne WHNlu be ptdN
Inc around 100 instead of l.5 and I3n.
or even more. and would he lot more
contented.
Control, is the great essential Of
golf. but. while Mr.. D,,ffer knows
this. he offers it up as sacrifice 10
the magic glitter of the long hit ball.
II is surprising how often the crack
professional sacrifices distance 10 dis
cretion. Championships are won and
lost because certain players use or
fell 10 use their heads in this regard.
Walker Was Conservative.
The 1924 national open champion
ship was won by Cyril Walker simply
because his tactics were conservative
almost all the time.
It is noteworthy that when he failed
tc hold to this policy disaster resulted.
He deserted it but seldom. however,
thus keeping strong mental control
of himself and maintain ining his morale.
At the start Of the tournament
Cyril noted that the green's At Oak
land Hills were very slippery. He de
cided, therefore that in playing to the
greens he would place all shots short
of the cup, saving himself the risk of
having to make downhill puts from
Tn6 D4QFeO-uD rear pCTtlOI1S.
He held to this maneuver through
out, and. of course. in the aggregate.
probably saved himself sufficient
number of strokes 10 win the cham
rionship.
The first real test of Cyril's will
mower came at the tenth hole of the
second round. On this 400-yard hole
he pushed his drive into bad rough at
the right of the fairway.
Played for Safety.
He was about 115 yards from the
hag. and the temptation to try for the
green on his second was strong. but
he resisted. using his mashie and play
ing to a safe place in tie fairway. 1ao
Yards short of the flag. From his good
position he was on the green With his
third. and holed ). If he had shot
for the green from the rough the
chances were 10 to | he would nave
landed in a trap and might have taker
as or {.
Cyrils next temptation came on the
fifteenth hole and. unluckily for him
he fell.
The fifteenth Is a dog leg hole. meas
uring 412 wards. In the angle of the
dog.leg a number of traps are placed
II you take the short cut your drive
must have a carry Of approximately
20 yarQS TO get over LHeSS lTdES
IT was hitting the ball very well:
says Cyril. land I thought | corlc
carry over those traps. However.
was mistaken. My ball not only went
into one of them, but it dropped right
under a steep bank. I couldn't pla.
toward the green and had to chip out
to one side and slightly backward. fol
a better lie. The result was that
took on par hole.
Fifteenth Was Nemesis.
"1n the morning round, ] hadnt
tried to take the short cut and hae
made par 4. But this fifteenth hole
was to be my nemesis during this
tournament. When 1 reached 1t or
the third round I had just made some
had puts on previous holes and was
anxious to gain a stroke, so I agar
tried to cut across the dog.leg. Agair
I failed and again I had to take 5.
"On the final round. when I came
70 the fifteenth, 1t was figured that
could win II I could do the last four
holes in IS. par being 4--4-3-S.
then had PSI strokes and 1S more
would make my total c9e. ] was told
that the man who could break 800
would win. Bobby Jones had 300 and
Bill Mehlhorn 301.
IT decided not to play the dog les
as / had been doing. To go into those
traps again naiEht be disastrous. Th'