The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-02-04
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25-Mastery of Clubs.

Very seldom, indeed, has he much
confidence in more than two OF
three, though he is a good enough
sport always to try with what ne
believes is the right club.
II you have played in ii one-cluh
match, you VIII probably agree
with the following. If you have
not, you can but take the state.
ments under sdvisement until you
have had more experience. Those
who have played in q one-club
medal-play tournament usually
choose the mid-iron. Until one ac-
quires more than the average skill,
he can play a lower score with q
mld-lron, for instance, than with all
his clubs. One-club play. by the
way, is very highly recommended.
Faster than IN any other way 1t
will Increase your skill with the
club used. Even better than that,
the best club to use. A few rounds
with one club win materially lower
your score, for the primary reason
that 1t Will greatly reduce the num-
Der of poor strokes by this club.
You Will be surprised, for instance.
at the added skill a round Of the
curse with a mashie-niblick, pref
erably supplemented with q put
ter, will give. The driving iron or
cleek is the best club to use in a
one-club match, ii one is fairly sure
of staying out Of bunkers.
With several such tests, the
a1n- ILL If.+a., .pitS1 4.
good deal of approval to the state
ment that Chick Evans never uses
more than seven clubs and believes
he finally will get to six. Let it be
set down as a fact that the player
who has mastered even six clubs is
far beyond The average class. The
average player can do much better
with a brassie. driving iron, mid
iron, jlgger, mashie, mashle-nlbiick
and putter. than If he adds a
driver. spoon. mashie iron and
and niblick. to his kit. For all
practical purposes, it Is much bet
fer for the average player to carry
only a b~rassie, midiron, mashie.
mashie-nlblick and putter until he
feels perfect confidence In their
use. Only then Is there reason for
adding other clubs. Worse even
than the uncertain results of the
shots is the uncertainty of which
club to use where there Is more
than n that might fit the ease.
25-Swing Should Be Automatic.
The beginner in golf, especially
II he or she is an adult, Is faced
at once with the knowledge that
the golf swing is different from any
other muscular eKertlon. Along
with this, except in the case of
youngsters who seem able TO learn
by imitation, comes the rather
overwhelming knowledge OF the
difficulty of making the swing cor
rectly. Based on the teachings of
the professional or other expert,
ones natural ambition comes TO the
rescue.
The beginner who graduates into
the average class and finally to a
place among the stars. owes his
advance to intelligent practice.
There must be no such thing as the
almless swinging Of the club or an
attempt at smuggling the ball before
the swing is perfected. The first
thought should be to learn how TO
make the best possible swing. Fol
lowing that must ONE the intelli-
gent practice which will make that
swing automatic. The expert
golfer spends no time in thinking of
his swing when preparing to make
a shot. He is concentrating wholly
on distance and direction. His
swing Is automatic.
And that frame of mind comes
about only by means OF intelligent
practice. Then If any element Of
the swing goes wrong can cor
rect the fault because of the
knowledge gained through pre ctice.
A slight fade-away developed in
Cyril Walkers midiron shot In the
third round of the National Open.
He spent a half hour in correcting
the fault just before starting on the
final round. And he made that
wonderful midiron approach on the
SEVENTEEN hole that won him the
championship. No better illustra-
ton could be cited of the inteIli-
gent practice which spells improve
ment in a golf game. First get the
knowledge Of how to make the
swing and then anchor that knowi-
edge by the intelligent practice
that viii make the swing automa-
tic. Then If anything goes wrong
correct the fault at once with more
practice. Deliberately plan to give
some Of your golfng time to prsc-
tice alone. Actual play, without
practice, viii never develop ones
game beyond a certain point. One
as well attempt to be a
without intimate ac-
q~uaintance with scales and five
exercises.
27-Wrist Action.
One of the greatest golf players
now living wrote that he never was
to understand what was meant
Dy wrist action. He must have
been serious in the statement. 1t
was made for publication. Other
writer's have advanced the same
.dea. but with less authority than
hat from the expert.
The statement of the expert has
been noted so widely that ii seems
worth while to let any golfer prove
himself or herself whether there
$ wrist action and its effect when
he club and ball are IN contact.
Let us agree that distance and ac-
.uracx .apend on the speed and po-
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