Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-18

sand. Here the main idea is to hit an
inch or two behind the ball and bring
the pellet out on a cushion of sand
raised by the edge of the niblick. And
almost every one has tried the chip shot
from wet sand, where the ball lies well
up, inviting an accurate chip as II
played from the fairway.
The chip Is Q very difficult shot In
loose sand Nine times out OF ten the
less skilful player hits behind the nall
and leaves the ball in the sand. The
chip must be accurately hit and hit down
on the under side Of the ball, taking no
sand at all II it Is to come on sue
cessfully.
But McIeod's shot is quite different
affair from either of these, and more
successful If it comes of. And it can
be made to come of with sufficient
practice. In the first place. the feet
must be firmly rooted in the sand.
Then the club must be gripped with the
thumb and forefinger of the right hand
of the grip, thus making the shot
almost strictly a left-handed affeir.
The weight must be well forward and,
most important of all, the club face
must be laid wide open so the face is
almost parallel with the sand. Then
that ball must be struck hard. And
this means hard. No babying OF the
shot will do. The aim must be to strike
the ball on the bottom side, without
taking sand, the club face literally act
ing as a scoop which meets the ball in
the middle of the swing and lifts 1t out.
When Freddie Mcleod plays the shot
correctly he just ruins his golf ball.
for the abrasive action of the sand
tears scars in the surface of the ball
as it jumps into the air with backspin.
AS played by Mcleod, the ball Is aimed
to the left of the hole and when it
hits the green 1t describes almost a
complete circle, frequently coming back
in a circle feet or more In diameter.
The shot is only played around the
putting green, or when 1t Is necessary
to get the ball up quickly with bite
on It.
Mcleod has had some remarkable
successes with this shot. His friends
recall a few of these shots. played in
England, at Pinehurst and at other
places where the onlookers gasped as
the ball came up quickly out Of the
sand and died as quickly on the put
ting green. So, sand wedge or on sand
wedge there Is a golf shot which will
be quite new to most players. What
a shot It is when 1t comes of.
THAT shot didn't help Mcleod the
i other day. however, when he es-
sAyed to play the best ball of four
high handicap players at Columbia.
They started with an out nine Of 80,
and, although Freddie was out In 3G,
he was so far down he couldn't catch
them. Hugh Mackenzie, one: Of the
four, was around in 70, with q lot Of
bad holes, and the pace was too hot
for Freddie, who succumbed on the
seventeenth.
And speaking Of knocking golf balls,
you ought to see Everett -Eynon, Column
bia club champion, knock the tar cut
of the gclf ball these wet days Eynon,
who always has been long hitter,
seems to be knocking the ball farther
than ever, Over the soft fairways OF
Columbia yesterday he was home on the
eighteenth with drive and an easy
No. 4 IRON, and at the third, when the
air was heavy and the ground soft, he
carried over the hill, Eynon just
knocks that ball so faf he has little
left 70 Do with the second shot.