Evening star., 1932-04-14

r. Mr.. Average Golfer, barely
l. i missed the green with your
second shot and then, with
a par staring you in the face,
made such a woeful mess of your
chip shot that the putt was
tough one to sink?
Tough to play the hole better than
the other chap, outdrive him and out
play him generally and let him chip
and putt better than you do, but it hap
pens every day to golfers around Wash
ington who haven't learned that the
chip shot to the pin from around the
edge of the green is one of the most
useful shots in any golfers bag.
All the pros agree that possession of
useful chip shot is one of the finest
and rarest possessions any golfer can
have All of them, Fred Mcleod, Mon
70 Hunter, George Diffenbaugh, Arthur
Thorn, Al Houghton, Walter Cunning
ham, Davie Thompson, Sandy Armour
and every one of them agree that the
chip shot is one of the most important
weapons in the bag of tricks every sue
ceSsful golfer must have. Of them all
little George Diffenbaugh is one of the
most successful of clippers. Standing
close to the ground, and a master of
dian Spring pro has made a careful
study of the art of chipping to such a
degree that even though George may
miss several greens with his second shot
during the round, he gets his par just
the same.
Y ISTEN to Freddie Mcleod, the little
- Columbia master of the chip and
putt Bobby Jones is a great
player from tee to green and great on
the putting green" says Freddie. But
why did he win championships, and so
many of them, when there were and are
today as many men as good as he is on
the long shots, and a few who are bet
ter than he is with some of the iron
shots? I think the great strength of
Jones game in the years when he was
sweeping everything before him came
because he was so deadly with his chip
shots and so uncannily accurate in
knocking down the resulting putt
Bobby used to miss the green as often
as some of the top-ranking pros, but he
also knocked the ball in little oftener
and little better than they did. That's
why he won 50 many championships
His chipping and putting did 1t"
Freddie himself has been called the
master of the chip, and it is truly
amazing to watch the Columbia mentor
in action. He misses the green occa-
sionally with his second shots. So do
all golfers, professional and amateur
alike. But he can chip 'em and putt
'em like nobody's business. 1t is be-
cause he can chip EN- close that a
score over 72 at Columbia is a rarity
when Mcleod steps out to do his stuff.
All successful golfers have well grooved
chip shot in their bags. They have to
have it, for they can't go on splitting
the pin from hole to hole, day after
day. They've got to miss the green
sometimes, and then that chip shot |
comes in handy. Some of them believe |
that the chip shot is the most valuable |
shot in the game. Some OF them hold |
that the putt is more. valuable and
others believe that driving, in first-class
golf, is the stuff that brings in the low
scores, But all of them, every one,
know that to score well they must be
chipping well and laying those short
pitches close enough to hole the putt.
CHIP shots can be played with al
~ most any club. Albert Mackenzie,
the well known Columbia amateur,
chips with a maShie niblick. But the
mashie-niblick is a club that would not
DO as a clipper for most folks. The
pros recommend a club with less loft
for chipping where the ball has a short
flight and plenty Of run. They use a
mashie sometimes, but more usually a
No or a No. iron, by which they
have better control of the run of the
ball and find the ball less likely to jump
of the line in case of a bumpy green
Take the advice Of all the professional
golfers around Washington and sharpen
up your chip shots. If you get 'em well
regulated you'll knock a half dozen
strokes of your score in the course of
a round.
Golf teams Of Central and st. Johns
Prep will open their competitive season
on Saturday with match at East Poto-
mac Park.
nON'T let any one tell you that Mil
- Ter STEVENSON of Columbia isn't
one of the very best putters any,
where to be seen in this neck of the
ker-bordered woods. Playing yes
terday at Washington, the Columbia
veteran missed a shot on each of the
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh holes,
and yet he secured par on every hole.
At the fourth he holed a 12-footer at
the fifth an 8-footer went down, at
the sixth 15-footer found the bottom
of the cup, and at the seventh a 10
footer rang the bell. Stevinson is un-
doubtedly one of the finest putters any
where around Washington.
ID OCK CREEK PARKS sun-dodging
IN oily Boids" have reached the
upper bracket in their initial tour
nament of the season Second round
matches found Waldron defeated Cot
ton by and 3; Mandell winning by
] up from Wickers, and McGiu de-
feated Simon on the nineteenth hole
Waldron then defeated Mandell by
and TO advance to the final