The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-03
Master Of The Masters NO -
 Selecting Right Club And Playing It For All It Is Worth Is 50 Per Cent Of Shot
IndeciSiOn After Choosing Weapon Is Common Fault
Fourth of six informative ar- ticles by Jimmy Demaret, great est golfer of the day and one of the foremost teachers.
BY JIMMY DEMARET Winner of the Masters

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 Selection of the club is one Of the most important factors in com petitive golf.
 Think while choosing club for a particular shot give your self break.
 Standing over the ball with the wrong club in your hands is like batter having two strikes on him before going to the plate.
 try to make up my mind deH- nitely on what club need, say q four or & five iron. once that's decided try to think only of playing that club correctly. A common fault is continued in- decision after the golfer has picked his club.
 This does not tend to give the golfer confidence to play that club for all 1t is worth.
 The golfer, the elements and the standing of the match must be taken into consideration in selecting clubs.
 Coming Up to q hole in wind | uiBhv JtthG AlNG nun uiiA puhi the ball into the wind. might use another club on the same hole when there is no wind.
 All golfers do not get the same distance. There are traps, water hazards and other things to con- sidcr, 50 there are individual pro- blems. One golfer might use a three iron another might play five. GOOD SHOT WITH WRONG CLUB IS STILL BAD GOLF
 Time and again I've seen players who go around in from 85 to 100 handicap themsleves fin the begin ming by picking the wrong club. It is bad golf at that particular time even if they make e good shot with the club selected.
 Say Q golfer who goes around in 85 selects the wrong club Ave times and makes as many poor shots. You can see what it does to his score.
 But If a golfer realizes his capa- bilities, he should know how to select his clubs.
 No one can tell you what club to play.
 The trait of selecting the right club IS acquired by practice and experience.
 Never select a club which re- quires you Co baby a shot or forces you to press. Select Q club which permits you to use your natural stroke. A stroke is sound only if it is played consistently.
 Going back to by first tourna- ment, and remember I was only 12 years old at the time. recall playing the rounds over again in my analysing my mistakes. This tendency to check back and profit, If could, by errors, im- proved my game as much as any other one thing.
 GOLF DOESN'T COME
 NATURALLY TO ANYONE
 Of course, 1t was necessary to make changes in the mechanics of my game.
 had to change my grip, which was unorthodoX. l had to make n slight change in my swing. l had to learn to hit from the inside. I had to alter my putting stroke a bit. It took many weary hours of practice ti improve my approaches. Golf doesn't come naturally to anyone.
 Ability, strength and mentality being equal, the player who prac- tices most willbe the best golfer.
 And regardless of how fine the stroke, or how far the player drives his score will remain up If he doesn't concentrate.
 But once the player knows his way around, I would say selecting the proper club comes close to be- ing 50 per cent of the shot.
 NEXXT: How to correct faults.