Show the soul of golf 11 one who knew the soul of golf saw it and described it it was a 1 tricky green with a drop of 20 feet behind it to have overrun it would havo have boon been fatal there was waa a stiff head wind th the player would not risk running up ile he cut well in inder the ball to get all 11 the back sp j i ho he could he pitched th tho ball well up tt against the wind which caught it and on account of the spin throw threw it up tip and up until it soared almost over the hole then it dropped like a shot bird about a yard from the hole and the back spin gripped the turf and held the ball within a foot of where it fell it was obvious to one man that it was a crude shot it was equally obvious to another who know tho the inner secrets of the game gaino that it was a brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed stroke ono one man saw nothing of tho the soul of the stroke lie he got the husk and the other took the kernel P B valle in north american review |