Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-22 | Page 17 | Putt Essentially Right-Handed Stroke for Crack Golf Players

Putt Essentially Right-Handed Right Stroke for Crack Golf Players B By ART KRENZ Special to The Telegram Patty Bergs Berg's most thrilling triumph h came in the semifinal match in jn the U. U S. S women's championship last year when she was paired against Charlotte Glutting The deciding hole of oC the match was the eighteenth at Interlachen 3 85 yards from tee to green a tough par ar four for feminine golfers golfer Miss Glutting was dormie and needed but a half halt to eliminate the Minneapolis Minneapolis Minne Minne- apolis miss and have the honor of meeting Mrs Glenna Collett Vare Varen i in n the fin finals ls It looked as if the New Jersey star had lad turned the trick when she laid her second shot hole high just ot off t ho he edge of at the green Miss Berg playing a brassie second faded the s shot hot into the valley between the tenth tee and the home green A niblick pitch to the green that now was vas blind failed to hold and skidded skidded skidded skid skid- ded some 35 feet away from rom the pin Miss Glutting carelessly chipped two yards past the pi pin 1 Patty then carefully lined her putt took her I stance tance and rapped the ball It curled over the green and as if I I drawn by a magnet disappeared I into nto the cup iL i I L t y iy 7 1 N p Fog Now the pressure was too much for tor Miss Glutting and she missed took a five and the match w went nt into extra holes ending three holes later with Miss Berg the victor In putting Miss Berg switches to the reserve overlapping grip which has the four tour fingers of the right hand gripping the shaft The in index index in- in dex finger of the left hand reinforces reinforces rein rein rein- forces the JI little finger of at the right This grip is used by Bobby Jones and a large percentage of ot good putters and nd was introduced to golf by the late Walter Travis To the better golfers who employ this grip the putt is essentially a right handed stroke They take the club back with the left hand and stroke with the right