Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-16 | Page 14 | Leo Diegel Doesn't like His Stance for Putting since Last 12 Failures

Leo Diegel Doesn't Like His Stance For Putting S Since nce Last 12 Failures t e i 5 c rd k r j M l 1 1 cv 4 IC b f 1 4 A Ai t i t i I v tV tV t I V wEl 4 V d 4 4 g 4 S l I LEO DIEGEL Jigger Favored Club I With Former I Champion PHILADELPHIA May 16 W-Al- W though hes he's famed for his standing sitting putting stance and ranks with the bet best In the use of almost any club in the golf goll bag its it's with the popular jigger that Leo DIe Diegel cl really enjoys working Not only is it h his favorite club but the little wed iron has proved d a blessing bless bless- ing to the former P. P G. G A. A champion on more than one occasion The jigger explains Diegel LI L In between a 4 and a 5 Iron Its It's longer than the mashie not quite so long as the niblick Its shallow faced and comes In handy on approaches When you ou fInd yourself in a bad lie lie the jiggers jigger's just the thing Through h 18 13 years yc-ars as a pro and sev sev- erni eral amateur seasons before that Diegel Die Die- gel has often drawn the jigger from his bag to loft his ball bail out of a aUght tight spot Jigger Saved Him In 31 11 I 1 once particularly he It wa was back in 1931 in the P. P V G G. A. A qualifying round at Gedney farms White Plains N. N YOn YOn Y On the filth fifth hole my drIve sent the ball into heavy clover behInd a barn and lots of trees as I remember It It looked just right for a jigger jigger- and believe me it was The iron sent senti the ball sailing ov oVer r barn and trees and it dropped within an inch of the hole holc V Take it from Diegel the man in iii the golfing business often gets tired of the game II I certaInly do he admits espe daily when the going Isn't any too good Then too Ive I've averaged days of oC golf golt a year for the last 10 years and md that's too much for any body For that rea reason on Im I'm cutting down downto to days this year car Maybe it'll help my game lIed Hed l Rather ther Teach Than n PIa Play DIegel plans to spend his extra time tim showing others about the game at Philmont Country club where he is pro Hes He's starting a class for young with the idea that to learn the game b best st one should begIn early Im teaching five days a week he says I get a bigger kick out of f teaching than playing The putting stance that has given DIegel so much that publicity crouching arms akimbo address of the ball isn't giving any too Co good ad results these days In the last two years I cars can remember remember ber 12 times in which failure ot of my putting has cost me a match or a title he ruefully admits