Show of fee RICE v COP Copyright right 1923 New Kew York a Inc Speed of ot or play play or lack of ot speed speed- speed among limon the leading golfers Is la a n feature ot of tIle the game that has bas received ed no great attention and let et It is a Ital part of the th golfing scheme schem Should the tt-e golfer goiter walk up and bit tho bill without any sasto aste asto motion Should he take toe an average a amount ot of timo Or should h ho play with e even esen en greater care and attention to all preliminary details Ono might for tor two examples take George Duncan and ana Bobby They are the two t fastest of all golfers the t two tao 0 that are aro most enjoyable for forthe forthe the gallery allery to follow follo Each lach steps stel'S briskly up and about th time the feet get et planted the club head healIs Is on its wa aa a back This form torm ot of golf golt lends itself great great- greatly greatly ly Iy to beauty and crispness of s stile sIe Ie It has helped to make Duncan and Jones 11 two Vito 0 of ot the of ot all lets for tor there thero Is la a II dash dah to their play none others have ITS 1 Il But Rut this unusual speed peed and ana dash a aso so has Its weak steak tide aide It may make II a brilliant round easier ea to get but it Ic 11 har harder upon general cO In tho the case caso of ot Duncan it is often itly costly cully upon the tho green where he Is often otten inclined to hit his putt before hid hd has fIgured out the correct roll of tIns tho green In tho the case of ot Jones Jone It leads at times to a 1 Ing just ju t a trifle too hur hun hUrried hurried nedI ried ned I 1 let et at It If fast play Is f a fault tault It 11 Is at least t n II tar far less faut f ut than o nesi nes ness and it Is tar far moro more artistic to natch atch It has seemed to us that Walter alter had a II better bettor pace pac when hen ho hostas hown stas ns pIa Ing with aith Ith loore dash dath than ot of lat years I He H doesn't is waste aste aSle so much time d- d dI atter t Kt-t I ter r taking Ills hits stance but he Is now nosy Inclined to walk allt back and forth around the green before playing a II chip shot shit shotor or a long putt and this thi has slowed ved do don dosta n his pace paco by a tIdy margin He lIo 2 is still the tho same lame slashing player out of or trouble anti and the same amo caneo taker But he lie hasn't quite tho old at- at at attitude of ot stepping topping up sizing up the situation and then hitting the tho ball around the greens greene EFFECT OP or PACE PACt The Th golfer goiter who aho ho Is I too slow low who waggles himself to death or who stands too long 0 over oser cr the th ball brings too much pressure to bear bea bear upon bl his nen ous system lIe H Is also more Inclined to lose lot the ease ase and freedom and general elas elas- elasticity eias- eias elasticity ot of his sIng essing s Ing Rigidity doesn't take long hong to follow tollow delay It doesn t pay to think too much about the th stroke ahead The Tho golfer colter who Is too fast Is al- al I as aas likely under to rather overdo it to hit too quickly to los loss losi his hl sense of ot rhythm r ytm And rhythm ii h tho th basi basis after all of any cons consistent Is lent s wing There can be ho sloW Blow rhythm and there her can be b fast tast rhythm but it II 0 eIther can ClIn easilY lead to ai almost total lack of rhythm In one open championship we w saw raw aw George Georgo Duncan for tor four tour mashie approaches In succession to within two feet of the tho cup almost atone ton dead and yet n neach each case ho lie hit the th putt po so o quickly that he h tailed failed to get Id the line IIno ands and se s d never ne gotI got I a a 3 S ho he h should base hn had four tour In a row THE LV IN There Is an bet In in la-b la een n method which teems seems more Inore mor effective Harry Vardon had this to as great a as wo we have ha eser er ver seen en Thero Thera was no delay and no dally daily dallying lag ing on Vardon part But Jut thero was no DO alga of hurry or speed peed He merely in rely stalked alk d up to hi l ball took his s stance stanc d one on or ot two t- t ta a brief waggles aggles and then swung Ung with a I remarkable cnn e Thene Thele isas as vas no asle 5 asto time or motion and iet et thero ens as C every esery ery appearance of oC o o play No r-o ho slowness llo ho but burr hum but some thins some thing In between th- th th two that was quite Impressive Among the amateurs Jerome Jeromo Tray Tray- ers Trav-ers ers and Francis Ouimet were ere moda to toll follow ow In this respect There Thue was WIlS al ala always a II a J stead steady 0 osen o ell quality to their pin pla just lust as there Is Isto Isto Isto to S and ord's Guil Chick Evans Dans D ans is another ho wastes as t t no time and who yet ne er looks to be b hurrying his way along I IThe the he nervous n placer to 1 generally Inclined either to play too s to hurry his or I sheer lack of ot nerve control to fiddle over the situation entirely too long II If he is Inclined to hurry hurr Ills hi ass s sIn In lag he should work upon a 11 slower beat belf It II he is Inclined to fiddle 0 over oser cr the bait baJi lie he should Increase his speed or pia until pla until ho hio can stork nork his way Into an anc esen en st steady adv method that is neither too fast nor too slow Any Auy extreme Is hard upon consistent rh In many ways stays is 18 ono one on of ot the tho of ot all aU golf qualities to find 1 I |