| Show I t d S ej I or of ofa s I vla ide fee yee ee Y r C RICE I 1 CopyrIght 1923 1823 New Nw York Tork TrIbune Inc Does Doe the th duffer dutte or the th average I golfer have hav more mor trouble with thI the thelong thelong long game ram or the tho short hort game ram 7 1 Is I ho h bothered more mor with tiny tiny- I in and long lonc Iron play or with short approaches and puttIng At one time tim or another the th es- es esteemed es teemed duffer dutter or a golfer goIter or the th mighty army nuy that seldom Beldom lor breaks or If 95 has holI ha trouble enough with nith all 11 the th implements Involved 1 i Getting at the tb main point of trouble Is I another matter I i We Vf have hav seen n fine fin golfers golfer who were none non too good rood around the tho greens who at least lea t were wr erratic and inconsistent In their putting anti and short hort chip shots shola Wo We have seen duffers unable to get ret any di- di distance dis stance or to keep kep straIght who were fin putters putter and fairly c consistent nt on chIpping up to the th pin We W are aro pretty confident that the th goiters goiter's main annoyances and heart breaks U 8 breaks como from three thre I 1 Wooden club play 2 The Th long Iron game ramS 8 3 Getting out of bunkers bu and other tb r trouble trouble There are ar few fw golfers goIters iol rs of the th av- av age er-age class cla l those thos between Of 96 and who can depend upon their Ing or their brassie 1 play lay through th the fairway There arstill are still tower fewer who can hit a fairly long iron up to the th green And tho list of these the still dwindle whet t comes comee cometo to recovery strokes from bunkers blinkers and nd traps where the th average golfer runs up a n stupendous waste When you see e a player who can handle handlo the wood effectively who can sock oak ock a long Iron Ifon shot hot up to the tho green you can figure pretty con- con conill that he Is first class CIMS But the ill fact act that ho he can putt well and that he h can chip well will lead to tono tono tono no such uch deductions deduction There nere are armany many golfers goiters who rarely break brcak 95 who can putt like the th blazes and who are ar deadly around the th green Their big bir waste runs up from the tee through the fairway and amid the limitless sand There Ther are ar many reasons for this lA A missed putt cannot bo he recovered n that given hole holo hol but It Is I only one stroke gone gono ron A missed drive lone ray MIlY be b recovered by a fIne tine ap- ap ap approach groach roach or a 11 long putt But a 0 miss miss- miss led J eli drive on a well-trapped well course i if K also lead directly to a 7 1 Or an j jS t 8 upon some corn hole hoi may lead lea to three or tour four more mor strokes before the golfer has emerged from a sanded cavern or a II swamp or IL a thIcket Through the tho th peat pat season we recall the th case ca of one on fine fino golfer goiter who w ho was WIlS about even ven for e 0 lot thirteen holes He H against a rock wall and when wh n ho he had finally holed hol d out he h had need need- needed needed needed ed thIrteen strokes to reach the tho bottom of the tho cup One bad shot had wrecked an entire round In Inthe Inthe bad the British o open eb championship of last year Jock Hutchison was a atrid trifle too strong on his hi second shot to the th fourth green and ond the th mistake cost him hint thle and ond the th rown Jim Barnes Barne was waa a trifle short on a a short hole holo hoi and the th mis- mis mistake mis take tak cost co t him a 6 I and the tho th crown It If great golfers goiters can lose 1008 lo from rom three to five Iv stroke through one on that leads lead to dIre dir trouble It U is easy ey t enough to see eee where the tho th duffer dufer may suffer untold anguish It Is I the tho from the tho Ui tee t or upon the th approach roach that accounts account for or the th 85 nd nd 9 Is In the th card not the tb short missed putt Amon Among the tho tb average ordinary golfers there are aro ar any number of olfin fine putters putt r who are ar much better betterin betterIn lin in this thi department of ot play than first class professional or ama ama- amatura ama tur tura Lurs We W know any number of the th 96 80 0 B list who have hav no fear tar whet what oever of a fIve and six foot putt and nd who get et their Share of the longer loner r one ones on Their Theil main troubles have come corn before they reach the tho th green The Th g greatest number numbe of ol strikes lost by the average gOlfer Is 1 i where he be h often takes take two or throe three highly I Whacks before the th ball pops out I Wild shot hot from the th tee t out of I bounds bound Into nto water waters Into bunkers or orI orInto orInto I Into woods usually cause caus most of the trouble The Th roller golfer who Is hit bit hiti i ting hit bitting his hi tee te shots fairly long and down the th middle has a big run run- run fling start When he h begins miss ml- nr lag ng his tee t shots shot there th r Is seldom any exhibition of putting that can mend his isis day or make mak up for hIs wayfaring into the th barren lands land ot or ol Its It's the tho th long game hat wrecks the th average golfer gOlfors play nine nin time out of that ten tin that plus Inability to leave leav a sanded grotto crotto in dust ut t one on stroke There Is I another effort which an- an anno annos no an-no no nos s the tha a a e aro golfer goIter greatly This 1 Is a short pitch from 60 SO to 80 yards over a d deep p trap trop guarding the preen green there thero Is also alto trou trou- trou- trou trouble blo ble beyond Regulating the th swIng that must be b firmly played as os well nell nellas as 1 Is ono one of tho the hardest tests In the tho game tamo Tho The choice bo- bo bot be t oen falling failIng short and going over Is a 0 tough one It 11 often orten comes come down to a question of ot Is the easiest trap trop to play from 00 00 |
