Show I Or ll aS I t Ja 1 ee RICE Copyright 1824 1624 New Yarl I Tribune Inc WIt Vb a number of ot read readers hate ha I asked Is golf alt the tho hardest hardt of ot all I games game in which to concentrate Why hy so 0 many brainstorms and 1 mental menIal explosions assail the ply play player r e er 7 Why I is it that oae oue tar forgets gels so 0 si 3 often what hat he wants ants to remember ber Golf is I supposed to be b placed plad upon a serene rene unemotional phil phil- philosophic foundation It Is ts sup sup- sup sup- supposed supposed posed paled to b be the th most concen concen- concen concentrative n- n of ot all game games 1 let et It Is 18 1 undoubtedly the hardest game gamo In Ii which to control concentration rIcer are numerous reasons to tar for thIs In other notably games games baseball tennis and tite th football I Iball ball itself is constantly In motion and so ao automatically forces a certain amount of Dt concentration The Tho motion itself C catches and an holds the ece e e and Instinct usually usual does the rest reft re t- t But tb thee he golf gaIt ball lies quietly and sedately at rest rost It wilt will re- re remain re main there indefinitely a as you VDU waggle or Dr wait alt When a baseball or Dr a tennis ball speeds In your you direction the tho Instinct says Hit It There Thre i Is no great amount I of Dt left lett to ponder pander form tarm or Dr orI o I i at utile stile Ie to think about five or Dr six sl things at et once Dut gulf golf Is en- en en different Here Hero the average I en-I player doe does make a bold bald and bravo brave attempt to concentrate There Thre Is 1 I the grip and then the stance Then the tho ho back swing ewing the working of Dt o the ho wrists the turn of at bod bodi the th Iso transference of aC o weight and other othe details detail lIe He attempts attempt to think of Dt o toO loo many things and end the tho maca s crowds In and flatten him In Inthe Inthe I the blur that follows h ho he forgets torget about the slightly Important do- do de tall tail of Dt hitting the tho ball of at hitting on through with an unchecked blow There Thre la is little time tima to change chang the course of ot your first Impulse your aur first thought ht with Ith a 0 base bas ball bail or a tennis ball whirling your a way In golf golt this I Is a a common comman fault tault because the ball I Is still 1111 rest rost resting restIng ing stolidly on sand and or tuft tut Bobby Babby Jan carn to the last lut hole at In In- In Inwood Inwood wood waDd with a par 4 to lo cinch the champIonship His Ills drive had been bee straight but short He started I first to use uso a spoon and then the I changed to a driving Iron Iran A At t the th top of Dt hI his swing awing the thought r- r re turned that perhaps I he be should have used a 0 spoon after all since Ince sine there was a wrecking pond to carry Th The result of at this sinIster suggestion wail nas that h he lee put on extra pressure lashed with extra utra force and end hooked the shot bat thirty y I yard yards to the left Iott of Dt the green rn whore where he finally took a 0 a e 6 I I Yet the tho peculiar part I is that In spit of Dt understanding corn corn- con con- that th the golf gol ball len Isn t go g Ing to move until hit the tho average I co-I golfer swing es It If tho lie ball bail might hop hap ort oft the tha course unaided at any given moment H Ji starts his hlo club clu back lack and nd lurch lurches forward a as It if Ithe ibo he be were re trying to flatten len a SL flea afflIcted with bt itt dane dance The Th player playe ma get t hi his grip right and his stance right and start hi his swing beck back In the right way ay And then lh n suddenly he h re- re remembers r members m there I Is a partIcularly wet t pond to b be carried or thero therIs Is a fiendish bunker welting 11 ailing c or t there here Is la an out aut of af bounds to the left He wouldn t have havo h va time to t think of at that In baseball or ar ten Ilett nl Ole because the moving ball 1 focus his attention But In gaIt gol f there Is a diabolical sprite that tha t ell eite upon ones on s a shoulder and at atthe a t the tho top tap of at the tho swing I whispers Youve You've got gat the wron t club you can t t carry the ditch or You You are aro swinging too taD hard you yau are going over Dver the green gren inti Into that trap beyond There are many things thing that tha t bring about forgetfulness or In- In Inner In ner ncr explosions Most bloat of at the fault C that come coma up up-or up or r many of Dt the thi a faults are faults are duo due to total talal lack laok Dt o f confidence and the attempt t to ti think of at too many details atte aftel atter l tilting the stance The time to tc t do most mat of Dt o sour our Dur figuring is be- be be fore you yau take ble alto your stance tance The average a rago golfer gaiter now I divots with lIh age en 5 started the tho ho game after atter heas he as nai one 5 one I Few w of Dt them hatI ha practiced ha C enough nough to da develop In- In in rhythm Thel Their swing swings S are largely artificial They ha I to be bo The Tho player beyond be twenty twenty- i the five who takes up a new game am I ii 5 bound to 10 be bo almost entirely artl artl- 1 unless he ha has an extra a h hamount amount of Dt time for far practice and ant I play He lie recalls from tram his las t round that ho he wa was slicing o D L hooking or Dr topping tapping or Dr f Just Jut as bad bd He Is what h he did wrong to bring abou about t this fault tault and so ho he trios tries to re ro- ro member all the right things thing h lt e a should hauld do with this result result-he result has no decisive e message to send sent 1 I from tram mind to muscle It I Is all al i ia a 0 blur Spring Is now naw only a step tep or o r two on beyond Its eerie erle form torm Is I 5 silhouetted against the Iho sky ky line Stark trees will soon soan begin to bIos bias bias- som am Gray turf will soon turn turf n I green The Th big rush wilt will bo be on orAnd And there Ihre will again be bo the earn 5 tight grip tho the same me ame I It If golfers figure the thel can oan ransom remember bar bor only anly ono one Important thing tar to r their first spring rounds we woul I suggest they begin bogin thinking no now naw I of Dt a lIhte lighter grip and less 1 effort Lot them Ihm begin to nate effort from tram their subconscious minds Tho The first feverish thought though of DC course Is ii to 10 hit ha one a 0 mile There Tharo is I a vast yearning earning to walk walkout out DUt upon the bunkered moors n and on blast blat the tho ball tar for ards Let L that come ama later For Far a II start tart try to only one or two of Dt c Ih the simpler things thing at the tho rIght lt I time before time before taking the stance Now Naw Is 10 the time to get en one or ar two old clubs out to get gt th the feel fe of DC the tho swing without hitting at A ball It i Is la first class practice to 10 I start the swing awing with the left leet hand han giving the left len hand its III early And with this at at B ham home practice It I Is also possible to build the tha first foundatIons ot of rh and to 10 get t the right habit hab under tinder way hundred thou thou- thousand sand pita and bunkers are waiting tor for their captives A little ad- ad adVance ad vance practice will wI duck maro I ad-I than thon a tow few of Df these the abysmal grot grottoes toes tas of Dt despair |