Show I I f alej e of a 3 I ide flee I y 3 y U GRANTLAND GRANTLAND RICE i i 1 I I IBY BY GRANTLAND RICE I Copyright 1923 une Inc Nea Ke KeYork Ne York Trib Tribune I Being elD in a meditative e mood not notI I long ago considering the devious a cais wa s of oC this tills Scottish pastime v e suddenly stumbled over this ibis ibisI I thought viz viz that mo most t viZ when placing safe sate with the mashie I or iron in place Of C risking a long lone caro with cult the wood hit the ball straight clean and a trine trifle fur Cur further ther than they expected to goTh goThe go goi Th The Answer answer to this is it If there is a bunker hunker or pond or pIt oo ard ards away to be carried mo most t golfers have no desire to encounter teran ter teran an such risk knowing well enough the distance is beyond them So In making out a m mathie or ormid ormid ormid mid iron to play safe on the short side of or the bunker hunker they hit through cleanly because b cause the they ar are not nol pr press press- pres ing I In lag and because they are not tryIng to reach any certain definite spot II This in turn dragged out a line of thought concerning the choice of clubs to be used the big mistakes n that are po o often oCten made and the I heavy penalties imposed by using the wrong Im Implement Most Mast are quite lOud to state that they use a mashie from 1 io 0 to and ards-and ards and this citti with without out a favoring w c IUd ind I They forget that Ihal a mashie be- be be beyond I yond ond ards is not a golf goU shot I is merely a lid wild wallop with a aHi apro pro Hi er ched aH and the prayer too I II I often is 15 of o little help For or the ai a aI aI I golfer in fact per SOper cent of I the the golfers golfers the big average Is average I helpless when hen the idea of I extra efforts enters the swing sy lUg This I usually means that the body I lurches forward the houlder ducks In and the eager hands gut get gutin In ahead of oC the swing 1 as as assistant propellers tor lor the range I 1 ho he result J I Is considerable pain and huh haish language It 11 Is al ala a s better when any doubt arises to select the longer not club not v is with the idea of sparIng the shot but v c with ith the idea ot ol c eg elfort rort tort eliminated I The ed shot belongs to the It Is one oC of the hardest I of oC all sll to pla But Dut there is Iq isa isa a big between een sparing a e stroke and hitting it firm firm- firmI 1 II I as it If one er were cere playing safe saCe that feeling of extra power There is 1 t L happy pal pai making me IU- medium I that must be found and I andI corked w upon II I I I I i I I Suppose foi kim example a golfer ot good a ai distance comes to an approach approach of 1 Hi 1 ard ardi something of a breeze He lie I is then I In the t turbulent midst of or conflicting lug Ing emotions He figures he lie ran can cangel I get there with ith d a a mashie if he lie gets I cite just right and hUs hilis out lu lIh I lIhI I Ii If he takes bi machie ht he usually presses and doesn't get home Yet YetI I It h he takeout takes take out his jigger or midi I mashie lie be tries to 10 spare the hot and comes omes upon equally dept easing I What can he do The Thes I s safest est suggestion alv always ays Is 15 to tae I the lont longer r club jigget or mid midI grip just a trifle lower loer than th I on ou the leather and then bIll hilI trimly with all idea of oC o effort re- re reI reI re removed I I moved In no case make mako any at attempt attempt re I II I tempt to spare the stroke The great Idea is firmness minus ef eC effort fort torI A good dean elean natural hit eCI I apart from slugging or walloping where the mind or brain knows that a certain club dub can do the bus bus- busness bus nesa ness without any unusual strain Before Defore Walter WaJter Hagen open champion sailed foi fot oi England we asked him what his Idea of or cor cot correct medal play was waa Saving all the I I I I strokes one Due can an be he said Not ot tr tr- tr tring tri trims ms mg to pick up strokes or to beat I par It there is any doubt douht I alays 1 pIa 10 the safer shot I dont don't take tae any risks that I don t have to take Suppose for tor example I hae e ha e a along along along long hard shot to make mae to get a ai I 4 i where a mistake would cost nie me mea mea a 6 I figure I probably wouldn't I get an anyway ay so I pla pIa for or the sure 5 Most f o t golf strokes stroke come from Crom waste caste waste caste aste that results from trying for tor the almost ImpossIble Here Is an example at Pu ehunt most of the trouble Is bac back of or the green If H ou will recall the iou ou au followed folio ed most ot of m ap approaches were on oi on the short side of the green often orten ten or fifteen feet et short of at the tho sand Prom From thIs place I had a probable 1 t and a sure 5 If ii I had tried to gt gd up closer to 10 ha hae haie e a putt pulL for a 3 I would ha base hae ha e gone over into Inlo the thc rough and aud sand with my t I gone and a f more likly There Is no use tak lak tak- tak taking ing log chances for tor a 3 or a 4 where the odds odda are All against and and ou-and ou where a mistake means v stroke It is a mistake to tr for forto to much foi lot most bloat o of the time It wont won't come ome oft off and when it doesn't ou are in hi bad trouble Hagen flagon and Barnes arnes are two teo tv 0 of the most careful golfers goiters in this respect that we e hive er eer e er seen The bril- bril brilliant bril brilliant hant Duncan goes only for the pin Bobby Dobby Jones J is much the same In match play boldness is often needed need needed needed ed In medal play It 11 PaYs lays Certain chances must often be ta tak taken taken en but long chances are the ones that lead to trouble I 1 The ibe he club to use Is the club dub that ou kno know knoss will ill III get you ou au home bome with wIth- wIthout without out oui putting in any Mtr effort If It ItOU i ou feel fell doubtful about aboul getting a certain distance with Ith c Rh a certain I club take the one next of-next of next longest range grip just a trifle lov locer er erI I do don n and then hit firmly v trying to spare the stroke If lC ou ouI are in doubt about carrying a bun bun- bunker bunker bunker ker or yards a awa aca v a the I chances are wonderful that ou ont ion L carry it That element ot of otI oi I doubt will cill call caU for a II little ettra extra ef effort ef- ef fort tort and that extra I t spoils I the stroke The basis of ot the golf goH stroke Is la confidence not doubt andI and I the tho main ally ot of confidence is firm firmI firmness I fless without any extra call all Ot OtI I e and mus muscle le When hen you ha hae haI e decided about what hal the tho dIstance I Is us use the club that ran can take you there without straining or over try try- trying I the lag ing the club that thol c can can n get you there in a II firm comfortable natural natural natural al way cay Professional ProCessional golfers goiters an and amateurs who ho play six or se seen en I times a week eek can get awty aw y with certain things now and aud then that are re beyond your scope Don Von t let their of efforts torts lure s you ou into Inlo using a aI amash mash I at ards arda For this is one reason why hy so many of o the Uie stars come to grief |