Show Tales of ofa of a W Wayside Tee TeeBy By fly ND SIMPLIFIED G I Ther CherI have hav been at least tl dit t suggestions to bout ot or or succo tul l put put- putting put ting The average golfer colter olter has haa at attempted tempted to apply from twenty twenty- twentythree twentythree twenty three three to thirty six of these sug sug- sug at the lito th same sam time Or he hasn't tried any ony suggestions suggestion or fol- fol followed fol foi followed lowed any plans which Is almost as S bad Yet Yot good food putting Is only it matter of t two simple details It If these two details are ar followed out but butth the ball I Is certain to begin drop drop- dropping pint drop ping with greater frequency ency In the bottom of tho cup on dIStances ra from f four ur to ten feeL The first simplified detail Is Is to tolu lu keep ep the tho ho head and body still Com Corn Comfortable and at least n normally re- re re relaxed but still sUII The Tho second detail Is to stroke the ball Only that as the tb Raven and nothing more what what- It If the head and body are relax ed cd ed and unmoved there will wilt he be b nei 00 hea head lifting and no body swaying there will be no bending of the It If th ball Is stroked there will willbe willbe willo be a 0 follow through and this means no jabbIng or stabbIng Stroking Implies a normal grip not nota nota nota a frenzied one and a 0 lack of ot hur ry Hagen Hacen and Jones the two greatest putters now playIng stand and look different But Dut both keep head ami anS body stIll and they both stroke thc thO th ball An minor Improvements to assist the can be b tacked on later liter A TIP III Tn JONES I I 1 believe remarked the th noted amateur accepting the th loan of ot n a alighted lighted match malch that that golf colt Is I hard enough as It Is without beIng nado hard harder r For this reasOn I believe In lh ho game cam without try try- try log to hit low shots Into the th wind high shots with with the tho th wind or try tryout tryout doc out nut hooks and slices on leg dog I 1 think Its It's a II much bluch eater pIa Just to hit the tho th ball firmly nt keep It as straight as aa you can without tryIng too many varieties varieties-It varietieS If the th hook or slice comes off oft you OU are not In mu much h better shape than you would have been tg hitting ft a straight shot to a L R niter eater fer place ploce And It If they dont don't como come oft off you ate are practically l when there her are or water around When you walk tl up tc to the th ball bail say to yourself this Is a a ma- ma mashie ma na shie niblick shot a shot an Iron shot a spoon shot or what whit Cye ver It Is Is take tak your stance forget fors-et eV everything else cl and hit the th ball bali without tryIng to be b too fancy about It It Even the th simple Imp shots without trying for tor cut backspin tHee kice hook or altitude are not al- al alway al always way ways as sImple as a the they look But they are ar the tho th easiest and the tho safest to play 1 lay and that Is the th main Idea THC Thu WEAPON the Th pet club In your golfing kit can have hav its It disadvantages as I well wella a as Its Is sunny side It can curse curs as a well will as a bless blees It may be b an old warped er cr er an 01 old 1 spoon p on an old Iron or oran oran oran an old mashIe For some som reason t t has become a stand by In time of ot storm and trouble It has baa be como be C forno the lone lono port in a gale I have hav seen golfers golfers playa play a a spoon tor or distances ll around Or to yards because the th spoon was was a a pet oIn ind tho thu mashie mashi was an tion They had confidence In the spoon and and a a deep seated loathing dread an and 1 terror of the tb mashIe The Th pet klub club Is an old frIend but hut there thele ther Is usually lly no rca rea- rea reason son why hy It ever became becam a pet Friendship isn't based ort on reason Yet this pet club has Its weak w ak eIdt 1 Suddenly in the th midst of hard nattle YOU discover that the he pet club 1 Is no longer Ing behavIng as a A 1 pet jet Or or r a friend should It throws you ou down and then with your heart lull full full of ot black bitterness you OU know that all l Is lost and that destruction Is only a II step tep a away way LIfe Ilfe at that moment has baa little to and the future Is darker still s the Th pet club club- Is I a necessary In dilution in But Dut it must rot be cat cat- catered cat cat erd ered to out of reason It Jt must be Jc kept pt at least partially 14 hi Its Ils place There are ar certain certain large larg moments when it m roust must st be to the rca res cue of oC fluttering nOrvea n and fad fad- fadInG fad Inc fad InG hopes But don dont don't let these moments occur too often BeIng a ve to a 11 game cam Is lx one on thIng thine De- De DeinE Be B inE ng a 1 cringing captive to one on warp warped ed club l la Is something els else no nn |