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Show I h ofnTFilfMrri BY CHARLES (CHICK) EVANS, JR. ; PRACTICING WITH DIFFERENT CLUBS , ' 1 After many trials and tribulations, I was able to standardize my game and at the present moment it is brought to a great degree of simplicitya simplic-itya system which I shall outline in following articles. By that I do not mean to say that any considerable amount of skill can bo acquired or retained re-tained without much intelligent practice, prac-tice, but what I do mean is that all my changes of grip for different clubs and distances are comparatively slight variations of one grip, and all stances dependent upon the work to be done are likewise variations of one stance I began with the wrong grip, and by the time I had learned the right grip for iron clubs I felt I had made progress, then I learned to adapt It to my wooden clubs, and now my grip for every club is a variation of the finger grip I practico the same uniformity in regard to stance, varying in dogree of course, with the length to bo obtained, but fundamentally the same old stance This simplicity is a great saving of nerves and strength. Playing through a hard match now is not so woaring as a comparatively easy one in the old days when every stroke demanded new care and study. I have practiced hours and hours on ray iron clubs few golfers indeed have practiced more than I but I havo rarely, if over, practiced a wood-on wood-on club at all. It was rendered unnecessary unnec-essary by tho long, careful practico I gave my iron clubs, for I play my wooden clubs exactly as I do a full iron. I believe In practice, and for each club that develops a weakness, but I think practice should bo done alone, Whenever a change is to be made in one's game tho littlo innovation innova-tion should bo tried out in solitude. Of course tho avorage man will say that ho can try out his new stunt and havo a httlo enjoyment of competition at the same time, but if he is the average man he can do nothing of the kind It is natural to want to do one's best in a game and any experiment, howovor excellent later on, means a few added strokes until the proper knack is acquired. No golfer, however skilled, can keep his game up without regular practice exactly how much and with what club is an individual thing. In working 00 my own gamo I have always piacticci, hard with a mashie, and next to a mashie, I think that a full Iron de mands more practice than anv othei shot. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTION What Is meant b keeping the oye on tho ball? ANSWER There is a tondono, pai ticularly on tho part of bogmners, n raise the head before the ball is strucl in order to watch it in flight. That i fatal to good playing. Just where vou should keep your eye depends on 'the shot. For an ordinarv oimiro t should keep your eye on the ground just back of tho ball. QUESTION-In swinging my clubs I frequently hit the smaller my back What Is tho trouble with me? ANSWER Probably you are not holding your clubs with sufficient firmness firm-ness and your wrists are given too much play. QUESTION While playing in a foursome the other day two playors who were following us insisted they had the right to drivo through and go this1? UB" WOr thGy r,gbt ab0"t ANSWER Yes. Golf etiquette usually usu-ally permits a twosome to play through a foursome. ""ubn Mr Evans will bo pleased to answer questions from our readers on golf, btamped nddressed envelope muBt bo enclosed to insure reply. |
