Judge — September 29, 1923 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Edwin Levick. eo MA a a Re Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. The psychology of this is simple. No golfer ¢ compares any shot or score with his average. He compares it with his best. * * * F WE could use a dri As Walter Hagen « We should no longer strive, or Go envy any man; We'd tee a ball up, knowing We soon should see it going Down where the green was growing, Where dwells the birdie clan. And would our mashie serve us, ike that of Evi We'd need no drink to nerve us On entering the fray: Firmly we'd pitch, and hitting The ball we'd wateh it flitting Cupward—to find it sitting A yard or two away. s’, say, If we could swing a putter As Jones can, all our days We certainly would utter Devoutest words of praise: We'd tap the ball not fearing A disappointment searing, And watch it disappeari From our delighted gaze. rea” TOLD AT THE 19th HOLE Niissgz'ons sete by Walter Trumbull HEN BrowninG wrote that “A V V man’s reach must exceed his grasp,” he was pointing his pen straight at golfers. ‘There never yet was a golfer who was completely satisfied with a shot or a score. If he hits a ball further than ever be- fore, his one regret is that he didn’t put just a little more punch into his swing. Instead of merely grumble we know there is nothing wrong with their morale.” _ 8 8 [£228 fail to compliment a golfer on a good shot you are unpopt If you do compliment him, you are in wrong. He hotly denies that the shot should be regarded as anything out of the ordinary. GOLF AS A CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS He never will pla it a sign of weakness. He overplays every club in his bag Where the expert plays an easy iron the dub takes a mashie and lays into it. If he is a short distance off the green, with no trap between, he scorns to run the ball up with a putter or jigger. In- stead he essays Jock Hutchison’s mashie- niblick shot. He refuses to permit the loft of his club to raise a ball Instead he tries to scoop it up with his safe. He considers driving into the next county he might have — cleared — the State line. If he gets a lower score than he ever dreamed of making, he celebrates by mourning over the putts he missed. He is especially — indig- nant over the forty- footer, that he hit with his eyes shut. which rimmed the cup. If he makes a hole in one he has grudg- wrists. @ If he pl ys into a ards it as bounces from a. tre« trunk to the green he looks upon it as right ‘ ry » and just. Wy ys The dub is a queer animal. + * * 2 Keep your eye on the ball. It is just as reasonable to look at the cup when trying to drop a putt as to look at the — fence ii ingly to admit that it was a good shot, but Treatment This Week, $350—Total Expenses to Date, $4,556. when trying to make a home run. The cup is at the other grumbles to think that he didn’t do it the last time out. Golfers are a good deal like the British soldiers whose com- mander said of them: “So long as they He accidentally breaks a world’s record by mak- ing two holes-in-one in one round. At last his dreams of fame are re- alized. He is lion- ized, photographed, auto- graphed,interviewedand so elated— that he can’t sleep nights but sits up in bed and reads and re-reads the accounts of his wonder- ful exploits in the news- Papers and magazines— and talks with every- body about it by day— 14 and the next time he plays (being nervous and followed by a large gallery) he makes the first hole in thirteen. Nerves shattered and physical collapse. Doc- tor and nurse's bill for same, $350. end of a straight linc between it and the ball—and it isn’t go- ing to move. * * * An approach shot is likealog. It is easier to roll than to pitch. comicbooks.com