. Travers' golf book. He was some 240 yards at leastfrom the hole, which was on the right-hand side of the green, with a row of treesbordering the line of play to the right, directly paralleling it. And trouble to121 GOLF BOOK the left. The least bit of a mistake meantdisaster—the loss of at least a stroke—per-haps the loss of the hole! And how su-perbly he rose to the occasion! His shotwas truly magnificent! Played boldly,with a suggestion of hook, it gave him aputt for a 3—and virtually settled thematch. It did settle the match. I finished twoup and then defeated Max Behr 8 up and7 to play i
. Travers' golf book. He was some 240 yards at leastfrom the hole, which was on the right-hand side of the green, with a row of treesbordering the line of play to the right, directly paralleling it. And trouble to121 GOLF BOOK the left. The least bit of a mistake meantdisaster—the loss of at least a stroke—per-haps the loss of the hole! And how su-perbly he rose to the occasion! His shotwas truly magnificent! Played boldly,with a suggestion of hook, it gave him aputt for a 3—and virtually settled thematch. It did settle the match. I finished twoup and then defeated Max Behr 8 up and7 to play in the final round for the cham-pionship The spoon is a club with many features bpoon q£ ^g brassie, generally with a longer face and slightly more lofted. I neveruse a spoon, because I believe it tends tospoil a mans game by leading him tospare his shots and shorten his game. Iprefer to use the right club for the dis-tance I wish to make, hitting the ballsquarely and accurately with about the 122. Photo Copyright by American Press Association PLATE XIV—STANCE FOR HANGING LIE WITH THE BRASSIE Showing the right foot well in advance of the left. Keep the eye fixed on theground immediately back of the ball. HOW TO PLAY THE BRASSIE same effort every time. Some players usespoons for cleek shots and shorter shaftedones more laid back for mid-iron strokes,but I have never found any necessity forlearning how to use two clubs to get aboutthe same result. For the player of slightphysique, or for older players, the spoonprovides a method of getting greater dis-tance with less muscular effort than cleeksand irons, but for the younger player andfor men of normal strength, my theory is The Sparedthat irons are best. I believe in practi- j. ,cally playing every full shot for all it isworth, and do not favor three-quartershots or half shots with a stronger the right club for the distance andhit every stroke firmly and hard. Onshort approaches there must be a var
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