. Travers' golf book. eting jolt. As aresult he overplays the hole on his ap-proach putt, misses his attempt to securea 4, and instead of being 2 up, as he an-ticipated, finds the match all GOLF BOOK Losing a hole which you have mentally jotted down on the card as won, is the worst blow that can fall upon a nervous player, except the loss of the match itself. Never count a hole as won until the balls are in the cup. Good approaching is bound to get on the nerves of your opponent and affect Rub o the his play. While he will be little con- p cerned about your long driving, he will bec
. Travers' golf book. eting jolt. As aresult he overplays the hole on his ap-proach putt, misses his attempt to securea 4, and instead of being 2 up, as he an-ticipated, finds the match all GOLF BOOK Losing a hole which you have mentally jotted down on the card as won, is the worst blow that can fall upon a nervous player, except the loss of the match itself. Never count a hole as won until the balls are in the cup. Good approaching is bound to get on the nerves of your opponent and affect Rub o the his play. While he will be little con- p cerned about your long driving, he will become nervous when he sees your ball lying five or six feet from the hole after your approach. Many a time under such circumstances he will take his eye ofif the ball or through some other fault miss his shot. I have met players who claimed that they never missed shots because of nervousness, but I have always put these claims in the same class as a rub o the green, which, you will recall, doesnt count for anything. 160. Photo Copyright by American Press Association PLATE XXXI—STANCE FOR THE MASHIEThe right foot is well in advance of the left and the ball is about opposite the left heel. THE DIFFICULT MASHIE I have played my share of nerve-rack-ing matches against the cleverest ama-teurs on both sides of the Atlantic, andas a member of the gallery I have seenscores of similar clashes on the links be-tween experts. As a result of this obser-vation I can state without qualificationthat every man who plays golf has lostmatches and missed shots on account ofnervousness at some stage of his golfingcareer. My mashie weighs 14 ounces, and is The Best363^ inches long. It has a narrow blade, ^^^*^or face, with a fair amount of loft, andthe blade is fitted to a stifif shaft. Asthere are many different patterns ofmashies, the player will have to discoverby experiment which pattern suits hisplay best. Experience has convinced methat better results can be obtained by us-ing a mashie with a
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