. Travers' golf book. e championship at Wheaton, in1912, I was decidedly ofif my game so faras the wooden clubs were concerned. Thecourse was narrow, and in the finals against Charles Evans, Jr., I practically132 HOW TO PLAY THE CLEEK used my driving-iron from the rounds on the tenth hole, which is240 yards, I reached the green with mydriving-iron. 133 CHAPTER XII THE GOLFERS FAVORITE CLUB, THEMID-IRON T <HE mid-iron is the Jack-of-All-Trades of golf. One can drive,approach, putt and even get out of a rea-The Star in sonable amount of trouble v^ith it. In^ one-club contests it pla
. Travers' golf book. e championship at Wheaton, in1912, I was decidedly ofif my game so faras the wooden clubs were concerned. Thecourse was narrow, and in the finals against Charles Evans, Jr., I practically132 HOW TO PLAY THE CLEEK used my driving-iron from the rounds on the tenth hole, which is240 yards, I reached the green with mydriving-iron. 133 CHAPTER XII THE GOLFERS FAVORITE CLUB, THEMID-IRON T <HE mid-iron is the Jack-of-All-Trades of golf. One can drive,approach, putt and even get out of a rea-The Star in sonable amount of trouble v^ith it. In^ one-club contests it plays the star part, for a golfer armed with this single imple-ment of his favorite sport can go roundthe entire eighteen holes in such low fig-ures, comparatively speaking, that hewonders why the other clubs were in-vented. As a matter of fact, however, itis not the equal of the driver and brassiefor distance, it is far inferior to themashie for shots that require lofting, and as an ever-present help in trouble it by134. Photo Copyright by AmeHcan Press Assoctatton PLATE XVIII—ADDRESS FOR A MID-IRON SHOTThe ball is about opposite the center of the body, the grip the same as for the drive. GOLFERS FAVORITE CLUB no means supplants the mashie , as the marine is the HandyMan of the British Navy, the mid-iron isthe Handy Club of golf. Furthermore,although the iron clubs include the cleek,driving-iron, mid-iron, jigger, mashie,mashie niblick and putter, the mid-ironalone has won the distinction of being re-ferred to as the mid-iron is the favorite club of Easiest ,, X T 1 J Club in the most golfers. In my own case 1 would drather play a full iron shot up to the holethan any other stroke in the game. Whenthe caddie hands me the iron I feel surethat the chances of bringing off a success-ful shot are largely in my favor. Differ-ent golfers excel with different kinds ofclubs and on different strokes. It does notmatter so much regarding the length, loftor shap
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