. Travers' golf book. rather than merely to get on thegreen. At one time I felt the same waymyself concerning the approach seven years ago I was following awell-known golfer in company with otherspectators. I noticed that whenever he139 GOLF BOOK played his approach shots, he played notfor the green but for the pin itself. Thiswas plainly visible by the careful way inwhich he sought a certain line to the nearedge of the green or just short of it, withallowance for the run to the cup. Hewould make exactly the right allowanceon shot after shot, and get down in oneputt on enough greens
. Travers' golf book. rather than merely to get on thegreen. At one time I felt the same waymyself concerning the approach seven years ago I was following awell-known golfer in company with otherspectators. I noticed that whenever he139 GOLF BOOK played his approach shots, he played notfor the green but for the pin itself. Thiswas plainly visible by the careful way inwhich he sought a certain line to the nearedge of the green or just short of it, withallowance for the run to the cup. Hewould make exactly the right allowanceon shot after shot, and get down in oneputt on enough greens to convince methat this was the secret of the highestgrade of for Since that time I have devoted much attention to practicing this approach shotto the pin, and I now think it is thestrongest part of my game. From thevery day I first took it up I could see amarked improvement in my scoring. Toput a bit of golf wisdom into verse, Aim for the hole,Allow for the roll! Many well-known writers on golf140 the Pin. Photo Copyright by American Press Association PLATE XX—FINISH AND FOLLOW THROUGH OF MID-IRON SHOT Remember to hit the ball first and tftke turf in the follow through. GOLFERS FAVORITE CLUB recommend the cultivation of the half-iron shot. That is to say, they spare theshot when the distance sought is too short The Half- . -. ,, . 1 f , ,, Iron Shot for a full iron, and too great for a fullmashie. This shot is one of the most diffi-cult strokes to master to the extent ofsecuring dependable consistency of exe-cution from it. It is very hard to prop-erly time the stroke. To my mind it is avery hazardous and unreliable shot toattempt in a close match. Naturally, inthe half-iron stroke the club is not takenback as far as in the full stroke. Uponthe prolongation of the back swing de-pends altogether the amount of distancethat is to be gained on the shot. Thewrists, instead of bending, are kept ratherrigid. The body, also, is kept still, aridthere is less pivoting or tu
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