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Updated: June 9, 2025
When the golfer's mind turns to reflections such as these, you may depend upon it that it has been one of those days when everything has gone right and nothing wrong, and the supreme joy of life has been experienced on the links. The little white ball has seemed possessed of a soul a soul full of kindness and the desire for doing good.
"My friend here refuses to play until he has seen something of the country. He knows that the golfer's vision is bounded by the nearest bunker." Handyside took the cue. "That's the exact position, Miss Forbes," he said. "I was warned by the horrible experience of a friend of mine. He left Newark, N. J., on a sightseeing tour of Europe, but unfortunately took his clubs with him.
Tips for tee shots As to pressing The short approach and the wayward eye Swinging too much For those with defective sight Your opponent's caddie Making holes in the bunkers The golfer's first duty Swinging on the putting greens Practise difficult shots and not easy ones, etc. The following are detached suggestions, each of which, I think, is of value and importance.
These are the chief considerations which lead me to give an emphatic vote in favour of Sandwich when I am asked which is the best course that is to say, the best test of golf that is to be found in the British Isles, or elsewhere so far as I know, and I ask to be given no more favourable opportunity of studying a golfer's points, than to see him play a round or two over the St. George's links.
A game within another game Putting is not to be taught The advantage of experience Vexation of missing short putts Some anecdotes Individuality in putting The golfer's natural system How to find it And when found make a note of it The quality of instinct All sorts of putters How I once putted for a Championship The part that the right hand plays The manner of hitting the ball On always being up and "giving the hole a chance" Easier to putt back after overrunning than when short The trouble of Tom Morris.
On the other hand, he takes care that no act or omission of his shall ever cause his man the most momentary irritation, for he has sufficient knowledge of the golfer's temperament to know that these trifles are a constant source of bad holes.
"Slow back" The line of the club head in the upward swing The golfer's head must be kept rigid The action of the wrists Position at the top of the swing Movements of the arms Pivoting of the body No swaying Action of the feet and legs Speed of the club during the swing The moment of impact More about the wrists No pure wrist shot in golf The follow-through Timing of the body action Arms and hands high up at the finish How bad drives are made The causes of slicing When the ball is pulled Misapprehensions as to slicing and pulling Dropping of the right shoulder Its evil consequences No trick in long driving Hit properly and hard What is pressing and what is not Summary of the drive.
I think, in such circumstances, that it pays best to go straight for the hazard, because, if length is urgently demanded, what is the use of playing at an angle? Again, though there is undoubtedly an advantage gained by taking a bunker crossways, and thus giving the ball more time to rise, the advantage is often greatly exaggerated in the golfer's mind.
First a word as to the club, for there is scarcely an article in the golfer's kit which presents more scope for variety of taste and style. Drivers and brassies vary a little, cleeks and irons differ much, but mashies are more unlike each other than any of them.
Too many courses, with scarcely a brassy shot upon them, have been ruined by this greed for holes. When the land has been allotted to the purpose, a very thorough and careful survey should be made of all its features. This is not to be done in one morning. The land, no doubt, is very rough, and at the first glance it looks ill-adapted to the golfer's purpose.
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