Golf

AMATEURANDPROFESSIONAL31.
playshiswoodenclubsuptothehole
withgreatercertainty,butmoreoverhe
isinfinitelymoreaccurateinhisiron
play,andthewaythegreattrioflickthe
balluptothehole,fromquitelong
distances,withapparentlylittleexertion,
isquitearevelationtomenwhohave
beenmerrilywanderingintherealmsof
amateurgolf.
THEAMATEUR'SWEAKPOINTS.
Soeasilydotheseprofessionalsplay
thesestrokes,thatitisdifficulttoap-
preciatethatitisaspeciesofshotwhich
isquitethemostdifficultinthegame
ofgolf,andtheonewhichtheamateur
hasmasteredwithlesssuccessthanany
otherinthegolfer'srepertoire.This
strokeis,inmyopinion,thegreatmainstay
ofthebigmen'sgame.Theyseemable
toholditintothewindmuchasthey
please,andtheonlyamateurwhocan
approachtheminthemanipulationof
thesetellingstrokesis,inmyopinion,.
Mr.JohnGraham,Jun.,ashehasthat
sameeasyflickofthewrist,whichVardon
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Description	By Sir Henry Seton-Karr, C.M.G. ... Harold Hilton [and others].
Shelfmark	5.2894
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Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1907 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Golf Sports
Person / organisation:	Seton-Karr, Henry [Author] Hilton, Harold H. (Harold Horsfall), 1869- [Author] Greening & Company, Ltd [Publisher]
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