Potted golf

Potted Golf.
means a short pitch, with sufficient
way on the ball to send it bounding to
the green. The running-up shot is a
wind-cheating shot. By keeping the
ball close to the ground it escapes
risk of being deflected from its course.
If you play a pitching shot with a
strong down wind, and the ground in
the neighbourhood of the hole is undu-
lating, it may on the rebound take a
direction you little intended with a
pace you little imagined. If you play
a pitching shot into a strong wind you
will give it an underspin that, under
the influence of the wind, will cause it
to rise so long as the spin lasts, and then
it will come tumbling down to earth
almost in a straight line—probably
not half the distance you intended it
should reach.
By all means cultivate the running-
up shot. It is invaluable. Some of
the finest players will always run a
shot in preference to pitching
it.
I
don't let my enthusiasm for it dominate
me to that extent. Mr Low thinks it
is easier to guess distance for a low
shot than for a high one. "The
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