Potted golf

Potted Golf.
to which you should always recur in
times of difficulty. Out of a score of
players no two will stand alike. The
clubs vary, the men vary still more;
putters range from the old-fashioned
piano leg, or wooden club, to weapons
that look like the product of a drunken
imagination ; and there have been
players so eccentric, so careless of the
great traditions of the game, as to
bring to the putting green the methods
of the croquet lawn and the physical
culture class. Thank goodness the
mallet-headed putters have now been
proscribed.
First study carefully (only don't
keep the couple behind waiting) the
contour of the ground between your
ball and the hole. Decide upon the
line your ball should take to the hole.
Then take an easy stance, in which the
weight of the body shall be evenly
balanced on ' both legs. Be firm on
your feet. For an approach putt, of
20
yards or so, you will probably get
accurate direction, but fail to guage
the strength. The reason why the
long putt is often held closer to the
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