Potted golf

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Potted Golf.
correct line than the short one is that
the player in the former case is more
careful to hit the ball firmly, and to
take the club through. Short putts
are usually missed because the stroke
is chopped—that is, the ball is, as it
were, flabbily stabbed. The golden
rule, whether for long or for short putts,
is to take the club through. It is
true you may putt well while chopping
the stroke. But it will not be for long.
Nemesis will overtake you for stopping
the progress of the club so soon as you
have struck the ball. Inevitably you
will have a bad time.
Life-long friends have quarrelled
over the much-vexed question of
the merits of the flexible wrist and
of the stiff wrist in putting. I belong
to the flexible wrist school. There
is no doubt as to which looks best.
Mr John L. Low putts as prettily as
any man I know, and he has a flexible
wrist. Particularly for the long putt,
keep the wrists loose. Grip the club
firmly. There should be no move-
ment of the head or the body, and,
despite what is sometimes said to the
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