HARD HITTING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 87, 29 April 1937, Page 7

HARD HITTING

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How Far Should ' a Golfer Drive? PAUL SCOTT'S ANSWER

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How far should a golfer drive? This query is answered by Paul Scott in Golf in Australia in the wordsi "We should Only drive as | far as we can with ease, balance I and cohtroL" If, after the shot is played, We feel Btrained or notice a loss of balance, no matter how straight or far it is, we havo not hit a correct golf shot.

How many long drivera, or big hitters with other clubs, do yoti know who cannot attain to a low handicap or ©Ven a single-figure otie? Many players make a xeputation for themselves as big hitters and stfain to live tip to their reputation, but that as far as they get. They sacrifice accuracy, and delicate touch that is necessary for the finish to their game, by hard hitting.. In watching men play golf, Scott observes there is one fault most of them have— they liit their drives harder than they should. We all have our limitations as to how far we can drive, and although we should tiot let our iimitatiotis inaster uS, we should not sacrifice conttol for distance. All players have a certain amount of pride and like to hit a golf ball aB far as an oppoUent, but why press and mull a driVe for the sake of an extra 20 yards, when a nicely controlled shot j will place you in a good position for the nest to the green and a possible i win for the hole? All golfefs realise the thrill of hitting a long straight ball, but the majority fail to recogniae that ftU men are built oti ditterent physical littes jvhich limit each one's capabilities, even iti the hitting of a golf ball. The moral, therefore, is to recognise yoiir owti. limitations, Strive to keep within them by hitting a wellcontrolled shot that will place you in a good position for yoiir next, and the I game becomeS simplified. A tiew retidering of a tvell-ktiown Old proverb I into golfhig terhiS is "Look after each | shot' and the game will look after itself." ; • •