NERVE IN GOLF.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 July 1919, Page 6

NERVE IN GOLF.

l ————o———— ' ( TRICKS AND TRIALS on TE‘I\iPERAVIENT. I Q -- I l\/lATCH-'WINNI.\*G WAYS. ‘ g Nerves play some fl:lln_v tricks in ‘golf, and not only the smaller fry, but ‘the great ones. of the links are numgbered among the victims. It is one of [the standing puzzles of the game how [little things can firid our weal-:nesses The irritabilitj-' that Y\ol‘l‘iCS a man off his game is by no nneans the SpoCial property of retired and crusty colonels who ean’t put “with those £damned ships sailing out there.” 1 Everybody who plays is open to ithis influence of temperament, though. lof course, it is 1'! matter of degree‘. {Delays on the round will of?en re{duee quite a passable golfer To anger {and impotence. It is not at all un‘common to hear a player say “this ir.val'.ln._,r is getting on m_v nerves_”Not only so, out you can see the evil ati wor;«: You can see the man beginning? the sad but stupid pi-ncess of‘ beating} liinissli. 5.0-11-3 minor disaster may start the! trouble, such as a, bad shot, or a bad; hole, 3.-"t@<‘.‘7..e has tiers lmr;wr.-' to (l? it The} fil‘“’C too has i.el'i‘ol's Of" its own fo.‘ all ) ranks of ‘g“olfers. There is usilililyt it cl'oWl_l round about, and the efféfitl of a “gallery,” often very upsetting! and results in ,~"ussing a too q|;’(].;!? swing or the eye leaving the hall_ ' THE SPHINX-LIKE EXPRESSION: There is a popular fallacy that or '-- 1 fessionals who figure in all the big; events have no nerves. They, l:nn,| have admitted their moments of high] tension, but where they generally] SCOI‘O is that they can control theiri nerves. . Just before the war George Duncan‘ was the most discussed. man in the; game. Temperament and Duncan? were always anention:e"- in’"the same‘ breath, and the sum of it all was that! the brilliant George was soon boundi to come into his kingdom, for he hadi at last got a grip of l-ims'eli' on the.‘ big occasions_ We must wait and see, but certainly I had the impression that he had improved ’renlp'él‘amentally James Braid, the dour-lookin_r_r and doubhty Scot, and M".-. Jerome TTV2I-i ers, the ‘American champion. have been coupled as players With the ideal temm‘-ranient. ‘ ‘ Well, certainly, ifyon e'i<'fiEEt Jimmy Braid’s face to give my clue to his emotions in a hard TflZ.ltiCh you are on 1 loser. He keeps his secret mm the 3Dhinx. Jerry Travers was Teportgd :0 hold a similar adv.-mtage but when H: the premier hope oi.‘ America, he Nils beaten at Sandwich. by the vet

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