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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 58, 10 March 1927, Page 11

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VALUE OF PUTTING. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. .i j ;i 11 < i ;i i :n..1 <Mi a I;iiiiium Si "um \\u- jt-Ucj i* \ ;in .-jij.'.ic inu *. i■ r ."•« ]n ;.a . "itin J. •ri i.- a »;i . - i • I ,cd tin- j \i ; m n., ,i, lit.". 1 .-..aj'U:; ji : n ' \y :<y I ' '< .! • !.■ J1:• i• iC ih. lu: •. :i I : , .«->•- «!» 1I II "5c ••'•1 J 1 "II 1!n 11 nl. > I- i:I• ;1 ' 1 J'U' ' - l!i.!. .► I . J..-1! iti- ;i\\ :iv 4 : ..[a -< ' " i ' ill ' .ir.ji.it '.'in: ; ;irt ' !" si i■l ": ii - :i II" < i:i • !i. '.Ik i ■1: 11 it ►i.-'t II t'-rri n 1"« i)_■, : v u . , !. ;i .ivi ;In .11..' li. J. 11l : ;> . \:i 1 > villi,'M jm i,l ti- v, ji!ji y "in. l 11]<"•■- i'liMl." 1: j- 1 lie mini *» h,» li,n,'«. <ui* tii»'. vim v !i>-. and not nf.ri•>anh •.!.(■ man vim jdiiw 1 lie liin-t, mi ;n'» i •> ii,,- -t < ■ 11n' jjiivri. An mm- ■ i.itDil ' ; 11,11. " 7i ji \ c, n.i- (In. «ji\ ~1l!ii« lltir. IdTIL" CrsiTlK- ]da \C 1 . 11111 |1 ln»i» had 1 hen :lir icmiM j. £rtiri si 11 \ lui.l. A man vim kn.'v ji iHiilii:, !\ n,iiln:ic; :ilii,ut i-ulf atld )n, iV, cil v i: h I lie vitlicl-'Hl-I ni|•: ilu man vim tilie, notliTii » lITI Ihe ;i Ii if. I,tire Mimttlod Ujl 1 1 ''1 f. .11, 11.1 !\ nil, mj,\ 1,, Mill. ]lc (Old: <,11,1,1 ]~,til. hen tin; |iin£ in i 1 . \i',i 111-1 IIU 1 the lui 11 \ hall douti ;In li.iif

m ii« 1. u strokes :iv ]».Kki\,l(.;■ Kut llielc* ihe lull' <~"nl< a lot <■ f l v ' sr £nod ;.'"llcj*. I.llLe a lul of MlutvfM t« put ill,, wor Im" ilcnitl ihc vee |in>. I: i- pa 11 (if the jrnTlw which it v.uUl ■ repay all in practice who Jij ■11 <• 1 . ]>1;i v - Itic Io v In. (.1 ] il;iy a really tiwliil puiii''. The A run iran and Kill i»h lending lirlil"-. part imlarly amour ihe f »r«»«,•:si 1 class. the nil no of the 1-linii rarac and practice ii :■> siduoiislt . Gadd's Lesson. Oner the j'i<iJoM<maJ men uf ihc ''I ; l C'Utllly ll«*pjpel.fd j1 H till sulicted. Jlu!, ■ ihey nere taught la men.l their vji \ s jwhen ihc Amencan challengers' headed j In- lihjzan, than whom 1 here in ; tin licttej putter. licpan in cross i heir ; palh. <M-njpo <;add vat. uric of 1110..0, I who ha.d 1 iic commonwimc to see ihiit. i his {rood ]ong panic vat. suflcrili£ from a liad short < 'Tic. A iter ihe <•! iii inj>i •n i - ship an IteS he decided 1a take <■<! hi* fiat end work. To him ji was dear ihat it was the only way jf he wore in attain the exccllonee of ihe Amoi ieatis, and keep among ihe ]i\e champion*. <*a,dd l- a mtiti of pea; pnlieneo. unh •an infinite capacity fi>r taking jia.ns. lie «it an acknowledged class goifcr. but he began in Ihc belief lh:il lie van ; Ihe worst putlcr in ihc fame. Vnj douhu-dly llic vjiy li<« s<juand< red Mi'dKci on llic jrrwn aliinjl ihat linic. made onft | think 3it- »«', 33c was four tears ;ig.» a liad putter: 10-dny iln.ro" are few lictier. <iadd made lime fur piaciien at putting. atii] racmnvcr he decided tlia£ if ho were t« improto lie musl not only pradico. bul ho must alter hit. Hyde. For this he sludiod the putting of oilier* and made—for him—an important discovery. ]3<« found ihat in nine ciim-i out of ten vhen the hall minted the. wop ho]o ii did cm the left-hand m>. It wl him fhitiVinp at- 10 Iho eanse. and flftor <"*pcrimenl he deeid<-d that ihc dofort was caused hy the turn of 1 lie left wrin jit ihe moment the rluh stniel; the hall. J~he fsial! had toTif onrtvcll d, , and finally he adopted this stylo of play, i lie meilirid he was Mill flaying laM :y ear. He h'O-ls 1 lie eluli v ith Ihp h-ft hand, sn that ho ran sec all the knuckles, rups hard vith 1110 first arid wound (infers, and uses ihc right to pmpel ihc cluh. the left simply actinp as a {ruido. It is an awkward stylo, hut wilh 'Cadd it is wonderfully <.ITerlj-ve. Some this is i,he seri'cl of his pultinp. Iml it, ; is assuredly not. Ii va s oominnal practioo that made Ca.dd the putter hrt is. just as ii lias made Hajrnn a wizard on Iho CTeons. Boih saw the neces^ii■& of the short pame and practised putlm* 1 assiduously. 7"] lf . Imld may have snnie» to do with their aoeurarv. li;it» ■ without practice ihcir hold vouVl haio • lieen "heir undoing.

Ouimet's Theory. ]n ILc iruiH.-r of ljr.l.l*. for T11•: ■:• i 1 may lie said. thai vliau-vcr a Jot <i{ people lake i* bound 1,« Ik- \\ tun- vn m a Jot of oilier*. Some }iold <me ua\ amli sonic arioibn. Inn jcu mod vii.h n.n-li su.les* v illi«nji roucii prnr-Uoc. 'I ha Iruih <>1 finilf] | ip ji!'o\ en jn a liun* •Ircd n ays. I• u 1 i lie aliovp w ill Mtili-e. Francis I i-uimc; ]«« a i}|p ~-j i,i» owti jcp-ajeliri? ]njMmp. and romitijj fi.itu siiplj a soiircv il Trin-1 eotriTriHTid rr* per:., llioia~h n )>. a <'iiiion>. otic. li i>. ;i ki>r» "f )»i cliolteical rasp }ic ncl« itp. Hp. |« of 1 lie opinion that I.lip In. ham

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