COTTON'S METHODS
British golfers have a lot for which to thank Cotton, says a writer in "London Sporting and Dramatic," who had the foresight to see that, in order to restore our lost prestige, it would be necessary to adopt new methods and new ideas. He saw that, even among some of the better-known players, there was a' palpable lack of concentration. .
A« an example of what thinking on intelligent lines, hard work, and cojnplete~ ■absorption in the task in hand could perform, there was Bobby Jones, who had climbed the giddy heights, and obtained a secure footing. From the age of seventeen, when he took tho plunge into professionalism, having* thrown up a career of civil engineering. Cotton has been a slave to golf.
He has been up at sunrise and practised, for three hours before breakfast, and then at it again until luncheon. In the long winter evenings, he has prac-
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1934, Page 22
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COTTON'S METHODS
Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1934, Page 22
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