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ISraW, 'the cbampion golfer, is always 'quiet and thoughtful when he is playing a match. He speaks little because he knows it is more profitable to be thinking. "The game is played better, and, what is more, it is certainly enjoyed better, when there is as little talking as possible. The time that is spent in walking from the place where the ball was last struck to that at which it stopped again, and from which the next shot will have to be played, had better be employed in thinking out the problems of the next' shot rather than in general conversation. "Too much thought can never be given to a consideration of the circumstances at times like this— the wind, the lie of the ball, the question as to whether you will pitch or run it, and so forth. There is at most a couple of minutes for all this thinking, and when the ball is reached only a few seconds will be left.
"You enjoy the game better if you think like this. It is always said that one of the great advantages of the game is that you can think of nothing else while playing it; but at the same time many players seem to try to think of other things, and to make their opponents do so. "Very talkative golfers often prejudice their chances of winning the majtch in other ways. They explain their shots to their opponents, what they found out when playing them, and certain peculiarities of the» situation that they had not suspected. "On the other side, always be ready to profit by any information given you in this way, and particularly get into the habit of watching yoiir opponent's stroke, and what happens to his ball when he is playing from anything like the same position that you are in. You may find out something very much worth knowing about the way in which your own shot will have to be played."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 26 October 1908, Page 8
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331UNKNOW Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 26 October 1908, Page 8
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