Davy: A light golf ball (floater) will rise fifteen or twenty feet higher
than a heavy ball. A light ball should always be used when you have to
“hold the green.”
L. V. B. Your experience coincides with that of many people. Putting
cannot be taught; not because it is too hard, but because it is too easy.
It is like instructing a duck in the art of natation.
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After a round of golf a man might acquire a reputation for originality
by announcing, in the locker room, that “at this time of year the shower
bath is the best part of the game.”
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“I must have looked up,” said our friend, A. E. D., as he replaced a
divot. And he added: “Why don’t we have a list of such remarks, numbered
to save time?” “Why not, indeed?” said we, who are nothing if not
helpful. And so we offer a short list which golfers may extend as they
wish: