Golfing Wisdom From the Ancients
Where there’s a will there’s no sway.
Simplified Sport
Sir: A golfing friend of mine was telling a friend, not a golfer, how difficult it was to play over the ditch on our course. The party of the second part said, “Why don’t they fill up the ditch?”
A. H. R.
Waterloo, Ia.
(Your party of the second part is evidently related to the old lady who, watching a tennis game, asks, “Why don’t they take down the net?”)
The new professional at our club is Mr. Al Falfa, winner of last year’s open, when he pitched a ton of hay in six forks under par. Mr. Falfa uses the closed stance in pitching, as he believes it facilitates the follow-through. In hoeing, however, he inclines to a square stance, the feet being close together. As adviser to the greens committee, he advocates dandelions and dock as being superior to spinach. As a majority of our club is going in for gardening, the new pro’s teaching time is already filled.