Identifier: chickevansgolfbo00evan (find matches)
Title: Chick Evans' golf book
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Evans, Chick, 1890-1979
Subjects: Golf
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Pub. for T.E. Wilson & co., by the Reilly & Lee co., Chicago
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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The three grips which have helped to make Evans a champion.His present putting grip is shown in the left hand corner; oppositeis the all-important position of the left thumb. Below is shown hispresent grip for all shots except the putt.
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The address. Matches Not in the Book 305 the eleventh, the Old Circus Ring, Mr. Foster got intoa bunker and lost the match. We had other freak stunts. Once Harry Turpie car-ried a tall poplar, on the sixth hole, that had been thedespair of all golfers. Once he and I drove balls verysuccessfully from the crystal of President Brocklebankswatch. This was considered quite a stunt. The moreexpensive the watch the more difficult the trick. CHAPTER XXV SHOTS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM Persistence keynote to success on the links —Change comes with rubber-core ball — Run-upshots and their value — Harry Vardon correctsgrip. In these chapters on instruction I aim to put in abrief way what I have learned during the almost con-stant playing of golf up to 1920. I may not fully realizethis, but I should like to be able to show how the pathof progress may be shortened, for, although I finallyreached my objective, I came a long, discouraging way,honeycombed with pitfalls. It may be surmised that Imust

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