ly ensue.

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When playing in frosty weather, do not take it for granted that because
the greens are hard they are also fast. Unless the greens were
exceedingly smooth when the frost began, they will be covered with an
abundance of little frozen knobs and pimples which greatly retard the
progress of the ball.

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In wet weather it is a good thing to carry a piece of chalk in your
pocket, and to rub the face of the driver and brassy with it each time
before making a stroke. It prevents the ball from skidding.

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Unless you have a very good and special reason for doing so, do not play
in gloves. The grip is seldom so secure and exact as when it is effected
with the bare hands.

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Always use the club that takes the least out of you. Play with an iron
instead of forcing your shot with a mashie. Never say, "Oh, I think I
can reach it with such and such a club." There ought never to be any
question of your reaching it, so use the next more powerful club in
order that you will have a little in hand. It will be easier, and the
result will be much better, or at least it ought to be.

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Never use thick handle grips. They place weight at the wrong end of the
club. I like the thinnest I can get. I do not advise playing with rubber
grips if they can be avoided. On a wet day they might be the cause of a
lost match.

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Always use spliced in preference to socketed clubs. They are better in
every way.

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Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each new golfing invention as
soon as it makes its appearance. If you do you will only complicate and
spoil your game and encumber your locker with much useless rubbish. Of
course some new inventions are good, but it is usually best to wait a
little while to see whether any considerable section of the golfing
public approves of them before rushing to a shop to order one.

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If you have completely lost confidence for the time being in any
particular club, even though it may be one with which you have performed
brilliantly in days gone by, leave it out of your bag altogether for a
short season and try to forget all about it. The day will come before
very long when you will feel that it is once more the