Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The great bewitcher
I just read an excerpt from Ben Hogan's book FIVE LESSONS--THE MODERN FUNDAMENTALS OF GOLF which reminds me why I enjoy the game so much....
"And then, suddenly the miracle happens. The despairing man who could do nothing right now can do nothing wrong. He fishes his clubs out of the water and buys the balls back from the caddy. He feels, as the song says, "now at last I know the secret of it all.
The bewitcher [golf] leads him on. Now he becomes arrogant and conceited again. He sees things clearly. He is Murder, Incorporated off the tees, sudden death on his approaches, a veritable Willie Hoppe for accuracy on the greens. In his great joy, he finds he loves all his fellow men, especially those in his own foursome. He wants to share his newly discovered secrets. He gives them freely to his companions. He is a Daddy Warbucks for generosity. He is also a pain in the neck.
But the game, the bewitcher, will take care of him. At the moment when his confidence is highest, his happiness indescribable, she will let him have it. He will slice his drive, he will blunder his way back onto the fairway and into a trap, he will four-putt the green. He will be chastened. He will know humility again."
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