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Chicago Eagle
Chicago, Cook County County, Illinois
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President Woodrow Wilson attributes his ability to handle presidential challenges, like international issues and Mexican affairs, to golf, which rests his mind for clear thinking. He plays with custom English clubs from his brother, favors a steady short game, and golfs at the Washington Country Club in Virginia without special treatment.
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GOLF is credited by President Wilson with making possible the solving of knotty international problems, handling of Mexican affairs and all the thousand and one things a busy president must do. By golf he rests his mind so thoroughly he can think clearly and act intelligently during working hours.
President Wilson has one of the finest sets of golf sticks in the country. They were made for him in England by a professional and given to him by his brother, John A. Wilson, of Franklin, Pa.
They are longer clubs than used by the average player, each having more than a 40-inch shaft. His brother also gave him a doeskin golf bag to hold not only the 15 clubs, but a rubber coat and hat the president always takes with him when he golfs.
The president's golf game is characterized by steadiness and care. He plays what is known as a "short game," taking two shots to cover a distance another player might attempt in one. The president's long suit is putting. He is steady and accurate.
President Wilson's definition of golf may be new to some people. He says: "Golf is an ineffectual attempt to put an elusive ball into an obscure hole with uncontrollable instruments."
Most of the president's golfing is done at the Washington Country club, across the river in Virginia. This is a small club made up mostly of government officials, people from the Smithsonian institution and the scientific bureaus. There are no social features; it is exclusively golf.
Players at the club have learned to treat the president as he likes to be treated—as merely another member of the club. He is shown no special consideration or courtesies. He is always trailed by the secret service men.
The president always takes the caddies as they come and pays the caddie 35 cents, the customary charge for 18 holes.
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President Wilson credits golf with enabling him to solve international problems and manage duties by resting his mind for clear thinking. He uses custom long-shafted clubs and a doeskin bag gifted by his brother John A. Wilson of Franklin, Pa. He plays a steady short game, excels at putting, and defines golf humorously. He golfs at the Washington Country Club, treated as an equal member, with Secret Service trailing, and pays caddies 35 cents.