GOLF.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20179, 6 March 1931, Page 4

GOLF.

FIXTURES. durUtcUiiroh, Ladies* Club —March. Xlth: Flag mat«h (two divisions). ' Gbristcbureh. Club—March. 14th; A. E. G. Rhode* Challenge Bowl (mixed four-ball). NOTES OF THE DAY. (By "FIiAGBTIG.fi.") At Shirley next Wednesday the ladies of the Christ church Club are opening the 1 1931 season with a, flag match in two divisions, the first event of the men's season —a mixed fourball competition for the A. E. G. Rhodes Challenge Bowl—following three days later. For the latter event it is customary for players to arrange their own opponents and starting times. \

The Avondale coursa has been maintained in playing order throughout the summer, and on the fairways the benefit of the heavy top-dressing applied last year is now apparent. The greens are famous for their excellent quality and have never been in better order than they are to-day. Though four of the holes of the new lay-out are at present out of play, two of these, the 13th and 14th, should with the further top-dressing now being given them be ready for the club's opening day, which is set down for Saturday, March 28th. This will be an open day, when visitors from other clubs are cordially invited to be present. The committee in charge of the course improvements according to the plans of Mr C. H. Redhead are to pa congratulated on the success of their labours, which on the typical golfing country of Avondale have created n ftne sporting course, with plenty of variety of stance, of approach, and of outlook. Visibility of all greens from tho correct plage of approach is a featiu-a of the course, whereas a badly placed shot gives, in many places, a "blind" approach to ff| e hole. Jlya recent alteration in the club a rules, provision is made for an increase in the men's membership roll to twice that of the ladies, and there are thus a few vacancies on bptji rolls.

At Harewood considerable damage was done to roeontly-pliuited trees by « ftre which a portion of the links, but even greater loss was sustained from the prolonged dry spell at midsummer, woll-establishcd trees of five-six years' growth having in some instances succumbed. The preens ara in capita) order, and members will note with' pleasure the new site and bunkering at the twelfth "hole, "Russley," which will now be a slight dogleg to-the right. A new elevated tee at the long fourteenth, "Embankment," will also be welcomed as giving increasol visibility. It i« expected that the club wiu open its 1931 season, probably on March 21st f with a slight increase in its membership.

Tba newtyrappofnted professional to tno New Zealand Golf Association, N. H. fuller, is a Ancklander, who served in apprenticeship with E. .J. Mo«, open champion in 1924, 1937Playing with F. Kutter in the professional foursomes at Wanganni in 1929, Fal|er performed brilliantly, the 147 (74-73) returned by the pair being nma-§trofee«f better than the cards of N. Bpß qnd 6, W, Ritchie, who cfttno second. TJje recent rains, which have .bean welcomed by greenfctepers wrefiywhere, bavg been of especiat benefit at Hagley, where despite lack of provision for watering and the damage done by heavy drafts of sheep the are showing th« benefit of the treatment. received, duriiijj the last two yoars, To a MMWeraMo #*tcti)t ,tbo. coarser grasses hftya been eliminated and their P'ace taken by brpwn-tpp and fescue, and -tvjto th« tojhdmfsing WW bain# evw 'tfi® Krews, though. nndnlating, should present smooth nutting stirtacep fairly sv#a m pace, The growth p. n , the fairways % this year much lighter tban psual, apd once tho stylfoi havo been out down find raked off, little work will he required from the triplex mower tQ briijg thppi Into shaaa for play, at the beginning of each season -shonld not £egteei-~-pnd unfortunately too »f» evey remember-r----to renew thai jr a«M«»intfjnpe with the «w» of the game, and particularly the provided for the venous breaches-of rules, that tho player may times, #»d of&P JwwFor a ganno so simple , u conpeption vth© rales are no doubt unduly complicated and dlpoult to master, fort until the Jong-awaitpd retuhSu W tfte rale* of GqTf Committee of tha flf; pud A r ,takeg this, by the-way, can coaFcely be completely effective (Jnlesf the kindred body ot the , tJ,S,O,A. is who jittemntg to play without » pfow ; study of the rales is courting trouble for fiifflself is a potential naisflpco to his Bspee?a)}y «iugt be be m his g»ard <m the pntting-green, which it uißsirfe b« njmewtered, ts, m IfroHljd, except hazards, within twenty yards df the flplV This area need not coincide, •yep approirinrntely, with the closely, mown aw®. A player' jnwbt easily be pfnaljiod by the lost of the hple. ojr iii strode competitions two strokes, if h© unthinkingly picked I IP loose impediments <fpi?b as leaves or nifle-iieeales lying more than a club'g Jfengtb from his ball, but pff the put- ■ Wig-green. point which 'the Wfjrer. should be very careftil about is to ceo that fj# does npt pfay> the wrong ball, for in a rtrpfca thi? unless, promptly discovered and rcptlfieq, {nVolvps disqualification, terw does not carry with it the ppproMum that it doe# in most other ; |p9ftß, for everyone Uppws that it is to incur the peqgtty without doing anything unfair, bqf that gfres m "comfort if thp disQwalifipfltfop should or throa qualifying-rounds- TII9. stickler for. rules maybe, gome tiroes rather r 9, puisange to play, with; bot his inis generally j&lptary. 'JH ' « gogte hints are givqn in the February number pf Zealand Gelt Illustrated" rfgarding the real of the golf gtroiie, For exejpplp .ft ftqotfltfon> given from Jiin Barnes At Bret thoqght one is rathfir lively to feel that the arm ß do.most of the in playing a golf ■jstr&ke, This is a mistaken idea at least, for anything more than a half'' awing. A -simple teat will convince yon on'that point. Just try swinging * *!?nb Without turning or twisting 1 the body, and H will rpamly be discovered PQi? Uttle'power «cßn be'put in StjFokOf / fho big muscles of tl)B body sbqpltlprg, and leg yield the real power-" Again another authority", lays down :-^ u Mt»t beginners try to do qU th#' work with, tneir arms, bnt tjie propeuing tho club and trying pull the body, around remind- one - pf.Jtyii} "tail wagging the dpg,' Ti)» principle is wrong, 'fjie arms through the swing, without tho p6w«r. fill- ptnades giving jmbstance .to . the ftrokfi the various factors .com, posing the swing from .synchronising, Jf, "therefore, the player will "realise whifre hh?. greatest power lies he will P9 in a fair way to develop his. method Hpgn sound theories, It will enable 1 biffi to avoid the spiteful, vicious jerk to gets/the ball away apd rely morq; Men ,tt» tiktate powerful ewpen of the jslnb tp yl|,« now that the J£frj£ Cup wfll be competed for at

Kensington, Sydney, in June, just" prior to the New South Wales State Championship tournament at Hose Bay, Tte Council pf the N-Z,Q,A, wiJJ iR tjie meantime approach several probable members of the New Zealand teqsm to ascertain whether they would go, if picked. diamond harbour glub. Alj the annual meeting of the women's Bec{}op of the Diatripjjd Humour Golf Club tljo following officers wera elected: Presidppt, Mrs Paine; vice-preaidepta, Mesdames Colin Cook and F. Sutton; ion. secretary, Mia W. Patont captain, Mies M'J Cock':' tepiity-captwn %« ? E ; MwSy; committee, MMMSmes E. Curti", T, , Bowrine A V White-Farsonß, L. P. pieWitt, B;' WJ}it«-Patßona and M. Button. The Wuon i 8 to opou op March 2\pt. OPEN TOURNEY AT ORLANDO. (UKiigo paiSßa » BL&ctjuo 3SU.pOH«'B-COPtWSHT,) , iSeggiyed M»rrf»'gHi, 9,95 NEW YOBK. Marsh 4 Ai OrUpifo (Wlnrid*), Clqejf wan t j,„ »jfen epli tonrnsHnea* gf Ml witb Hft S«n »M *M(fnd -wit** J4B, and Kulmwi w 8 » «ri& j|jf, .