ON THE GOLF LINKS

Chronicle (Levin), 13 August 1946, Page 6

ON THE GOLF LINKS

PRESIDENT'S TROPHY MATCH WIN FOR A. E. HASTEDT Another large attendance of local golfers assembled on the Levin links last Saturday afternoon to play in the president's trophy match. At the commencement of play a keen s'outh-westerly wind made conditions unpleasant and squally rain later on in the afternoon did not improve matters, but despite this the large field thoroughly enjoyed their outing and the flnal nine holes were piayea under almost perfect conditions. The ultimate winner of the flag match, which was the competition of the day, was A. E. Hastedt, who planted the flag in the hole at the 18th green, thereby playing to his handicap: L. S. Carmichael proved a worthy runner-up, lipping his equalising putt on the same hole, | chus erediting the aforementionea player with a narrow but well j merited win. j Next Saturday's Fixture i Aceording to the match pro- 1 i gramme, a medal round is sched- I ! uled to be played on Saturday j afternoon next, but as the club \ handicap and championship fix- ; tures are well advanced, a fourball! I best ball bogey match will be play- i I ed instead. This is always a more j | popular fixture, especially when j ; players are not liable to re-handi- , I cap on their round, and the mere J ! fact of- keeping their drawn up : 1 partner to defeat "Colonel Bogey" j ! Is another interesting aspect of ; play. The draw for partners will be j i 1.5 p.m. from the clubhouse. "Top Dog" Trophies | The names of two new holders j j of the above trophies, W. C. Childs ! i and H. Bull, now appear on the ; challenge list in the clubhouse. j j often having succeeded in annex- I ■ ing the trophies from the previous j i nolders, T. J. Coutie and S. . C. i | Franklin. ! A very even eontest saw the hold- : ! ers one up at the completion of ! I nine holes, but the challengers j i evened the score and with _steadx | play reached a handy lead, when i they won two successive holes and were two up with three to play. jwith a bogey score on the next j hole, the challengers clinched the 1 match and comf ortably won the trophies with a three and a two imargin. The next to challenge ari jC. M. Wallace and C. D. Melville, ; two medium handicappers, wno ! hope to test the holders fully. j: in i,i. .ChampiQnship .Flay , s ; Play in both senior and junior isections is well up to schedule and jseveral further matches were playied over the week-end. Owing to ; one game still having to be finaltised in the senior section, full i detailed results will be withheld until this game has been played. A ' full resume of results will be pubI iislied 'in the next sports issue. "Welcome Home" j The Levin Ciu'b's committee for | some time past has been preparing jfor an official welcome home to I ch'ose members of the club who have returned from service overseas. ' Owing to the late arrival of : several members this ceremony has j been delayed, but the committee : has now decided to acknowledge its debt to the majority of old and new members of the various services, by holding the welcome home I on Saturday next, August 17. This ; will be a red letter day in the pres- ; ent season's activities and a record ' attendance on the local links is : anticipated to do honour to all club j members who served overseas in ! World War II. Passing Passages t A Gift: The proveroial Scots- ' man, Sandy, on mentiohing the fact of celebrating the 20th anni- ! versary of his wedding to a friend, ! was asked if he was giving his wife I a gift suitable to the occasion. Tlie | reply was to the fact of taking her ; for a round of golf and giving her ' three strokes. ; "Hooking" may be caused by a j faulty grip, so you must look to i your grip if you find that many Df your shots are sailing away to the left. See that your left hand is not : :oo much over the shaft, or your ; right hand too far under it. See ' 'he two Vs on looking down at vour aormal grip. ; In a bogey match most players j (tart ofl with "Colonel Bogey" and i come home with General Alibi." | When you take the club back, itiotice that your hands do not turn I over and shut the face of the club. i And again that left shoulder! We emphasise ' that left shoulder! posiion because it is most imgprtant and has some bearing ori ; each individual case. A good golfer always has one should'er a little higher than the other, and it is the left. . When driving the club should onl^ hit the ball and not the ball and the ground. Even after the ball has been hit the club should not hit the ground. ^ Pivoting can be accomplished in "he following manner: Give no hought to your toes, ankles. knees, oips or shoulders while swinging at '.he ball. Concentrate on swinging -he club in the usual mannel-. If you do this, and permit your bodv 'o respond freely to the swing of he arms, it will pivot in the right wa y and at the right degree. "Digging" is a comnion fault . among novices and is the cause of j many "hufled" shots by top grade

I players. It is generally supposed ! co be caused by the dropping oi the | right shoulder, but there are othei causes, such as hitting too soon oi ! using too much right hand in j playing the shot. Most golfers wiii ,be concerned with tlie dropping oi | uhe right shoulder. It is necessary. ! however, to keep the left shoulder high and also be sure that the lefi jside braces as the ball is approach- ■ ed. If the follow through is exei cuted properly with the left arm jstraight, this and many otner ; golfing ills will be curea. l One of the chief reasons for failI ure in mashie play with a great ' number of players, is the easing up ! on the stroke. Don't try to ease up j on the shot half-w'ay through — hii 1 ihrougli with the full stroke onc c j flie swing has started.