GOLF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2150, 16 May 1914, Page 12

GOLF.

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A PROMiSfNG YOUNC PtAYER. A surprise was sprung uncu members of tiio ( iiutt Golf Club at tho concluekm <r( the Bogy Competition on; Saturday .Inst, when Mr. Mupert Weed returned a csird showing 6 lip on liogy. His score showed that lie did tho first 0 iwles in -13 and the second in 42 — a totni gross score of 90. As Mr. Heed only began playing oji the* last Saturday iri Jlarcli of this year, about six weeks previously, ho won of eoareo iilaewi on ,tho limit r.iark wills 80 for a medal ltanditstp and 15 bisques for a bogy handicap. His not medal score was therefore SO for 18 1i.01.05, and, it ho had used his bisques properly, 1 up on Bogy.' Air. Heed, who is an expert at z\\ games whore a good eye and correct timing are required, has taken sumo pains to Icafii to swing properly and a recent lesson from, a local ainiiteur has Imd marked rffect upon his krog Same, which on Saturday was far above the average. It- is refreshiiig to see a young player coming forward eshibiting sueli premise and, with aa-reful cdaclihia in all departments of tho game, there is no reason why he should iwt rapidly further 'reduce Isi-s hrav tlicap. Mr. S. Turner's stor-6 of all square, with 2 bisques, was a very creditable performance in. face of the strong southerly wind blowing., His card was the saftead best returned.

Messrs. Ciiniio a lid Kirfc of tho Hutt Clubj are at present p-layifig a very even game. Tiioy are each on tho two mark) and returned the same score in tho bogy competition. Subsequentjy, playing over 28 Ijofcs, tisey cfifflo out all square. If -other players We-ro equally consistent, the work of hand-i- - j)B much easier. Kotwithstunding the- continuous wet weather, tho- Hutt eoxtr&o \vas in capital condition last Saturday, and the greorsa wero so gcacl that it was a player's own fault if co-jisistency was hot the order of the -day,

Ofi the Putting Gr&3n, Speaking of putting, it is rcmarkable to notice tho extraordinary attitudes suifj mannerisms of different players on Win [jutting green, Voting players, wnoii seeking an example of style, would be well advjsecf to select a pkjet who stands a.iid addresses tins ball in an easy and natural fashion, ami putts fairly quickly. Bam people thank trC'iiioiKiens importance should bo attached to the position of tho faco of tiro club in relation to the bait. Btrt this is not half so important as to see that the club is tak-ftn straight back iroffl the ball and straight through to thp hole* alter hitting the ball truly. Tile main thing after all is to hit the tialJ trtijy, One writer, after discussing tho various methods of hitting the- ball either by pushing it or hitting it so iis to create top spin, says: "With to* gard to alt these various methods of hitting tho ball in putting, there is not necessarily a rigltt 'and a Wrong way of doing the tiling; there are probably two or three right ways, and certainly yetji , naahy wrong ones. But for each individual player there is only one right way of striking, and there is only one rigfit placo on which to. ve&t the ey.o during this operation, -the trujy-hit ball gcnefaUy knows its proper ga?l."

No Tims to Spare, ' From May 18 ttiUi'i.the mi o|.Jmro ; Harry Vatcba will be touring Britain at. top pace. It ■frill bo sk jyeeks «f. .constant' 'traVelling' ■' ai)'d ; ' playUi i g; i 'rtijd : i , freim tho time that lio meets George' ■ Diifican at Wembley Park to-day until lio engages in a touriiameiit, tego'tlser.' with Edward Bay, Philip Gawliu, and < Jack Tvliiki at Caffiberioy goatli <m' June 30, be will fiot liftte a spare day. As mi examplo *>** the. livsilo whi?h h necessarji' the plans v/liich -arc being * prcparod fert' Virion and Dttueaii when tliey visit Wales are worth quoting. They arc to meet at Aljcryslwyih b» 'May 20, and then, if trains and motor-cars prove capable of fulfilling requirements, they will play qm tlw fallowing day at Knightori. in the mernittg and at Llandriijifod Welis in the .aftcrtifloH. And tlreit tiff to taiififtstcr to fepp.oso Taylor on May 23 3 and so on. V«iry Sound. AclvlOßi Mr- John h. Low'§ book, "Ccniceniiug Golf,'-' though published iii 1906, is a very readable- coft»b#ion to tjio Hterat»re o« the suhjoGt. It coiitains very sound advice on -every depa-r-tifleiit of tho game. Tho followj-iig extract from Mr. i/ow'-s pi-eiiinjiia-ry femnrliß are well worUi remeniibd-riiig -by all playorg wjio desiro to improves--'''As we- leave the teeing gromid; wherd wo liavo dallied tot) 10-iig tot us temcßiljoV , that it is tho head of the club that has to stri-Jse the ball. This seems p-fetty easilji* put doft'ii-'aS ti'u-th, but tbongii an obvwus fact, it is one often forgotten. We. .must at nil times wait for t : lio head of tho club to got, t-o the ball, we must make it our iMi.sii.iess Us see thftt it gets there, wo njust- fihjiik -of it constantly as we wake oaf strokes. The go If or who wants adyice will ns.k 4bmvt his foot, his arms, h-i-S body-, lii-s hands, and os-goeit fwiiv iheir position artt} attitude to receive some special Messing. If he. would .thjrfk a. littlo wore of fte head of his efabi and mako up his mind tlint ito matter' where his feet or hits toes or *ii,V other part of him hmy be. his ditty h to brftig ths c-t-ub head against the hall ft-t ft prone? angle, nil those other virtues would bo added ntstei him. Qno wofd more, and we stop forth -—kefcp the spine stepdy and fte eye on the back of Ac bail."

Odd IncWenfs. Janws Braid, a former open ehafflpiwi of Eiigjaudj jreJatos Soino csstreolvjhjary golf liuppeainga in tbft '"Strand Mfigaziue," aiid<!v tltft heading of "Odd Incidents." Ouo of these eoiieoras a eariows. tee s!i : ot, which jjcoarred on a uoted West of England e&ttrsc, A very fejen foursome was in progress, thero being cpHsiderablo foejiny an tooth skies and not a little niouey OB tlio mftteh. Wit a eertit'in hole one oF.tIMJ piayorsslked tea tet) shot so battiy as to strike ofle of his opponents, who was standing to the right of the too an 4 a little in Irani of it, The bail struck him f till crit tho solar ptaus, and down lie wctffc. As he lay writhing in pail! <Jii tlio ground the player who had done tte daniiign twiied to iiini) but instoad of apptepisjng aiti. siiowing con.cc.rft for his injuries, lio «nul, with a Satanic swile on his face, "it's our hole," . , ~ A most.*ujbsiJig .wndiiiit caniiftcW with a "threat 51 is told about a. fto.rtai.ii chief «o«stnb)o in Scotjaiifli i> genial giant, sis feet high* at«J twenty stmio in w«iglit, a mini sis lie.novolort as he was his,. Hβ v.'as walking about the links »f tha rlnb to which ho belonged, west of tlio ot-Jior pkyore baviug gone off, H'hijn a little man, , a visitor, ap* peared witli his ehtbi>. As ho did not iiflem lilro-iy to qet a gasio, ttie chief coiistuhlo offered to play him. The little mnn inqiiifod liis handicap, olnl was fold it was "just aboot scrateh.'-' "tl'iptt vou mwst givo ujb a sti-elsc a hole," lie replied.' Tto sliid' agrcod, and they started off. Tlio little ninn jnnele no wistajves whatever, and «n_tjio oigiith gfeon t'im big man was eight down.' "J!mu" pVawM tho giant, "ye're a doniniod fraiul; I've a p»od mind to talw my «H>Jic?k to vo," Much to tho chief's surprise, the fittlo man took liira serinusly "ltd Wtotl, lievor stopping till lie rcitcnot] his lwtcS awl safety.