ON THE GOLF LINKS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2205, 18 July 1914, Page 12

ON THE GOLF LINKS

'■' ■''■?':':]'.: , [Br • Green.] .. . ST. ANDREW'S RECOMMENDED. The Rival Swings.. " : There-are several accepted schools, which atfl one tinie or other have produced a champion, who by his triumph has set a new fashion in the way of swuiging the club, and in every'case the:- :fasmon >,has. firet become,Ja /: oraze, Alid;tho'nilefif}bphind it a:host.of ,keting adhereiite:; (says..Geofge' Dunban/ iii-the ;.''Dailyl.Newsj')'.!":-,' Most anoient;'of all, and'.yet''-unrivallea inypbpularityris the .St.':,4ndrewi swing; the particular feaJ tute.bf which js its fulness. One can hardly describe it as a flat swing, nor ; is it upright. It starts flat, then halfway up becomes upright. The olub is taken .up by. both hands, the right hand probably 'doing 1 the ;more work. . Then •we havo the-Jersey school (which is the youngest; of .all), with,;an,; exclusively ■.uprigh't;,swing'. In most respeots, it is .similar to the St. Andrews product, fhe.club being taken up by both hands, the.right again doMg the,,major;portion ;pf Ithe'wofiki'''Thb'Carnpußtie.swing is, at least, ithenicest-lopkingof the.whole, and-may. be'.described as "flat," , with the.: left hand in control on the upswing. The Westward Ho! echool , as represented by Taylor, th« Hoylake, school, as tutored:by Mr. '■ John Ball, also'favoura flat swing, with tho left hand inTcharge, but with distinct minor charaotoristics. The; saving I recommend •to thoso who are not satisfied, and would like to try something different, ( is that of St. Andrews, as it !is the easiest to acquire (but it must -dot have the fulness thereof). The club m-uet not. ,go beyond the horizontal, as, when it aavances .further- than .that- : stage, the right hand loses control with fatal Tβsults. How to swing St. Andrews fashion P :\ The club should start from the address of the-hall along the line of flight, until. it is half-way up, when it should be turned towards the player's head.. This is done by a turn of the right wrist. Do not leave the turn of the right, wrist until it is too late. It should be made when/the club h'ead is four foet above the ground. Fellow-Feeling. ■■..■ .-, I supjKise thatit may be regarded, as a sign. of the times;that a prominent firm of West! End drapers (Measrß. DebenKam and FreebodyJ are laying out a course of nine holes tor the special use of their employfiee.; .Unquestionably is golf rjding on the crest of a wonderful boom in this distinguished season of ,1914. But in connection 'with; these powerful developments thero are conpideratioiis that provido misgivings. Far more than!any other game doee golf excite its devotees to discuss, in detail their doings at it. When a man has come into tho pavilion after, scoring 40 at cricket he does not'as a. mle proceed, to explain'that off the second ball he received lie would have obtainod a boundary but for tho fact that it jumped in a trifle from ; his stroke through an irregularity in the ground, and thus enabled mid-on to field; it. Ho does not go methodically through his innings with tbo object of inducing tho company to believe that, with ordinary luck, he would have done very much, better. There is some strange element in the constitution of golf that breeds in every individual a profound conviction that he does not receivo a full reward for his merits. Ho is constantly playing an iron shot here and a piteh there that • deserved to be' successful, and looked like, being so,) only something occurred that doflected the ball and cost him a stroke. The consequence is that tho gaino is '.cultivating a race of sympathetic listeners who hearken on tho' tacit understanding that they in turn shall .on joy,, the right, of/pouring their woes into tho ears of the' person who has exhausted; his collection. A'ld it is a nice question as to what is going to' happen to. England when everj-body is alternately 'calling for and conceding sympathy in connection-with tho; inequitablo trnatment of various shots.—ll. E. Howard, in the London "Sportsman."Karori Golf Club.. lTio Karori.Golf Club has a Mixed Foursome set down for to-day. '. Hi Booth won the club's second medal match with a good round of 89, his, handicap;. 24, making a net score of 85. This player has been showing' consistency in the last few weeks, and may be heard of ■ later. Two young players succeeded l in the Mon's Fnnrsomes, Booth and Kelly beating Magnug ond M'Lonnan in the play-off of 6 tie. A team from Karori Club will visit Waiwetu on August 1 to try conclusions with the suburban representatives. It • isprobablo-that six ladies will aljo go .'but bn'tho'.'samo.day. ; 1 Best Cards at the Hutt. During tho pait month some f;ood work has been put in at the Hutt links for tho Wiifprd Challenge Cup in the continuous bogey competition; Mr.- J. L Climio, who won tho cup last yc-ir, is giving a club every tnontli for tho best: card handed, in. : The bust Juno . card. return'ecl' was by Paten, 2 up. R.-

C: Kirk' 6 card, showing 4 up, had to bo ruled out by the committee, inasmuch as tho competition conditions state that every card must bo verified by a member of one of tha local clubs, whereas Kirk'e scoro was registered while playing with the secretary of the Nelson Golf Club, and verified by tho latter. In conscquonco of this rather absurd anomaly, tho conditions have been altered by the committee, so that a card will bo accepted if verified by any member of a club affiliated to the Golf Council. For July, H. Dawson, with 9 strokes in bogey, has put in a card, 3 up, while'; J. L. Clunie has already cards in 3 up, 2 up, and 1 up. His tlfree -up card was returned on Wednesday, the total round being 70. On Wednesday afternoon, a. C. Kirk did a. round of 74, but the card showed it to bo all square with bogey only. . ■ Jottinss. - A man came swaggering into the clubhouse about midday. "Well," asked p. friend, impressed by the other's triumphant manner, "how many?" "Ninety," was the reply. "Ninety 1" exclaimed his friend. "That's good. We'll have to get your handicap altered." "Yes, I think bo," replied the other. Then he added: "I'll'finish tho other nine holes after lunch." A new member, a rather gaily-dressed young man of, the bounder type, appeared at the club-house. Ho wanted a game, but somehow nobody felt inclined to play with'him. . Just (then another unpopular member, \ a rather peppery retired colonel, who, also wantea a game, came up; and, although he did not much care for the appearance of the new'member, they started off together. On the first green the new. man dressed liigbdll about nineteen, times with much flourishing of his club, and during this process the colonel was obviously losing his temper. Finally the new man hit ■the ball ill some" mysterious way > that .sent it off sideways and landed it on the v eighteenth green. Then; to the colonel's intense amazement and annoyance, it rolled neatly into the hole! The* colonel glared for.' a moment. Then, turning on his heel, he marched off towards the club-house.. "I i don't think I'll go round with you attw all.'" ho barked out. '.'l've never before seen anybody do the course in one!"