GOLF.

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1927, Page 1 (Supplement)

GOLF.

GREAT PERFORMANCE. L. W. Hore put up a great performance when playing on the Moore Park, Sydney, course last week-end. During the round he recorded no fewer than ten three’s and then missed one at the short sixth through being bunkered in front of the green. Despite a 5 here, however, and failure with a two-foot, putt at the tenth, he was round the IS-hole course in 66. TROUBLES OF THE GAME. Nowhere does the efficacy of th? golfer’s stroke show up so conspicuously as in the extrication of the bail from a sand bunker. A well-known Australian golf writer makes this point very neatly. ‘When a golfer who knows how to swing a club has to recover from sand he jumps in, moves his left hip a little, and then the right find out flies the ball,” he says, ami continues, “How different the case of the duffer! ITc descends into the sand in fear and trembling, makes a murderous dig at the ball purely with his arms, and ten to one the ball list ill in the sand. AMERICA’S SUCCESS. Tt was the unanimous conclusion of the experts in Britain that the secret of the success of the Americans, when they completely overwhelmed the rest in the 1926 championships, was their sureness in approach work. They had a. most disturbing habit—as far as

their opponents were concerned—of pitching their short shots so close to the pin that only one putt is necessary Io hole out. As a rule they chosct the “all air route” and put plenty of

stop on the shots. Added to this wai consistently good putting, ami tin consequence is that at the presen time America rules the world in golf. CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY. An understanding has been reached between Britain and America over the holding of their respective open chain pionships, and now Great Britain, foi the first time in the history of golf, i> going to make an organised attack on the American championship. By their success the Americans have shifted the scene of the world’s greatest golf event from Britain to America, and a particularly strong invasion by the British players will he required to bring the honours home. The Golf ilustrated has started a fund to raise £BOOO to finance ten professionals this Fear. In addition to the national •hampionship they will compete in the Ryder Cup international professional ?vent—similar to the amateur Walker ?up—and make the greatest effort since the war to restore their lost prestige on the links.