ADVICE RULE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 76, 16 April 1937, Page 15

ADVICE RULE

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Nut ' Observed By Many Players NOTES AND GOMMENTS

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Advice: Eule 4:— U) A player may not- a-sfe nor take any action which, may resuiit in his receiving advice cxxcept from his eaddie, his partner, or his partner's cadidie. Note: A fellow compstitor is not a partner. This rule is, it is. thought, broken more often than perhaps- any other, and players should make themselves. convergant with ita full import. See defmition of "Advice,"' aiuo Stroke Rule 6. Once dUrihg play last season a .playev in a iour-ball match voiced _an objection to an opponent giving advice to his partner- as to .the line of a .putt. Tlris advice was quite in order with the rulb, but the objector showed he was not conversant with the rule. On another oecasion a youthful lady player who happened to have got into ciiihculties in aome titree, was heard to ask a bystander,. ' ' What shall I do vvitli that'J" and was much surprised when infOrmed that any advice given would result in her disqualification for. ■ Ihe match in which she was a contea^ tant. Mattcus that are not considered ta be advice. under this rule. are indicating- the position of- a lo&t ball, or helping in search of it, and iildicating tlio line to the hoia to a playor who is so situated that he cannot see the flag. No mark, howe.ver, must bo made for his guidance, nor may anyone, stand' m a- position to sho w tthe line' while the piayer is- making a shot. The penalty for brealdng- this rule is: (1) the loss of the hole in match play, or (2) disqualification for the round ha stroke pplay. Again, one often hears a piayer ask another, "What club. did you use for that (shot? "• seeking the information to guide him in making his own choice of a club for' the same distance. He automatically disqualifi,es ! himself by • the question, but- how often is this •rcalised or the penalty taken? Hastings Club. Players- are now. gefefcing. into thoirstride with the season 's play; some have already struck form, while othera are struggling with s-wings, slices orhookis. An early- visit to the club, professiqnal). who is this season Ipcatedwith hi3 headquarters qn; the club's linhg, would be advigable to- the str-ug-glens. It is noticeable that so far the lady membere qre t&king more advantage of his presegce op. the conrse than the men who, apparently^ are eontent to struggle along and right their own evils instead of taking the short cqt by seeking the advice of an expor-t. The first bogey match was played on April 3 and resulted in a win in the A grade for- Di G. Sutherland (6) wi;th a meritorious- score of 4 up.- T. Garrod (2) and'C. CampbeU (8) tied for sec- , ond place with sgpr.es of 1 up, I. Elliott (?) and W'. H, Wood, (12) rpcording 2 u?In the B grade J. Redward (18) headed the list with I down, C. T. TaafL'e (17) 2 down and C. G. Wilkinson (24) 4 down filling the rnino*places, 'Captain's Trophy, The first round for the captaln's , trophy was played on Aprii 10,, when' i no less than, t ?ix players returned net scores of 73^ cqualling the scratch score , of the eouree. V, Little (14) and D. H. Newbigin (15.) topped' the A grade list, with R, L, McNiven (7) next with net 75. 'Jfhe B grade. list waa headed by c. B. wilkinson (24), C. L. Vidal (18), J. G. Esam (20), and A. Barnaby (19) all with net 73. The captain'a trophy, .donated by C. H. Slater, club captain, is competed for over three ropnds of medel play, the resultant 16 lowest net scores then tb play ofi by match play to find the ultimate winner, Considerable ihiterest is being displayed in this competition, as being played on haudicap thp veriejet ' ' rabbit'' haa as much chance of beiug iu the hunt as any of the low handi.cap men. Haudicapping Methods. Some concern has been displayed by certain players regarding the handi- , caps set for the present season. Soms men have been, "let out" (several strokes, others merely one, pr "as you were." Players should know that it is themselves, by the scores they return, who net their own handicaps, the handicapper merely acting as a recorder aod posting the hqndicap board accordingly. A scrutiny of the scores recorded over two years is made fpr the yearly adjustment, each piayer being compared with the standard scratch score of the course and -not, ag many seem to thipk, judged in comparison with s.pme other players. Certain rules issued by the English golsing authorities are laid down to govern the reductions of handicap for various grades of "players, and increqses arp likely controlled, but the latter are subject to a strict scrutiny of scores returned over a, p.etibd pf twp years' play. Sarazen. has said, "The hauds at'e the makers of the sliot," so wky worry about tfip other fellow 'p handicap P Attend to your own game and make your own handicap What you want it to bel