GOBBING

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1930, Page 4

GOBBING

Accidents on gollf links are comparatively rare, especially on well laid but courses where the fairways are well separated, but golfers sometimes; accomplish well-nigh the impossible, (states the Wellington “Post”). .At Miramar recently a player and his partner were approaching the elevenenth green and just-at the same time a player was on the twelfth tee,Pit would seem incredible that the man on tlie ' eleventh ' fairway was in any danger, but the golfer bn -the twelfth tee sliced and' skied his ball losing, sight of it. From the; general direction of its vanishing, however, he judged that it was wise to call “fore, 1 * but one of the approaching players* wearing a cap* dropped,' as though shot It ivgis found that the ball had struck him fairly in the centre of the.pate, and for a while the man responsible was anxious, but the injured one was able to resume his game. The wonderful part of the occurrence remains to be told. After a painful session with his head clasped in both hands, the struck player, a long Handicap man, developed a wonderful run of golf, and finished his round much better than he> started it. . v ' \