GOLF IN AMERICA

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1931, Page 2

GOLF IN AMERICA

FOB AIER AUCKLANDER RETURNS

Intertesting comment on golf as played in America was made by Captain Aubrey Bullock-'Webster, who arrived by the Aorangi from A r ancouver on Sunday. Captain Bullock-AA’ebster is the youngest son of Mr H. BullockWebster, of St. Helier’s Bay, and is visiting the country of his birth after an absence of 12 years., He is u splendid golfer and plays to an American handicap of 2. During the eight years that he has been living in California he has won 37 cups, in 1924 he was State Champion, and 1926 he annexed the Northern championship. Steel shafts, said Captain BullockWobstor, were the vogue in America, and lie used all steel except for his putter. The weight of the golf ball, lie believed wa s to be changed next April. It would be the same size as the new light-weight ball, but- would have the same weight as the old ball. “Youth is coming much to the fore in matches in the United States and I think the day of the old champion is don?,” he said. The younger men stood up to 36 hole R a day much better than the veterans. All players took the game very seriously and before an important match wou’d go into strict training for a few weeks.