FIXTURES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 May 1927, Page 11

FIXTURES

■MOV 21. —Glendowie Ladies, second “ round, captain's prize. Mo v 21. —Qualifying round, Pupuke “championships. M a v 9 1—Maungaklekie v. Auckland, at Mmdlemore. Flag match, Glendowie. MaV 21.—Medal at Waitemata. Miv "3-28. —British amateur at Hoylake. r., 14-16. American open. “f® n—S.Z. tr am leaves for Sydnev, end will compete as follows: June 4, Championship foursomes: June 6, Royal Sydney Cup: June 8 and 0, Kirk-Windeyer Cup: June 11, tMSW. amateur. oo Electric match at Waitemata. —pupukl v. Waiku at Pupuke. H Jg' president’s foursome at MiddleM»v m °2s e and 2S.—Captain's prize, 3rd “ round, Glendowie ladies. m-v "S—Captain's prize, match play, ““tourney at Cilendowie. m,— 28 3rd round, Kingswill Shield, at “ one Tree Hi I. Mov -8-Four-hall at Tltirangi. gept 2-10. —N.Z. championships, Hamilton. RULE interpretations SOME MORE QUESTIONS The rules of golf are not as explanatory as might be wished, and a decision on them is not always possible without more recent decisions amplifying them. The following have been referred to me: Ball Mark On Green The player approached some ten feet past the pin. On the opposite side of the pin to her £>all, was a mark made by a bail in landing. As she walked toward the pin she trod down the ball mark, and then proceeded on past the pin to play her ball. Penalty: Loss of the hole in match play. Two strokes in medal play. A loose impediment may be lifted from the green whether the player’s bail is on the green, in a hazard, or through the green. This applies to anything except dung, worm-casts, snow or Ice, which may be scraped aside. Touching the line of the putt (except in removing loose impediments or placing the club in front of the ball preparatory to putting) or pressing down unevenness “on any part of the putting green,” are breaches entailing two-strokes penalty. Ball Unfit A ball, played from a lie in ti-tree, when hit out, was found to have a piece of wood sticking into it. In a ease in my own experience a ball from the tee caught an iron at the disc, which cut a hole in the cover, a loose piece half-an-inch in diameter being cut out on three sides and projecting straight out. If a ball becomes split or unplayable the player may change it by dropping over the shoulder through the green, or placing it «-*n the putting green, on intimating to his opponent his intention. No penalty. Mud on a ball is not considered as making it unfit for play. Ball In Partner’s Line “A case more or less frequently seen is that of a player scraping his ball aside, or lifting it, when his partner’s ball is on its way toward the hole,” writes “Spoon,” who asks the position. This refers to medal scoring. At first sight it looks easy, but on second I am more concerned. If “A” was putting up, and “B” lifted his ball while “A’s” ball was in motion, “B” is penalised two strokes. On the other hand if “B” hit his ball out of the line of the other ball with his club, that would count as a stroke, plus a penalty of two strokes, and the ball be played where it lay after being knocked away. In match play, loss of hole. So it appears to me. In any case don’t do it. Lift or play cut before partner’s stroke. A NEW STAR AMONG AMERICAN AMATEURS A new' star, unheralded and now approaching! maximum brilliancy, has appeared on the American horizon. He was mentioned in this column a week or two ago. George Voigt, of Washington, who. in the North and South Amateur Championship, was within one stroke of Bobbie Jones’s amateur record of 134 for two rounds. Voigt went on to win the championship, the final being against an 18-yejir-old opponent, Eugene Homers. Voigt demonstrated that he was equally at home on dry hard courses or in mud. The final was on a very wet course, and he was out in one over par, and played the remaining holes in one under. The course is 6.558 yards long, and par is 36 both ways. Voigt is not recorded in any refereices I have, but the other finalist was only 18 years old. It makes one wondor. The youngsters seem to be getting very much there in some places. Bobbie Jones won his first big championship when he was 17 or 18, and the American amateur when he was 24.