GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 132, 13 September 1910, Page 8

GOLF.

STRATFOUD CLUB. ] (From Our Own Correspondent.) ' The following arc the results of the mixed foursome (bogey) played on the Stratford links last week: Score . , Hdcp. (down) , A. Budge and Mrs. Raikes 15 JO' 1 J. Stan lord and Mrs. Menzics 8 II F. W. Wake & Mrs. Johnston 15 12 ' F. Uniaoke and Mrs. Hogg. . . 14 12 0. Vaughan & Mrs. Robinson 15 12 ■¥. N. Fussell and Mrs. Young. 17 12 N. Thompson and Miss Wake. 20 13 H. N. Betts and Miss F. Orbell 0 13 Dr. Menzies and Miss Fussell. 0 13 A. Rennell and Mrs. Rennell..- 24 15 The Ngamotu Golf Club's team of ladies left for Wanganui 'bv vesterday morning's express to take 'part in the tournament there. Mr. P. A. Vaile, of Auckland, has a characteristic article on "The Soul of] Golf" in the August number of the Fortnightly Review. Golfers may be hurt to read that the game "does not* require much intelligence," although the statement may bo technical! v true. Yet golf is a difficult game to plav in that it calls for a great amount of mechanical accuracy. Mr. Vaile is an enthusiast. Amongst the charms ofi golf-playing he realises ''the sheer beautv' of the flight of the ball," and the "almost sensuous delight that comes to the man who has created that beauty, and knows how and why he did it." To i know the soul of golf one must begin I even as one would who would know The! sound of music. "It is the deadliest of i practise that leads one to the soul of I golf."