GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 9 June 1914, Page 7

GOLF.

THE NEKI) I/ Oit UHCIrt.VJ. The following extract from tin; Mporl.ing iuul D,:imauc lluutw, dealt wiui the need if or eflicieiit cv.ic.liing of lieginftws, in a ntaniK-r *, mid .i Wlv ;ii to New Plymouth goil'ers. Golf, 0110 of tin; oidiftl and most fascinating games, wJiicu 1 is clo»e!y en twined with SeotUsli history, and has I),eon played continuously from mwUiicva' times, is rapidly rising in public interest in New Zealand. Tub advuit id' a very competent coach from the St-. Andrew's linkls, fair-famed 1 in sport and history, -has given a distinct fillip to golfing in Auckland province. What iiaa been keeping New Zealanders hack in tluiir golf -has been inability to get a finish put on their play by an expert. Nothing tenches like ambition, and without a standard to attain it has been difficult for New Zealand to excel. T!i4s difficulty is now removed, anil, the number of ladies and gentlemen who are studying in the golf school opened by Mr.- Graham Campbell, denote the keen interest which is taken in the sport. Here beginners learn the elements of tine game before they attend the links. The daily aver age a't the school is over fifteen different students and demands for instructors are being received from all parts of New Zealand. This shows how the interest in liligh-class golf is spreading amongst the sports-loving New Zealander, and points l f)o the n-ot too future day when New Zealand will he holding her own championship of the world . RULES OF GOLF COMMITTEE DECISIONS. I 1. Query: In a stroKe competition a player lifted his ball on a putting green owing to casual water. lusteai' t of placing it he dropped it. feitould he I be disqualified? Answer. Yes. Hule 2.1 j (3) directs that the ball is. to be placed by hand, so an to -be "i-n the nearest .position'' which affords a clear putt to the hole. 2. Query: A and B are playing a nifitdit From a certain teeing ground A drives hfe ball intta thick goa'se and 13 drives a long ball. After searching for over live minutes for A's ball without finding it, A says., "I must give it up, it is your hole. Let us go to the next tee." B thereupon goes after his ball, bu't cannot find it anywhere. Is- the htole halved under Rule 21, -or must A abide by his declaration of giving up the Answer: The player inus; i abide by his declaration, lie was en titled, when his ball had become a lost , ball, and before giving up the hole, to ; demand that his opponent should find j his ball or only gain a half should he - fail Wo do so, as provided for in defini- ; tion 26. i 3. Query: Errors on bogey card. A 1 member playing a bogey competition returned a card showing him 3 down. On examination it was found that his i position had marked', a plus at thuj seventhl hole instead of a half (bogey{ 3, stroked taken. 4V member receives j ' strokes at the hole), no tlrnt the card; 1 should have thown 4 down. (1) Should! the card he disqualified or should the! '• error he corrected? (2) In the same J competition, A takes 3 strokef at the J same hole (bogey 3 and receives stroke) ' B marks the score as 4, but knowing A had won the hole marked a plus. Should tl'iis error cause disqualification, or j should the hole be disallowed. Answer: (1) The -marker is only responsible for "marking the correct number of strokes" rat certain boles (see Bogey Rules No. 1). j He need not place the signts, which are | subject to correction by th« committee. (2) Tito figure 4 must stand and A, halves the hole. The indifferent player is constantly j telling liimsu'f thait if lie could only I depend on hitting a good dnive from every tee, he. would be a scratch man in six ini.lllllt is til", fear of foozling; his tee shot,, cloimbined iv-i'th the fact that he fairly often doesi foozle it, that (prevents Mm froai -securing i emancipaiiou from the ruck of the , double figure handicap brigade. Ladies, as a rule., do not take the i pains they should d'o about their putting anil the sbo-rt game generally. Distinctions are very fine in golf, and there is foold for reflection in Who i fact ithat wihe-neus the tee shot wihich lays the ball a foiot from the pin is acclaimed as a beautiful effort, the itcmie of .skill -and judgment, tllile stroke wlnich goes a little further and drops into the hole, is promptly proclaimed a fluke. Harry Vardon considers tihnt the -Teason why tihe professional' can make such a trefmeiKlkms drive as compared with the amateur, is that lie is invariably convinced of the triteness of his swing, and is therefore able to concentrate on the taSjlc of investing his shot with plenty of power. He" says that thousands of golfers could drive much further than they do, bull they are afraid to hit too hard, for fear of putting their swing out of gear. The professional can leave the swing to 'l'ook after itself. Vardon advises all beginners to obtain a good grounding in the foiindat«)ns of go-lf, from' a- mpa.ble instructor, a;n,d learn to manage his club propnulv. Then he, too, may in time be -able' to let the s.wing look after itself. ■When trying to drive a particularly long ball, " says the same authority, keep you.v head down at tduc instant of j ( hitting. If your head goes up, body bulges" out and the shot is Ibun- j j gle'd. QUICKLY DISAPPEARED. 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