GOLF.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1921, Page 3

GOLF.

KIRKWOOD, SAILS FOR AMERICA. # By Telegraph/—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, July 4. Owing to the delay In tho sailing of the Mauretania Kirkwood revisited London during the week-end. He Is sailing to-m<srrow. Although this reduces Kirkwood's period of practice ou the Washington course the rest will be beneficial. NEW PLYMOUTH CLUB, The following is the result of the semifinals for the Brewster Cup, which was play* ed on the New Plymouth links yesterday;— Miss Rundle defeated Mrs. Johns 6 and 4; Miss Thompson defeated Mrs. Butcher 2 and The final round of the Bailey Cup competition was played yesterday, but the scores are nbt available. The new English golf champion. Jack Hutchinson, was a Scotch lad wto learnt his goli as a caddie at North Berwick and St. Andrew’s, and emigrated to America some years ago, where he built up a wonderful gsmo, winning many championships there, ■f: "'dont® rte aourawx A list ot “Dont’s for Golfers” has Beofl' prepared by Mr. J. W. Irwin, the secretary of the Hagley Club, Christchurch, from various books on golf, and some of the hints are well worth noting. The following Is the list;— (1) Don't fail to learn and strictly observe the rules and etiquette of golf. (2) Don’t waste time on the teeing green. Six seconds is ample time after the ball is teed up. in which to address it and drive off. (3) On a crowded green don't play out a hole when you haven't the least possible chance of halving.

(4) Don't try your putts over again when anyone is waiting to approach on to th 6 [ green. Always replay a missed putt when by so doing you annoy no one. (5) Don't stick the pin into the greens whilst you are putting. (6) Don't walk across the line of your opponent's putt. Go either behind it or the other side of the hole. (8) By pressing the club down heavily behind a ball in addressing it through the green, its line can be vastly Improved, but it is just as dishonest to do it as it would be to pick the pocket of a medal winner and steal his medal. (9) Don't be the first to give up the search when your opponent loses his ball. (10) Don't talk too much. Golf is a game of silence and thought. The greatest abomination is a player who talks from the first tee to the eighteenth green. (11) Don’t wear shoes which have h*.gh heels; they spoil the green, and-what is bad —your golf. (12) Don't use dirty balls. Golf paint Is cheap. (13) In playing foursomes, don’t apologise for each bad shot. Your partner, if Intelligent, will appreciate the fact that you dl<i not play badly on purpose. (14) Don’t forget that you have a foursome. If he is superior consult him, sometimes on what you should do. If you are the better player do not expect too much from your long-handicapped friend; remember how badly you yourself played when at his stage. (15) Don't disqualify yourself by playing on to putting green before the match on medal days. (16) Don’t lose your temper. If you lose your temper you lose everything—self-control, self-respect, judgment, decency of language—and of course the lole, and probably the match. (17) Don't press. (18) Don’t allow your head to rise or fall during the swing. (19) Don’t take your eye off your ball, never. (20) And when the game is over don’t explain or complain.