GOLF.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 16

GOLF.

Recent Home papers contain a S batch of decisions by the rules of pa committee, some of which are inter-*' ing. One question submitted re»-> to foursomes play, and deals wtt " occasion which, fortunately, 13 _dt : c* mon. It appears that in a foun_» stroke competition during a storm,» certain foursome took shelter'for;.«* era! minutes. Two of these player:i* turned the bes-t card, and the -winners by the club committee, •*-• upheld their claim that while *MJ were willing to continue during ®* c their f elicw-competitors, who were ma* ing for them, would not do so. ™ equity of the case would certainly g»« the verdict in favour of the players who returned the best card, for it vow •have been decidedly hard on them h» •they lost owing to the "dog-m-t--manger" trick or the other pair. 7.** rules committee upheld the clnb committee in their verdict, staling that a competitor who acts as a marker s mo*" ally obliged to continue to mark «? toD » as his fellow-competrboT cares to compete. In this case there was no evidence to show that the wm were adjudged the winners & m ™Z obtained a marker #_d game sooner than they did; *he _*_"■ was entirely with the markers. Another question submitted w t cL these terms: A's hail lay near*■» face of a bunker, on the side farmer I from the hole. In taking his W%£z swing A struck the bank *#J™£ separate efforts, abandoning ™ e S° tinuation of the stroke on each cccas ion. A altered his stance on each o«« ion. Did he incur any penalty: J*\ ruling of the golf committee w iog"» 1 > and practically the only one P« aßle ' "and was stated thus: " pro 2 de< player did not, in striking the ow*. make his next stroke easier, he » n « n " no penalty. Ij; is a custom ot game for a player; when douMMJ there is room to swing a cio-, J° ■ the side of the bunker, etc. W* ; 2) in order to gauge ta- *£gS. Obviously a breach of rule rt matted in the manner is quite conceivable that Jfe. &t might be made easier by bank in the with cases must necessarily be »*"'.-„ on their merits, and the under which a stroke could he easier in this way are rare. **£™Z t breaches of this or any ™fj™° j penalty, and ignorance is ?° -nl* fear 'that this trouble with'»" ™ is bound to increase as tb- <J°V»*VZ of the game extends. It is not W ' handicap player who needs almost invariably he knows tne ngr fairly -well, and keeps to long-marker and the foegbrfl-T «*■ P j{ to become a law unto * ne " IMl ?' eS- t j tt t is probably thas disregard °'^L, r jr. explains why they will bo "' <m ?'._ ere" all through their goi&aS *» 3M *'