GOLF IN AMERICA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 259, 2 November 1931, Page 9

GOLF IN AMERICA.

FORMER AXJCKLANDER

RETURNS

CAPTAIN A. BULLOCK-WEBSTER,

Interesting comment on golf as played in, America was made by Captain' Aubrey Bullock-Webster, who arrived by the Aorangi from Vancouver yesterday. Captain Bullock-Webster is the youngest son of Mr. H. Bullock-Webster, of St. Helier's Bay, andf.js visiting the country of his birth, after an absence of 12 years. He is a splendid golfer and plays to an American handicap of 2. During the eight years that he has been living m California he has won 37 cups, in 1924 he was State champion, and in 1926 he annexed the Northern, championship. Steel shafts, said Captain BullockWebster, were the vogue in .America! and he used all steel except for his putter. The weight of the golf ball, hs believed, was to be changed next April. It would be the same size as the new light-weight ball, but would have the same weight as the old ball. "Youth is coming much to the fore in matches in the United States and 1 think the day for the old champion is done," he said. The younger men stood Sup to 36 holes a day much ■ better ■ than the veterans. Ali players took the game very seriously and before an important match would go into strict training, for a few weeks.