NEW ZEALAND GOLFERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 139, 14 June 1932, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND GOLFERS.

ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY. PREPARING FOR CUP TRIAL. BRINSDEN SHOWS GOOD FORM. I " (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, June 10. The visit of the New Zealand golfers to defend their claim to the KirkWindeyer Cup has naturally aroused a great deal of intere.- here in golfing circles. So far not all the members of the team have struck form. Wagg and Hornabrook have not yet adjusted themselves to the strange circumstances, but Silk and Black seem likely to live up to their reputations when the decisive moment comes. Silk did a fine 72 at Rose Bay on Wednesday. But Brinsden, with his usual adaptability, has settled down quickly, and has already distinguished himself by winning two competitions. On Saturday the New Zeaianders entered for the medal competition at Elanora, and Brinsden won with a score of 71 —the par fcr the' course. On Monday they played again at Kensington, and Brinsden once more headed the list, winning the Highgate Cup with a scorc of 73 (gross). The players were particularly struck with the Kensington greens, which are distinctly superior to the greens at Rose Baj% where the Kirk-Windeyer matches will be played. It is, of course, impossible to suggest how the contests will go, but the tourists will have a further chance of accustoming themselves to the Rose Bay links on Saturday, when they will play in the New South Wales championship foursomes. Black and Wagg, as Wellington men, play together, and so also Silk and Hornabrook, who are a WalrarapaWanganui combination. Brinsden is thus '-'odd man out," and he is playing with Tallis, who, with Rex George, is over here for the experience and "the fun of the thing." These foursomes will give those members of the team who are not yet quite at home a chance to improve their prospects. The Kirk-Windeyer match starts on Monday, when Queensland meets New South Wales. The winning team will then play the holders (New Zealand) on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, and, given favourable weather conditions, the games should be a fine exposition of high-class golf, with a reasonable hope of success for the New Zeaianders. By the way, talking about golf, J. wonder if there is anything in the complaints about the steel-shafted club that have been heard here recently. Mr. Hector Morrison, one of the best-known authorities on the game here, has been collecting evidence in answer to this question: "Do steel-shafted clubs cause a species of i neuritis in the left arm?" It seems that several leading players here, who have used hickory-shafted clubs for years with complete comfort, have been complaining of pains in the left arm and wrist after using steel shafts. Dr. S. P. Jones, a well-known athlete, says that he had to stop playing for three months from this cause to give his arm a rest. Another prominent golfer and medical man, Dr. Hunter, of the Royal Sydney Club, says that, with certain makes of steel-shafted clubs his arm has been so jarred that he has not oeen able to play at all next day. When Walter Hagan was out here he w ; as . asked why ho had not taken to steel shafts, and he gave two reasons. One was that hickory was good enough for him; the other was that, for a man playing constantly, the jar from the hickory shaft was not so severely felt. This evidence seems to justify Mr. Morrison's suspicions. I wonder how far experience this out m New Zealand bears