GOLF

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 May 1925, Page 12

GOLF

The Port Chalmers Golf Club _ lias been elected a member of the New Zealand Golf Association. The following; fixtures have been definitely allotted for the ladies golfing year i—- ■«, ■ Napier open tournament, September Jo to 18. _ , - Manawatu open tournament, '.Jct-ooe 6 to 8. , Wanganui open tournament, Uctoeer 10 to 13. , . , . of , New Zealand, championships at Miramar,'.October 15 to 22 The W*i--1 inert on open meeting at Heretaunga will probaoly closely follow the championship meeting at -Miramar. v :’ ■ ‘ Enthusiasts are not out again regularly as before the closing of the ' old links, and the course, it is certain, is becoming more liked every week. There are difficulties, but where is the If course which has none? and difficulties are made to be overcome, and the main way to do this is to' keep one’s eye on‘ the ball, do not press, and so to play straight. That is the essence ot • practically all good play. The rain of last week has been very ■ useful, and will make just all the difference to the greens as rolling be- ' gins to take effect. Already they are much improved. The ladies have made a forward move ' for the season and will institute thencompetitions very-soon. That will give - a fillip to players. _ Would it not”be a good move for the men to begin their programme of competitions?" Quite a. number of young players are taking up.the game and a ■ competition . among them would spur them on to practise. j The golfer and the angler were discussing their respective pursuits. “Fishing is very slow,’’ averred the ' man in plus fours.. “For instance you • fellows can never "have the same thrill of’ satisfaction as we do when we J drive.” “Oh, I dunno,” said the knight of the rod, “sometimes I catch J a fish as long as one. of your drives _ . . but, of course, I throw that ‘-sort back again.” J- H. R. Sinclair, amateur champion of Australia, who recently played a brilii. ant round of 64 on the Moore Park • course (Sydney), had a wonderful 7o at . Bonnie Boon at the encl of last month. • The bogey for the Bonnie Doon course is 78, and it is a hard bogey to get. ,; One has .to play first-class golf to break 80 at Bonnie Boon, as many of the holes are very tricky. Sinclair’s card was: „„ ; Out 345345 3 4 5—36 • in 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 0—34 b Sinclair will be very "had to beat in ■ the amateur championship of New ...... South Wales, which begins at Rose Bay on 30th inst, and also in the amateur championship of,Australia at Kensington later on.

TWO IN ONE. Two women playing golf at Ramsgate.' halved a hundred and ten yards hole jn one each. The feat has only once before been accomplished in the whole ■ history of golf, namely by two men at Forest Hills, New. .'Jersey, in 1919. LONG BITTING. 'A great many golfers tiling that long hitting is golf. It certainly makes, long holes easier, but .the man who wins is the man - who can' hit his shots up to the - pin, whether it be with brassy, iron, or mashie. Leave, long hitting alone, but put in practice with irons and mashie "to the gree n until you can drop a big percentage of shots so close to the pin that you have a good chance of holing out in one. Then you will begin to play golf. . THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS. Some day we intend to write a Golfing . Pilgrim’s Progress, writes Barrie Payne in Golfer’s Magazine. Telling how the Golfing Pilgrim set ©fit to reach the Celestial City of Par oyer a source called Difficulty.” -Describing his troubles on the first hole, where he dubbed his tee shot into’ a. creek known as the Slough of. Bespond. Telling how he played his ball, with fear and trembling, from ton of a. high cliff called Boubting Castle while the Giant Despair leered at him from behind a tree.

How lie was forced to travel for a long way with a disagreeable named Hi Handicap. Telling of liis wonderful brassie shot over the Delectable Mountains.

How he frequently descended into the Valley of the Shadow of Dub. How a man called Pro set him on the right track at last and headed him for the Celestial City of Par. How Pro introduced him to two good' fellows named Lessons and Practice, who agreed to act as his guides. Then describing the Golfing Pilgrim, lured by a beautiful siren called Present Pleasure, strayed from the Straight and Narrow Fairway. And how her two handmaidens, Allplay and Nopractice, dragged him through the rough month after month. Telling how he came at length to a wicked city called Vanity Fairway, where he fell prey to many tricksters, buying non-slice drivers, non-hook jiggers, 400-yard balls, and “Knickers That Make You Look Almost Human” —all to no purpose. How, in Vanity Fairway, he became acquainted with many queer characters —Talkative, Boresome, Mendacity, Mr. Caddycusser, Mr. Must-Have Quiet. Mr. Constant-Advice. Mr. Gamble-Heavy, Mr. T’ell-With-the-Rules, Mr. Gimme-a-Stroke-a-Hole, Mr. Club-Smasher,, and two energetic, bustling fellows who seemed to be everywhere at once —Mr. Profanity and Mr. Alibi.

Telling how the Pilgrim, after leaving Vanity Fairway, stumbled into a. deep pit and was forced to fight the terrible Sand Dragon, barely escaping with his life.

We repeat: Some day we intend to write a Golfing Piligrim’s Progress, telling— How the Pilgrim sent a. telegram to the Pro, saying: “You warned me to stick to the Straight and Narrow Fairway. No can do. Am on a dog-leg hole. Wire further instructions.”

How his progress towards the Celestial City of Par was further blocked by a" group of crawling and creeping reptiles known as Slow Foursome.

How, after weeks had run into months and months into years, one day he suddenly remembered —“By Jove! I’ve got a wife and child. No —yes yes —-I- remember now. I. have got a wife “alid child! But it’s too late to do anything about it. My wife's probably married again by this time. Fore ! Where did that one go, caddie? O'ut-abb-uhds?” "Some day we intend to write a Golfing Pilgrim’s Progress, tellinggreat guns!—We just now realised it —we’ve.' already told it.