GOLF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 1 October 1927, Page 8

GOLF

(By

“Putter”)

PARKVALE CLUB. (NOTES BY "PUTTER.”) The Parkvale Club men’s championship is drawing to its close, and the rounds have not been productive of any very great surprises or reversal of form. In the second round L. Drummond just managed to defeat D. Riddiford 2 and 1. and J. Vesty, who is rapidly improving, succumbed to T. Garrod with a like score. M. Morrison was too good for E. Robson, a player who knows the course from A to Z and during the season has put up some excellent scores.

W. Matthews beat Huia Ribbands 3 and 2, but had it not been for a regrettable incident which might excusably have put an older and far more experienced player off his game the result might have been closer if not reversed.

In the semi-finals Matthews somewhat easily accounted for Drummond who although often outdriving his opponent, went to pieces on the greens- Garrod also as was generally expected proved a bit too good for Morrison, and won on the 16th. The final over 36 holes will be played to-day and if Matthews and Garrod are both playing up to form a most interesting game should be provided for onlookers. FIFTY-THREE HOLES TO DECIDE A WINNER. J. F. Ratford, a West Middlesex goiter, will probably consider the Greystoke Cup the hardest-earned trophy he has ever won. He had to meet a 15 handicap player, A. Robertson, in the Huai over 36 holes. The match finished all square, and it was not until a further seventeen holes had been played that Ratford won by two and one. No doubt 53 holes in one day was pretty tiring. THE REGULAR MASHIE. FOR GREATER DISTANCE. Should a player have more than oue rnashie or any other club in his bag to use occasionally:'' "Yes,” says Eddie Loos, holder of many titles. “Two mashies should be carried- One —the spade rnashie for higli-piteb shots—two—the regular rnashie foi full rnashie distance or conditions where a little run at the end of the shot is desired. The general thought is that the spade rnashie stops ’em dead and the regular rnashie with the same exeecution gives more distance and more run. Outside of this, no duplicate or similar distance clubs are required, although some players carry a left-handed club for that “once in a while” condition where ordinary stances and swings are impossible. Joo Kirkwood does this Personally I think it’s all right for Joe Kirkwood, but the average player would better lose a shot than chance what he might get from a lift-handed swing.”

Can a golfer's game be improved by the reading of instructive literature?—lt goes without saying that reading stimulates the mind and the very fact that golf’s intricacies are so elusive, establishes the motive for further investigation, states Larry Nabholtz, Ohio State champion. In consequence of this the golfer reads everything covering the subject in an endeavour to satisfy his desire for perfection. Every wideawake professional reads, made his careful deductions* ,and frequently discovers solutions to problems confronting him. In this way he is constantly equipping himself with a broader knowledge for the ultimate transmission to his clientele. The greatest readers of golf literature are the players of the better class.

As far as is known, the only caddy bird in the world is to be found on the Jasper Park Lodge golf course. It made its appearance a few weeks ago when Sir Henry Thornton, president, and S. J. Hungerford, vicepresident of the Canadian National Railways, were playing from the seventh tee. It followed them as tar as the tenth tee. Each day since it has repeated the performance and is also favouring other players with its company. It is a little brown and white bird, known locally as the Buffalo Bird. For its size 1shows excellent golfing judgment. When a ball is well hit it flies to the point where the ball stops and waits for the approach of the player. If the bill is sliced into the woods it refuses to follow. On the greens it observes the etiquette of the game by standing off to one side and makes no move until the ball is holed. At the tenth tee it regales itself with a drink from the water of the wishing well and returns to the seventh tee, like any well-mannered caddy, leaving the playing of the nineteenth hole to the golfers themselves. ” » * <

Kapi Tareha and Whiti Whiti, the two Maoris fought out the final of the Napier Club championship. This is the first time in tho history of tho club that two Maoris have been left in the final. Kapi was in good form, playing excellent golf throughout, and was much too good for Whiti Whiti. These two players know rhe course from A to Z. and are quite nt home in all weathers. The outside entries were conspicious by their absence. At one time this club drew large entries Including many of the Dominion’s best players.