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GOLF IN THE STATES

CHEAP AND POPULAR

A TALK WITH MR J. KIRKWOOD

It is regrettable that golfers in this country and in Australia have missed the opportunity of seeing the famous American professional, IV alter Hagen. He was to have accompanied the Australian player, Mr J. Kirkwood, who is a passenger to Sydney by the Aorangi. “Hagen,” Mr Kirkwood told an Auckland Star reporter, “tried to arrange it, but apparently could com© to no definite understanding with governing bodies in New Zealand and Australia. It was a pity; had it been possible we would have toured together, and to see Hagen in action would have been an experience which golfers in this part of the world will possibly never have again. “It is that sort of thing that is wanted to encourage golf here,” Mr Kirkwood added. “There is to be a tournament in Honolulu soon, to which a number of American professionals have been invited. A prize of 5000 dollars (about £1000) has been offered, and all expenses, including first class return fares and accommodation during one week’s golf, are to be paid. It is an expensu-e method, I know, but it is worth it. Everyone in America plays. Clerks, office boys, everyone patronises the courses which are laid out by tho cities. I have known 30 or 40 young enthusiasts to bo at the links before dawn, waiting for the first glimpse of daylight to get a round in before breakfast. Fees are cheap; it costs only 50 cents, (about 2s) to play a round.”

STEEL SHAFTS; A NEW BALL,

- It is probable that there will he one or two important changes in golf play, he ' declares. Steel shafts for wooden clubs must come eventually; at present 95 per cent of the players in America use them. They are not barred even in tournaments there, although it is not permissible to use them yet in Great Britain. In 1930 a lighter and bigger ball is to be thoroughly tried out. It is thought that players get too much length with their drives, and to prevent- this a new type of hall will probably be introduced. There is, according to Mr Kirkwood, a lot of controversy as to who is the world’s greatest golfer, Bobby Jones or Walter Hagen. Bobby Jones, lie says, is a master of the game, hut in other respects Walter Hagen can well be called “the king of golf.” It is really not posisble to compare them on the same lines. For an .amateur the game does not hold the same strain as it imposes on a professional, who depends upon it for his living. Incidentally, Hagen is very misunderstood. H-e is really a thorough sportsman.

“A BOX OF TRICKS.”

Since he was in New Zealand last, Kirkwood has mastered a number of new trick shots. Hitting five halls one after the other without looking at them is one of the simplest. Another is to hit two balls at once with one club, slicing one and hooking the other. A third calls for even more skill: three shots are played at once, by hitting three balls at the same time, one with a midiron, one with a mashie, and tire third with a niblick. A fourth is to drive eight balls ono after the other so quickly that all eight are in the air at once. At Linchburg, Virginia, Kirkwood brought in a record score for the course, which is 6300 yards; his score was 61, and it included eleven threes and seven fours; Most of his time at present is taken in exhibitions of trick golf and lectuiing on the game. He covers .every. State in America once a year. He has been in the States since 1922, and intends to return in about five weeks after a visit to his people in Australia.

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL,

The first meeting of the council of the New Zealand Golf Association, elected at the annual meeting in Dunedin last month, was held at Wellington on Monday. There were present: Mr W. E. A. Gill, Sir Alexander Roberts, and Messrs W. A. Kiely, L. 0. H. Tripp .and M. J. Crombie. Mr W. E. A. Gill was re-elected chairman, and Sir Alexander Roberts vice-chairman. . The question of formation of district sub-associations, regarding which a recommendation was passed at the annual meeting, was considered, and it was decided that in tho meantime an amending rule to the associations’ constitution should lie drafted, and circulated to clubs for their consideration. The sub-committe© appointed to draft tho amendment was Messrs Crombie, Tripp and Kiely. It was further resolved to write to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews for details regarding the working of subassociations, and also to Mr C. H. Redhead. . . In connection with the championship meeting, which wa6 held at Dunedin, it was resolved to provide an additional miniature of the Jellicoe Cup, which had resulted in a tie between Mr T. H. Horton and E. S. Douglas. It was resolved to send to the committee and secretaryjof the Otago Golf Club a letter of appreciation of the excellent way in which the tournament was arranged and managed. With regard to next year s tournament it was resolved to notify the Wanganui Golf Club that the council had decided to have a preliminary inspection of the Belmont course made, with a view to holding tho championship meeting there next year. The matter of standard scratch scores was considered, and it wias resolved to notify all clubs that the standard scratch scores allotted to them should bo adopted as from January 1 next. Those clubs which have not yet applied for a standard scratch score .are to ho asked to do so at once, so as to bring all clubs into line as regards a score for their courses and handicapping. ~ As a preliminary step towards tlio arrangement for the next KirkWindeyer Cup competition, it was resolved to write to the Australian Golf Union and advise them that New Zealand is prepared to send over a team next year.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 10

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GOLF IN THE STATES Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 10

GOLF IN THE STATES Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 10

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