ON THE LINKS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 182, 4 July 1931, Page 16 (Supplement)

ON THE LINKS

SHORT AND LONG PUTTS. THE GAME AND ITS PLAYERS. Asked for It, Ho had been putting pretty badly, and came into the clubhouse anathennsing the wormcasts on 'the green. “Tell me,” he spluttered to the long-suffering secretary, “isn’t this the proper time of year for treating worms?” “It is, the long-suffering one retorted : ‘\V hat are you going to have?” The Palate Test.

Many stories of Mark Twain are being told in American newspapers as the publication of the new “ae’horised” biography draws near. One is: Mark Twain refused to play golf himself, hut he once consented to watch a friend play. The friend was lather a duffer. Teeing off, he-sent clouds of earth flying in all directions. Then, to hide his confusion, he said to his guest: “What do you think of unlinks hero, Mr Clemens?” “Best I ever tasted,” said Mark Twain, as he wiped the dirt from his lips. A Nuisance. Nobody takes a golfer to task for considering his shot before plaving it, but the man who dawdles through the fairways i*s a well-known typ© *o* nuisance. Plcntv of time is taken over the ball, whether on fairways or greens, without sauntering idly from shot to shot.

GOLFER RETURNS

H. A. BLACK EROM SYDNEY. CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY. Successful in reaching the semi-final in the New South Wales State championships, played at the Royal Sydney Golf Club’s links, at Bose Bay, Mr H. A. Black, of Miramar, New Zealand amateur golf champion, returned by the Marama this week. Mr Black stated on arrival that he thought that New Zealand’s chances of retaining the Kirk-Windeyer Cup when it was conmeted for at Kensington. Sydney, in June next, were quite bright.

In Sydney, Air Black said, he had a wonderful time. He had met many of the leading players in New South Wales, and had played on all Sydney s leading courses. _ After reaching the semi-filial stage in the cliampionships, Mr Black was beaten 8 and 7 liy Eric Apperly, who had triumphed four times previously in the final. This year, however, Apperly was beaten by J. Ferrier, a player of sixteen years of age.

HOLED IN ONE. TWO PLAYERS IN SUCCESSION. An incident believed to he unique in Australia occurred the other day on the Broken Hill golf links, when two players holed out in one during the match played under the auspices of the Broken Hill Golf Club. The shots were made at the eighth hole. 111 yards, and the hole is most difficult owing to a slope on the green and many hidden hazards. No player lias previously holed out in on© on the present course.