GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12713, 16 November 1904, Page 7

GOLF.

I ■ Speaking at a smoke concert held after , ,* the recent' tournament at Dunedin, the .ex- ' champion of New Zealand, Mr. K. Tareha, c alter congratulating Mr. Fisher on his Sues' cess, said that golf : was a new game amongst - the Maoris, ? but it promised to .' become: a * uaiioual game with them, so he wouid warn >! the .Europeans that they must '■ look jto j their ~ laurels in the future, as more, Maoris were * Coming afttr him. He had clone liii h-it in ; the games, but the Pates were against him. 1 S The; Hon. Michael Scott, winuer of the 1 championship of Victoria, is the fifth son of i the Earl of Eldon, and learnt his golf from hie sister, who: was three. times lady cham--3 <.'...-, of Bnslftinl, at, Westward Hoi It is : the general opinion that though he IB better 1 than D. G. Soutar on present form, the two ;: " are about equal on the average. Further •' contests between them will be watched With ••'■ intrrest. Scott drives a tremendous ball, ' not by alty great muscular effort, but by a *' fast, perfectly-timed swing. He gets the " right wrist in most palpably. The secret of " Scott's play is his perfect timing, and it is * as noticeable -in his clock and iron s strokes 1 as in his wooden club shots.; His strongest 1 and most useful shot is the long approach * to the green with a oleek. His -' ■ t .- r proscl'.ing is not strong, but his putting is 3 careful and- aecuriite.