GOLF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18089, 13 May 1922, Page 12

GOLF.

To-day's competitions:— . Maungakiekie Club.— Kingswell Shield, third round, at the Maungakiekie links, One Tree HiU. Bogey handicap at Maungakie- , kie links. Partners drawn,. , Waitemata Club.— Handicap tournament • at Waitemata link*. Players arrange their own opponents. THE MAUNGAKIEKIE CLUB. The third round of the Kingswell Shield •will be played by members of the Maungakiekie Golf Club at the Maungakiekie links. One Tree Hill, to-day. I A bogey handicap will also be played at trio Maungakiekie links to-day. Players | must choose their opponents. Post entries will be received. MAUNGAKIEKIE LADIES' CLUB. The following is the draw for the L.G.V. medal handicap to be played by members of the Maungakiekie Ladies' Golf Club on Monday, at One Tiee Hill links:—Mrs. McArthur plays Mrs. Trice, Mrs. Saxton playa Miss Lever, Miss Kirk plays Mrs. Holdsworth. Miss Bayly plnys Mrs. Horton. Miss | Wilson plays Mrs. E. McHwraith, Miss Cotrtts plays Mrs. Wood. Mrs. Burton plays | Miss Haslett. Mrs. Deighton plays Mrs. I Morris. Mrs. CarT plays Miss B. Morris, Misa G. Easton plays Miss Duder. Mrs. ■ Finlay nlavs Miss Grierson, Miss D. Stewart plays Miss McGowan, Miss J. Easton plays I Miss C. Bayly, Miss Churton plays Miss Tonga. Mrs. J. W. Mcllwraith plays Mrs. Cooke Mrs. Goldsmith plays Mrs. Banister, Mrs. Blair rjhys Mrs. Taylor. Miss Dobio plavs Mrs. Owen. Mrs. Shanly plays Mrs. J H. Stewart Mrs. Richardson plays Mrs. Hamilton, Miss Harrey plays A. N. Other. WAITEMATA CLUB. The Waitemata Golf Club will play the first round 'of the handicap tournament on the Waitemata links to-day. Players will arrange their ova opponents. LADIES' CORONATION MEDAL. [BY TEI.EGP.ArH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ROTORUA, Friday. I Tne following are the scores for the ! Ladies' Coronation Medal games played on the Whakarewarowa links on Wednesday: — Miss Snodgraes, 84—4, 80; Miss Latrobe Hill, Sro—l9. 80: Miss Booth. 94—0, 85; Mrs. Dingle, 10J—18, 66; Mrs. Worthington, 10G— 15, 88; Mrs. Lumsden, 104—15, 89; Mrs. Montgomery, 109—20, 89. Mias Snodgrae.B' ecoro contained six threes in spite of the difficult greens. LARGE OR SMALL BALL. In an article on the question of the largo 'or the small golf bail, Abe Mitchell, tho well-known golfer, writes:—"This u a diwcult problem, £ince there are many players who insist on playing with the bail which • their club professionals use; 'othera insist on a floater every time they buy a new ball. To take away the pleasure of tho first golfer who playe with th« email size of ball would perhaps spoil his game for some timo to come, Although were he to go on playing with a bigger ball his game might in time improve. Certainly it would in the winter months, when the ball Bits, not asking to be hit, but tucked close to Mother Earth. " When the hall, lies close it is hard for any of u« to pick it up and steer it straight to the «reen; and it is here that the slightly jigger I)*!!, which can be of the same weight a« the small ball, i*t a far better implement for the' long han<lkap golfer, whose ability to play through tho green is not his strong point. " The larger ball gives a greater surface to strike at, and this alone is worth considering, for the marg'n of error is slightly reduced, and what with a. small ball might develop into a huce slice would with the lart'er ball probably resolve itself into a passable stroKo slightly to the right of the , fairway. ."In approaching, the larger ball ha.« a ; distmct advantage. Here, however, it should bp t)ornc in mind that I write for the long handicap golfer, whose ability to pick ur> a , I ball from a euppy lie is none too good. The large ball does not go so far down into the cup as would the smaller one. and. naturally, to pitch the big ball is easier. To pitch a bnll from a cupped lie when there is only a. little wny to go is one of the difficult strobes i of the cam", and here the lon™ handicap player would benefit to n. gTeat extent were I he. to use tln» bifger ball. i 'In putting there is very little, if any, i difference to be noticed. I have been told 1 by those who h»ve come to nlay with the lar»o ty«o of bnll that they havp imnroved ' \"a ,T . Putting, although they could give no ' rtennite w i lY an( j } low (],;„ ,„<,„{_{„. | oe-d»s<t«d object had been attained, t-,!,<. o ls °"' , i *■»» T<**ll.v good ri'iwr who can I mIL K^Z^JbP 3 H a bid«Mi lie and . ££*? L ~u d A tro^e - Tt , « oa3 «*Jnst the ' SJ*m to pis. y th# jjo» wn»n wood i* upper- k •

most in our minds. Qolfom are proverbially anxious to try for the lonpest distance, but a littlo wiiy safely ofton turns out just imi good in tho uJtimato result. It should bis known, too. that the bis ball ia easier to start away than tho email bail, which taken * swiftly moving clubhead to send it well away on its journey."