SHORT PUTTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1035, 26 September 1925, Page 11

SHORT PUTTS

The. player who can put the 'fiuence on all his j short putts and shoot them down the mine is going to be mighty hard this week-end. Flags will be flying at Shirley clubhouse to-day, also on eighteen greens. On Sunday there will also be a lot flying half-mast at some of the bunkers on the course. During the Open one is sm*e to hear someone wishing that the greens "should all be very large and sloping oh all sides towards the hole; also it would be a good thing to put wirenetting over the creeks and bunkers." After seeing some of those big hefty chaps slogging 'em, "Sammy" really* thinks there should be a rule m golf I barring a player from hitting a ball longer than 200 yards. \ . When m trouble never despair; every cloud has a silver lining. But you can't see it from a Shirley bunker. A cross worder: Ask a professional who "Samson" is and he will say "He;a the limb of a tree." (Branch.) SOME PROVERBS. Proverbs 'of the putting greens, to be consumed each morning before play at Shirley: (1) Few holes come forward to meet the ball. (2) The right line means little to the faint heart. (3) Give the ball a chance and you will have a better one. (4) The ball on the lip of the hole still needs another stroke. (5) A long putt covers a multi- . tude of sins. (6) Always, remember it's better to be a foot beyond than an inch . short. : Ranui Club have decided to open their links for summer play at least as long as up to Christmas. Why not keep going all along? The extra cost will not be so great, and by keeping the course m good order all the year the heavier expenses of winter are reduced. Never forget — -golf is a summer game. | J. L». Black has returned. another 69 m open competition a,.t the Hutt. Jack appears to be returning to his best from at the right time, and Hutt supporters like Jack's chances at Shirley. G. F. Gunson has won the .Taylor Bowl, a knock-out competition played on handicap. Such an event is good practice for a championship, and the progress of G.F.G. at Shirley will be watched with great interest. His fine efforts at Middlemore will not easily j be forgotten. * ' McDonald Smith redeemed his failure m Britain by winning the American Western Open Championship on August 21 with scores of 70, 71, 71, ! 6? — 281. This is .a remarkable score for such a competition, and must rank as one of the finest feats m golfing history. The aggregate will certainly take'some beating. It's a cert, it won't be done' at Shirley to-day. Some golfers strive to improve their game by imitating the leading professionals. If they all imitated Mclntosh 'm one of his merry rounds the links would sound like the audience of "Kid Boots" when George Gee was j m the chair. . .