GOLF IN ENGLAND
COMMENTS ON COURSES USE OF STEEL-SHAFTED CLUBS The opinion that the best New Zealand golf courses compare very favorably with English links of medium standard was expressed by Mr. A. .E. M. Rhind, secretary of the Auckland Golf Club, who returned by the Rangitane last week after a visit to England, where he played on over 30 different courses.
“I do not think we have very much to learn in the matter of golf architecture.” said Mr. Rhind, “many famous English courses badly need rebunkering, although it would be sacrilege to suggest such a thing there.” Mr. Rhind spent a considerable time studying English green-keeping methods, which are very much more advanced than those in use in New Zealand. He said many committees had found that much better results were obtained by cultivating the natural grasses on their courses than by introducting what are supposed to be the best class of golf grasses. “Steel-shafted clubs are in most universal use, although the general opinion seems to be that good hickory is much more efficient for use iu iron clubs,” he said,— Rerald- .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17408, 5 November 1930, Page 6
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