GOLF NOTES.
HOW MANY CLUBS TO CARRY. I agree there are certain chibs which you cannot get on without (remarks Sid Wingate, the famous English professional), but each is difficult to master and one only adds to the trials of the game by increasing the number beyond a fixed limit. Personally, I have never carried more than eight, and I hope I shall not require more. My bag contains a driver and spoon as the wooden clubs —when I go away from home I have a spare driver in case my old one should break —and a driving iron, mid iron, a mongrel iron, which is perhaps more like a jigger than any other club, a mas hie, niblick and putter.’
It comes as a bit of a shock to most golfers to be told by Wingate that constant cleaning undoubtedly impairs clubs. “The weight is reduced,” he says, “and in all probability the balance destroyed. It is for this reason that many players leave their irons rusty. Personally, I like to play with clean clubs, but when they are cleaned I give instructions that the striking surface of the face must not be touched. So they are dull in the centre of the face, but clean in other parts.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19230911.2.30
Bibliographic details
Thames Star, Volume LVII, 11 September 1923, Page 7
Word Count
210GOLF NOTES. Thames Star, Volume LVII, 11 September 1923, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Thames Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in