THE ROYAL AND ANTIENT GAME OF GOLF

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17190, 6 November 1923, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE ROYAL AND ANTIENT GAME OF GOLF

By “ Th* Caddie"

TO A GOLF BALL. I Oh! little thing so whitely fair aad | | pure That dotli my husband’s inmost ?oui ! allure, ' How ©halt thou speak in that lasL settling day. When wo our grievances to all cl is- : play? Neglected gardens tell a sorry talc, i Neglected wives a sorrier still, but foil j To find a chord responsive iu the j breast Of hirn x who daily follows thy behest. : Not home to tea. hut thee to tcc he , This golfing mad, non partner of my j And leaves me thus to dedicate my . verse To one who leads him on from bad to I In my sad heart the last faint echoes | perish Of words that sounded once like ‘'love j and cherish J little dreamed of what would come between To lure him ever on from green to green. I’erhaps. when he is spent and full of years. And spongeth thee the last time with his tears. He may remember that he hath a wife iOr Had—for I may fjee. this lonely 1 Tife. | —From *' The Bank Officer. '* j GALLERY ETIQUETTE. Mr J. Francis Markes. the. secretary ; ot the Sandy Lodge Golf Club. Eng- | land, has designed a card ot instruc- j ti« ns upon gallery etiquette, which he has hail printed, and each person attending nn exhibition match receives a copy on entering the course. It is 1. Do not move or speak when a player is making a stroke. Do not stand nearer to a player than ten yards; keep further away if possible. - When lining* up to watch the drives, dress back at an oblique angle awav from the players, so giving them a wide course for the finish of their shot. Also you will thus see perfectly and will not get Hurt by a ball, nor will the ball be stopped — the latter is always a regrettable occurrence. To preserve the line, do not press forward because your neighbour dues. Show him this. He is not selfish, only a little thoughtless for the moment. While awaiting the arrival of a player extend in a line either side of the hall steward, but not behind him. This will leave him visible to the approaching player and the latter will not have to elbow his way through the crush. 3. In following the play rlo not go through bunkers, go round them. Your deep foot-marks in sand may cost a player dear. * -L When at a green awaiting players keep well to tho sides and leave the back of the green quite clear so that the players can see the flag instead of it being lost against a background of figures. A sight ot the flagstaff is J necessary for judging distances lor | long approach shots. Walk round greens, never across them; they get wear and tear enough ; from the traffic of play only.' After leaving a green do not cross | to the far side of the next hole till the players have driven off; it is dan- ■ gerous and it delays the play to do j 0. Show no partiality to one player 1 in a match. Do not applaud a good putt till both have holed out. Even if you know a player well, do not accost him. .Let him concentrate on his play. 7. Respond quickly to any request from the course stewards, and to a call of fore. As golf is becoming popular with the public, it might he' a good idea for the New Zealand Golf Council to l issue a similar card of instructions. j THE CLVB GRIP IN GOLF. Tiiere is no more fascinating topic ana no sueject on which opinion is inure wiueiy uiviaed tnun tlw.t ot_the ter piUNcrs (to not agree as to wnicn way is tne host. arm wnicn particular im-Kiort produces tne most ti mtnu results. Uuriousiv enougn, on nearly all omer guiung csscntuits mere is almost 1 pcriecL agreement, it would seem ttiat uiversity of vaew has arisen, not because or any violent distinction in fundamental xninciples, but because ot a grees of strength in lingers, wrists and arms make il impossible that a universal grip should be in evidence, and \ot every golfer of repute is so enamoured ol Ins own jiarticular method ot gripping the club that he fails to see any virtue in other methods. How many forms of grip there arc would be hard to estimate, but appended are some of those in general use. together witix their chief exponents. The palm grip, with the thumbs round the shaft, as used hy Mr .John Ball, the late .Mr •lack Graham, and Alec Herd. Herd puts it this way: ** I hold a club in the way a man grips the first tune ho takes a club in his hand. I have never seen any good reason for altering, but I have seen many golfers come back to the natural grip to their advantage. It is not the grip that makes the champion, but at the same time T strongly insist that there is too much of the overlapping grip among the bulk

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j r >f gplfers to-day." Another form is J the overlapping grip, with the little j finger of the right hand riding on the I first, finger of the left hand. w ith thumbs down the shaft, a method invented by Ali- John Laullax, and popularised 1»\ Harry Yardon. Taylor and Braid- The guiding principle of this grip is that the two hands work as one: further, the tendency of the right i hand to overpower the left is largely i obviated. Let us see what Yardon -says ; about overlapping alter he had experi- ; men ted for a year with it : “ The game I is easier anti steadier with it ami. in my opinion, it has contributed materij .illy to th« attninuient ..f such skill la. T possess.” There is the select body 1 of golfers, to be found principally on , the East Coast of Scotland, wiio use the interlocking method of gripping- the little finger of the righkhand entwined with the first finger of the left hand.