GOLF COURSE INDOORS
Golf in the home has been made possible by the invention of a Scotsman, who has spent five years working out the idea. And there is no nineteenth hole. The course (according to the London Sunday Express) is in the form of a legless table, 9ft. long and 4ft. wide, which can be folded to a third of its size when not in use, and can be handled with ease by On the imitation grass surface are the requisite number of tees, holes, and hazards. Specially made miniature balls an inch in diameter are used and properly weighted and balanced clubs complete the equipment. " Q " golf, as the game is known, is not a toy. Play is on similar lines and rules as ordinary golf. Real skill is required, and expert golfers who have played on the course have been amazed at the problems confronting them. What seemed to be a simple stroke required'as much serious consideration as on a regulation course. A wide variety of hazards, including rivers, railway bridges, furze, fences, long grass, trees, rough ground, and hills dot the course. A replica of almost any links in the country can be designed.
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Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3186, 9 August 1930, Page 6
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