GOLF.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18556, 11 August 1922, Page 6

GOLF.

Received August 10, 5.5 p.m. NEW Y'ORK, August 9. After playing eighteen holes of a thirty-six hole match, Kirkwood and Hagen are leading from Godcheaux and Dunn one up. Hagen's score is 7 6 and Kirdwood's 77. SPRINGVALE GOLF CLUB. (By “Golfee Cleeke, Esq.”) A button competition in both A and B grades will eventuate on the Springvale links to-nioriow (Saturday), cominenciiig at 2 o’clock sharp. Players ‘ i are requested to select theii own parx‘jners, and advise the secretary or Selec- ’ I lion Committee tii-.it they intend comIpetiug. Members who can commence ''then- games earlier by so doing, will ’ ] donsiderably lacililate'** the arrang-e- -■ inents and prevent vvhgcstion on the • links. The additions to the golf house are now icompleted, an<L the building presents [ U considerably improved appearance. [The commodious social room erected will I accommodate a large assemblage of ; I both sexes, while the locker room at the (rear portion, now contains several additional lockers, which arc available lor those requiring them. • Mr .R. Foster, the president, will i conduct the official opening of the new t club room, prior to the commencement i ul the button competition to-morrow. - file ladies will also celebrate the occai sion, by providing afternoon tea for t-he ; players and visitors. . Members and .patrons of the links will lx? pleased to kno.v that a professional j coach has been engaged by tho Club, j and his services are now available to players at. frequest intervals. ’I his is a very necessary step, as a couple of hours’ proper coaching is worth a hundred rounds of golf, performed in a careless haphazard manner. » Members desirous of obtaining the . services of the coach should communi- • cate al once, with Mr J. Goss (senr.). - who has sole charge of this department / of the ( 1 üb’s aff.iir.-s. i :: : • [ Many golfers are still very slack re- [ lative to the strict observance of the rules and etiquette of the game. They should remember that “THE ’ game ceases to be golf when the rules are broken at pleasure.” Pos- > sibly the ‘’new additions .to the . rules,’’ appended, will be helpful to r all and sundry. MORE THAN GOOD. NEW RULES. (1) Never drive until the players in front are off the green. The hole may be 500 yards long and your best drive 80, but it makes a good impresson on any spectators. (2) Don't hurry on the greens. ’ try that putt aga’.n. mark up your card, explain why you foozled your 1 approach. Remember you have paid your subscription, and the greens are yours. (3) Walk slowly. Golf is a leisurely, dignified game, and, after all, time was made for slaves. That group on the tee behind must have , been hurrying, and are probably hot. - Let them learn their lesson to be ; leisurely and to exercise more selt- , control. i (4) Don't be obses-sed by the . game. Foursomes particularly are ; made for pleasant social intercourse, and while you are settling whose turn ii is to play, or the caddies are looking for a mislaid ball, intersperse the seriousness of the game with merry quip and gibe. The players behind don't own the links; remember they are yours. (5) If you lose your ball, it’s hard luck. Search thoroughly: it costs money.“ Be blind and deaf as regards the couple behind. They; are not entitled to go through until 1 you wave. Let them share in your ’ grief. REMARKABLE PUTTING FEAT. ; Cabled last month that Miss Hasj tin, who won the open French chainpionship, putted out in one on seven consecutive greens. Rather a remarkable performance. The aver- ; age player has usually to be satisfied ' to sink about three in a full round. Depends upon what part of the green your bii-11 happens to L alight. Of course if you are only . about six inches from the pin it’s . dead simple, but if six feet—oh? lor? . Now, Wanganui lady golfers—gel busy with your putters. Don’t let ; France retain pre-eminence. How i about trying out a Vardon putting , disc on the Brussels at home? [ MORE GOLF MONSTROSITIES. ’ Read recently that a cow grazed on the Stratford golf links has de- • veloped an inordinate liking for golf balls. During the progress of p-lay the animal accounted for the loss of several golf balls by swallowing them. | , Another freak of nature surely? } ; There thrives on the Springvale ; links, too. a lean, scrawny, scraggy ‘looking horse, which the Club can’t Seven give away. Nobody wants him—ai least so far. Anxious inquirers just ask the Ground Com- . mittee. While on the subject of “cows” and horses on golf links, how about ' this one on dogs? Golf dogs, as a class, are beginning to make their appearance in the dog shows. Of a terrier breed, they are trained to search for and retrieve lost golf balls. There are about 2000 golf links in the British Isles, and .it is fairly safe to assume that at least 10b balls are lost every month on each of them. This gives an average loss of 200,000 balls K every month, or 2.400.000 balls a year. When one considers the mar- ’ ket price of golf balls, the use and i the economy of the employment of jgolf hounds will become apparent. j Dogs of this type would be very ; acceptable to lots of Springvale golf- , !ers playing to the “SWAMP” green - in their usually fruitless endeavour , I to negotiate this charming hole in an I easy three. FILM ARTIST GETS THE CRAZE, r Charlie Chaplin has taken up golf, and the first reel of his new film, [The Idle Class, is largely concerned , with his e>X>loits on the links. Apart