GOLF NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21409, 1 May 1941, Page 11

GOLF NOTES

PLAY AT ST. ANDREWS BELL CL P AND CONSOLATION EXPLOSION SHOTS IN BUNKERS (By “Old Man Par”) The first round or the Bell Cup and Consolation Haminup \u ; played at »t. Andrews on Saturday. Tin- cuurse was playing very last and is in need or a lew days’ rain. There were iiu real surprises in tiie niatrii plav except perhaps the derfeat or 1.. Bd-m mds by E. McCoskrie, but most ol' the games were very close. A. l> ullue wa- p.a.v mg pi: ;, 'lil.i: ly well against \v. Goitman anil had a fairly comfortable win, ids medal being *>•-'. K. Liddell, alder being down ;;; the early stages against I*. Mils, staged a good recovery to win on the loth. F. Groom earned the right to enter the semi-final "lily .-liter two games with i». .Marriott. The llrst game finished square and was replayed on .-Sunday wlmn E. Groom won by the narrowest of margins on the lsui. In the Consolation W. Wynn played well to defeat A. Evans 2 and 1. L. chilly played brilliantly over the llrst nine boles which In* covered in scratch figures ,us> and I*. .New]aiid must be congratulated o;i taking the game to the 17th before he was beaten 2 and 1. A. Marc raft hact an easy win at the expense of A. small and on his present form must be hard to beat. Club president K. McLeod was in great ronn in hi- match with A. Haggie, being round in 7f». A. Haggle cltd well to take Him to tile l?tn. In the Sealed n #gey l or*players not in the match play the winner was J. Pollock with an excellent card of 2 up. V. Edwards also returned a card of 2 up but was, beaten on the count back. W. Beattie l up, Ji. .Somerville, R. Rutherford, T. jbnp-on s. Shear square, all returned Chipping Out of Bunkers W atclimg piayers round the course, 1 am often surprised to see the number making ball-nearted attempts to chip the ball o-ut of bunkers when tlie safest way would be t.. explode the ball. A large number of players are frightened to play the explosion shot as when they have tried this method they have taken the ball cleanly and the bail has gone about 5U yards or so, or they have taken too much sand and the ball has not come out. When playing tlie explosion snet out of sand, ghied to that spot and hit at that spot; do not look at the ball at all. ir you SHUTS « hit ball away over the green; so remember, when exploding out of bunkers look at the spot about two inches behind ttie ball and swing the club at that spot, and bunker piuy will be easy.