The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-03
GOLF STICKS.

tion; There are spoons. OF various lsngths
By
one one that is distinctly to the advantage Of the
called n he o. putnS
pSs on 70 wssn PUT
ass sEfSn L sseshfs ss!%s
order carte 1'anehe for every variety q club In
hs GGf a he y9 eSs reGass M
question Of clubs agree with the authority
nG ss s sne
in in" which al tho best PROFESSIONALS play. does
thpse OF Clubs Rs o M1yk through 'no green
Much dSrends uG9n the particular lar, course y 2.
pSns %h 20 as 70 ouS
player it is q curious experience indeed to see
1 The ee drive ~ from tie tee when we'll exc.
which which; many arc proficient who are ,stil quite
inferior performers at every othor phase OF the
nss " xa slys whst
Horace Hutchinson. the chief q our writer's. on
strokes are won by driving alone. that. In spite
% si t so e
Of golf. Striking Of the FIRST tee il Invariably
done to an assemblage Of spectators. though
such conditions. At an important match there
and and Ii the 1S seurse viii be lined from hois
HE ban on & some hundred o; End
h" steps forward Of the tee. i he is the
Tho largest driSe"and we'll il may be-oi
NJ 8's yards Ts Sy tie proiessonsI Archie smp.
.on. one OF six brothcrs al players. Of Earls-
%a: Has q il E on sSe Hns srs0
Ths III j lSfia$ss t$s ron ,, Sai
sess sS'f y an are 20
slight Of build and only little over the me-
dIum height. Probably another noted drive Of
his was even further than this. but no actual
He,was driving for the sixth hole at St AZ
given as 300 yards. Simpson drove and used
h nutter for the @ shot ths
% 8isa Archie Simpson Is more agile chan
powerful. his driving is considered the strong
st Beusas NJ Who sss
Earlsf.rry and is 81 years Of age. He be-
Hs to thf GTde chest
inches and l2s inches round the forearm. and
Is tho civilest spoken ana soberest man I'M
nginabe Here is man who. like Archie
Simpson. forms an exception to the general
rule. and does win strokes by his driving.
With him 1t Is q common thing to drive the
ball on the carry" Ion the :. fly" e. before
1t drops) over 2OO yards, hut the ball rarely
rolls far aiterward. At Brighton lately In u
contest he frequently carried the greens.
!. e. dropped the ball on the putting green
from the tee: and on his own links. the Limps-
field Chart he drove a ball which travelled
over 23O Yards before aiChting. Archie Smp-
Rou and ROLAND once played q match ut sand
witch which simpson won by tho very last
put" and the driving In this was something
Last autumn. at North Berwick. an ANA
tepr driving competition was held. the winner
ofwhich drove 236 yards the second man ac-
complishing 228 yards. and the third 228
after the fall and. l should say, were made
with q following wind My reason for saying
this Is that ut another driving competition,
held about the same time. three OF our very
hest amateurs including Mr.. John Ball,
Jr.. before mentioned AS the only amateur who
has ever won the Open Championship. COM
peted and was won by q drive Of q tribe over
POO yards. including the run. The average
carry" of the drives OF this trio was about
$50 yards. and this must DO taken as excep-
tlonally fine work. The average club cham
pion gets his ball away with carry" OF from
120 10 $50 yards. the latter distance being very
rarely exceeded. For the position 1t will be
impossible to do better than to look at tho ac-
companying illustration 1t Is taken from