Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-01-12

fashionable craze, is Of Scottish ori-
gln' although sport very similar IN
u Was first played in Holland. II was
towards the middle OF the eighteenth
century however, when II really be-
came national game Al that time
i was very well known IN ENGLAND.
ana there were, and are still. some
celebrated links ut 81. Andrews. a col
lege town in Scotland Golf has n
peculiar charm OF lis own. ana this 4
probably due 10 the fact that ii Is a
game for tho young aud old. can Ia
played quietly or violently. by num-
Der Of people or by single person.
/ quite stretch ot country Is required
/ Tor a golf course. and OF necessity II
must not b. cultivated. that is 10 say.
there can b. no growing crops in the
ground over which the links pass.
which q itself distinguishes Il from
io2 hunting Neither can il be played
In a wood.
The implements with which YOU
play golf ars numerous. but the four
/ principal ones arc sufficient for an
ordinary player These clubs. a. they
are called ARE used Tor different pur-
/ poses The longest which Is over
four feet in length aud Is all wood. l.
called u driver. Tho aloiier has a
sl0piug plece o. iron on the end 4
eleek has a straight section o. iron on
is termination. ami putter Is a
short, heavy wooden stick. A little
Z circular plooe % rubber Is called tie
To-, aud the bali. which Is slightly
, more than an inch Ia diameter, made
I Of guiia percha and painted Whiie. 81
Z placed on this aAeu making tie first
shot from raeh tsclng- ground
Tho course usually consists 81 nine
links. says The Philadelphia Times.
and LINK Is tile distance from i.,einp
grDund 10 q hole. 4 tceing ground is
whltrwashei ground. ten feet long.
and i the beginning Of a link. The
links yary Ia length from. 700 10 GOO
yards. AZ ile end 81 each one s.
what y called y putting green. This
Is some thirty feet square. Of smooth
sod. Niih a small hole 10 the center.
Tho holu u four inches deep and three
Ia diameter In the middle 81 this
hole - an iron flagstaff about four
feet high. With a r~i Tag. on which
l. painted In white the number Of the
link Tho object o. tho game Is 70 60
from each icc.ng ground 10 IS rcspec-
Two putting gr,en IN ~ few strokes
a. possible This Is where the
"charn' 81 golf comes in When u
player starts from tho first tccing
ground hn places his rubber tee on
tho ground within Tho whitewashcd
lines. calls his 'caddy.r young
servant who carries his clubs and
watches whore the balls 90. and who.
though not entirely necessary. adds
much 10 tho pleasure 81 The game. 10
bring him his "driycr Grasping
this stick firmly likc a croquei malloi
tho player takes look 10 sight tho
rcd aaE in The putting green far in
front 81 tho tceing ground, Then
standing al right angles with the hall
he "addrcssrs' u. that IL. b. lays ihc
head 81 the club upon the ground ian.
mcdiaicly behind ,hc bah on the rub.
Dor too (which clevatcs 10 about halt
an inch above the turf draws back
over hi. right shoulder. rising on his
lott foot ~ tho same time. bringing ID
down quietly la ;ha same circle il
came up. 90 tho ball without iunching
H.. having aimed. swing, hi~ club mp
again. keeping his eye on The ball the
entire time. and comes down on the
bail with considerable tor,e hitting
tho hall square iu the middle II hc has
aimed properly II hit in the right
way ihr hall should 40 at least TOO
wards. rising IL ;he afr TO o height 81
twenty OF thirty feet.
The players raddy" should then
run 70 the ball and give his master
the next club needed The nature OF
the ground determines what that club
shall br. n rough the lotter should
b. used. n fairly smooth, the cleck
a the proper club Both Of these
clubs are used in somewhat the same
manner az thu driver. with the cNcep-
ton that there should bo less aiming.
Tho player begins 20 progress IN AS
straight, a direction as possible for the
rod iiag An approach y the name
al the stroke which brings the player
near tho hole. When the golfer sends
his ball on tho putting green he should
then urc the puttcr in the same man
nor as aroquei mallet 10 get in
The hole. lie should then pick his
hall cat OF the hole and walk to the
next tuping ground. which is never far
on. whore he commences ON u new
link ~ send the hall into the next
hole. Each stroke with any stick
counts one. whether It is good or bad
and the totals FOR each hole arc put
down on q card and added ut the end
Of ihe gene Tho player who makes
the fewest strokes in all the links de-
feats his companions. Hazards ;.
consists OF streams. fences. trees and
roads and several Of these should be
an each link The ball must be hit
over these. Ia order not 90 lose strokes
aud II is while near them that tho
excitement of the game is felt ~
scotland and England a match Is
sometimes won by "holes,' that Is, II
10 mot the grand total OF all the holes