The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-24
GOLF IS COMING.
1t win Probably Reach This City
49,: Next Year.

:.
!. lii view of the fact that golf Is fashion
able in,Eastern cities this season, it is safe
to predict that the game will reach the Pa
..cifc Coast before another season closes.
:: New YOrk's main club paper, Vanity, is
= authority on this new sport, Of which little
is known in this latitude. 1t will be seen
:: blythe subjoined clipping that even the
readers OF that paper require information
= touching the new game. Vanity says:
g. As there are still good many here who have
rather & hay idea of golf, and as in this case
> 70 give short description OF the game ''as she
Rs played" In golf the onlookers do not see
the best OF the game; in fact, except TO watch
some brilliant play in an exciting medal
ma sch, there are Jew onlookeTs frequent the
e links
To understand and appreciate golf one must
play u ones self, and to do this requires con-
siderable amount OF patience and practice.
Not that IL requires much time to feel the fas-
elnatlon OF the sport, one game often accom-
plrSres that, but there IS so much skill required
L. playing a really good game that one must
y low on and on before the higher heights are
REACHED and the satisfaction be gained OF know
sing That ones ''foozling" days are over.
Eke links are generally about three miles
round and have eighteen holes, although many
are made half this size when sufficient ground
cannot be got. The holes are from 200 to 400
yards apart, and round each hole for ten or
tTehty yards the ground is leveled, turfed and
SeRt+in the same order as one would bowling
green. Near each hole also there are small pre-
pared pieces OF level ground, the teeing
grounds from which the first shot to each sue
cessive hole is made. The rest of the links is
generally left in its original state, except that
when the ground IS too smooth and level,
artificial hazards in the shape OF bunkers are
dug with the earth thrown up on one side TO
catch the unwary. The clubs used are OF all
sorts, shapes and sizes, there being about
twenty different kinds, but Tor all practical
purposes, q set OF about six is sufficient. First
in order comes the driver, used for the first
stroke when the ball is allowed TO De teed in q
good position IoT a long snOt, all other shots TO
the hole having TO be made from where the
BAIL lies. The driver is the largest and lightest
OF all the clubs, made entirely OF wood, and
must have good spring 10 'swipe" the ball
from the tee, crack player often sending it a
couple OF hundred yards or more.
=: I8 g brassy is very similar TO the driver, but
''is:&ightly heavier and sitter. The sole is COW
cred with brass for protection and il is used in
playing through the green when the ball lies
ION level ground.
:. 1he cleek is a club with an iron head, shorter
and s+iher than the driver, and Is used In all
. cases when the ball lies well, but on ground
!: where ii would be dangerous TO use wooden
=. club.
=: Tbe iron is heavier than the cleek and is
raQre laid back on the face, being used in sand,
: lofig grass, etc.
: :. The NASTY and niblick have heavy, short
heGQs, and are required for getting the ball out
OF Tuts, hollOws, bunkers, etc
!Ihe lofter is very much laid back on the face
end is used for lifting the ball high over any
obstacle, and also by good players in approach
:. Ing the putting green and landing the ball
:dead" near the hole.
She putters are OF two kinds, wooden and
: iron, the first used on the putting green and
the. latter for the fine work near the hole.
" In olden times the balls used 10 be made Of
leather, stuffed with feathers, but now they are
made entirely OF solid gutta-percha.
:. The holes are A. inches in diameter and are
GENERALLY protected by an iron lining.
r golfers vocabulary is limited, but express
sive. a "csddie" is the boy who carries his
clubs. "Forep is the warning cry TO any one
on theline of his shot.
A "stimy" is, when on the putting green
enc ba Il is in front of the other in the direct
line OF the hole and more than six inches apart
The score is called by the number OF holes
one player is ahead and the number OF holes
still to play, viz: Two up and three 70 play
2. cans one player is two holes ahead and there
Ne still three holes to be played. When one
player is up as many holes as there are holes 10
play:he is said to be "dormy'' (from the French
s'dor1ne") as he can then afford to take it easy.
The explosives used are generally the good
old-iashioned ones-short, sharp and emphatic.
The game is played by two players for four,
two q side), ana consists in each striking ball
from the teeing ground and through the green
bv successive strokes toward the hole, the
'plater putting his ball into the hole IN the
fewest number of strokes winning that hole.
The game is won by whoever wins the most
holes:
Il sounds very simple, but try it. There is no
game that requires more skill and constant
practice-that IS, to play ii we'll OF course,
one can QuH rOuuU the Inks Ill OHc ; 14lO o4A
get lots of Jun out of it, but the way OF the pro-
fGient is hard. II you lose your temper over 1t
YOU are done for utterly. You must give
steady, constant thought to every stroke, never
getting riled when you drive your ball deeper
into a bunker than il was before nor when you
let drive with ell your might III long grass and
look down and find your ball comfortably
nesting where it originally fell. II you hit
wildly the next shot you only make matters
worse.
steady does it, and always keep your eye on
the ball, and after stiff game with doughty
OPPONENT you win have the satisfaction OF
knowing that, even although you may have
been beaten, you threw away no chances and
have probably added few days to your life.
Golf has everything that goes TO make
up'a successful game. 1t is played out of
doors, in all weather. 1t takes thought,
judgment, good eye, and, besides all this,
has the element of chance to certain ex-
tent. ANY game that you can play for
the first time and go to bed and dream
oyer must be a good one," SAID an ex-
scoffer recently.
With the next stroke good judgment
comes into the field. What shall be used?
A brassy? a cleek? A lofter? a nib
lick? And how shall the stroke be played?
1t is somewhat like a hand at whist
Nq've got to think about it, and good
BIT OF adyice is, take your time. You can
not play golf haphazard fashion.
Eight years ago the glorious game was