The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-10
TEE, CADDIE AND BRASSY
ALL OF WHICH HAS PERTINENCE TO
THE LATEST AMERICAN FAD.
Golf Expert Now at the Country Club
Grounds - Tells How the
Game Is Played.

Golf at the Country Club is now in full
swing. Mr.. J. K Tweedie, golf coach, ar
rived Sunday and has been at the club
grounds since. Mr.. Tweedie was born in
England and comes of a family of golf
ers. While still a boy under sixteen years
of age he won the Holyoke Junior medal
for golf, winning from over one hundred
boys, all under sixteen, as that was the
age limit He is a member of the Royal
Liverpool Golf Club. the oldest club of it's
kind in England. Nine years ago he came
to this country, turning professional two
years ago. Mr.. Tweedie is now the man.
ager and golf instructor at the Exmoor
Country Club links, in Chicago. His broth
er, Mr. H. j. Tweedie, and Mr.. c. B. Nc
Donald, an ex-champion, laid out the first
links at Chicago, where golf was first
played in the West.
The game of golf was first played in
Scotland in 1457, although the game as
played then was greatly different from the
game nowadays James Nv, of Scotland
was an ardent player and held several rec
ords The oldest club in England is that
of Blackheath, dating from 1908. Golf was
introduced in this country seven years ago.
the first links being laid out at Yonkers
N. Y. This club is now known to all golf
ers in this country as the st. Andrews Golf
Club. little over two years ago H. j.
Tweedie and c.. B. Mcdonald laid out links
at Belmont, suburb of Chicago, and lat
er they were removed to Wheaton, where
they are now, the finest in America The
course is of eighteen holes, and covers a.
distance of little over three miles the
whole, including the clubhouse, costing
wa lipIxe 49,
last tournament was held.
The game of golf consists of knocking a
small ball from one hole to another with
CLUBS, the object being to see in how few
strokes it can be done But this is the
barest outline of the game, as it is more
elaborate than the definition would imply.
The course in which the holes are placed is
called links. The place where the ball is
first Knocked off is called the teeing ground.
Scattered between the teeing ground and
the hole into which the ball is to he
knocked are bunkers, or hazards, which are
merely obstacles, such as fences, brush
trees water, roads, rough grass; in fact.
anything that tends to me Ike ii harder to
play the ball The hole into which the ball
is to be played is placed in the center Of
what Is Known as the putting green. This
is square of grass 60X60 feet, and when
IN a perfect state should be as smooth as a
billiard board The regular number of holes
Tor golf course is eighteen, but as there
is often not enough ground for so MANY
the number is cut down half
Inc cIuDs used are of great variety and
shape. These are divided into two classes,
those with wooden and those with iron
heads. OF the wooden head variety there
are seventeen different forms and of the
iron clubs there are twenty-four, and these
protected by patents But Of such number
there are only about six clubs that are
really essential for the game. These are a
driver, brassy cleek, lofter and putter and
all the rest are but notifications of these
The driver is a club with wooden head
and is used for driving from the teeing
ground. brassy is only a driver with a
metal plate screwed on the bottom for the
protection of the wood against the ground
and is used when long drive is wanted and
the ball is not on tee The cleek is an
iron club, and is the longest driver of all
the iron clubs, and is used when playing
through the green. Lofters resemble cleeks
in that they are an iron driving club and
are used when ball is to be driven high in
the air, so as to clear bunker. A putter
Is used for playing the ball into the hole on
the putting green.
HOW THE GAME STARTS.
The game starts off by drive from the
teeing ground. A little dab of wet sand
is placed on the ground and the ball, which
is a gutta percha one. about two inches in
diameter is placed on the sand to elevate
FIT from the ground. The player stands op-
posite the ball, and with a swing of his
driver knocks it towards the first hole. OF
course, it depends on the length of his drive
as TO how near the hole he will come Then.
if the lie of the ball is good, the cleek
is used, or if fairly near to the putting
green the lofter, as the twist given to the
ball by the lofter causes it to lie just where
ii falls. If the ball is on the putting green
the putter is used to play the ball into the
hole which is about four inches in dame
ter The ball is then taken to the teeng
ground which is near the putting green,
and is driven to the second hole. The use
of the different-shaped clubs comes in on
the different lies of the ball. If it Is to
be driven for some distance, and is TO also
clear the bunker on the way, o. lofter is
used. If ii is in cartwheel rut or a small
hole IN the ground or between stones, a
mashie or niblicls is used TO play the ball
out of the place. If the ball is a long dis
lance from the putting green, and the lie
is good. a brasSy stroke is best Only ex-
perience and practice give one the knowl-
edge of what club ard stroke is best to
play under different circumstances. Good
form is the essential thing. and without IL
one can never be good golf player. Be-
ginners are anxious TO make long shots and
lacritice form for Ill .ance. This is fault
that should never be allowed TO gain on
me. as 1t is detrimental to good play. Learn
how to swing the driver properly. TO make
strokes with the different irons accurately
and the distance will soon be found to in
crease In the strokes is the advice Of fhe