Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
GOLFERS USE
ONE DRIVER
UNIQUE METHOD ADOPTED BY
PHlLADELPHIANS
Brassies Find Most Favor With Link
Performers and Majority Are
U in One=Stfck
Competition

The orthodox ola golfer and boon
companion of Colonel Bogey, who never
thinks of starting out to play even a
single hole unless accompanied by a
caddy laden with an armament of
wooden and IRON clubs, would have
opened his eyes in perfect wonderment
il he had chanced to drop in one after
noon recently at the Cape May Golf
club. says the Philadelphia North
American.
For, although the course was dotted
with players not single caddy was
in sight, the event i'm progress being
so-called single stick" tourney.
Blindfolded exhibitions, Journeys in
regulation evening dress and other
Innovations have made lame efforts in
various parts of the country to compete
with mixed foursomes, four ball four
somes and bogey tournaments for an
occasional day Of diversion from the
regulation match and medal play COM
petitions, but the single stick" event
has advantages over them all in that it
possesses the elments of novelty while
at Nhe same time retaining all the an
cient Lsages of the sport.
The event is conducted just like any
other stroke competition, except that at
the start the contestants are required
to choose one club with which the en-
tire event must be played, and in the
case of a competitor breaking a stick
the unfortunate is considered as having
withdrawn, unless ne chooses to finish
the event with the remnants of the
stick.
At almost every golf club there is a
class of enthusiasts who delight in re-
counting the wonderful things they can
do with their pet brassies, cleeks and
the other implements of golf warfare,
and the single stick tourney gives them
the glorious opportunity of showing in
regular competition what wonders
they can work when playing every
stroke, from the first tee shot to the
final putt, with the one stick of their
choice.
Many clubs have a local rule prohib-
iting the use of any other stick on the
green's except the putter, but such rules
can be waived for single stick compe-
tition. Owing to the necessity, how
ever, of protecting the greens from the
ravages of possible sclaffeG shots by
the buffers, all players should be
warned against using anything except
the regular putting stroke on the green,
under penalty of disqualification.
The clubs likely to be selected by the
participants was a matter of much dis
CuS5lOIy anu II WAS ECAiCi any lhOu5 II
that an al-round club like the cleek
would find favor with many, for since
iron has so largely replaced wood, the
cleek has been considered the general
utility club of golf. and the player who
pins his faith to ii should have no
trouble in driving, playing through the
green, getting out of hazards, APP
preaching and putting.
However, as far as winning capabili-
ties were concerned, the cleek, much
lauded as an all-round club, did not
make very favorable showing. Only
three players enlisted it's use and they
finished in the ninth, twentieth an(
twenty first places in field Of twenty
two.
Two players tied for first place. and
by a strange coincidence they were Z
gray haired veteran at golf and boy
still in his teens. The course Is nine
hole one, slightly over $500 yards il
length, with bogey of 3S and par o
49, and the winners each scored a g.
for the two rounds,
The veteran used a driving mashi'
and made his first round in AZ and hi
second in "A, while the work OF th'
lad. who pinned his faith 70 a brassie
was less steady but more brilliant. h'
medaling a AZ and a 40.