Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-06
GOLF GOSSIP


IL hazards. II properly placed. are 20
him as II they were not. He plays
TO the area where he knows he will
md q good lie for the next stroke.
and the only difficulty he must over
come. like all his brother competi-
tors, is length. The discrimination
by length alone In all properly laid
out golf courses. which last may be
summed up in a few words. viz: the
finding OF areas free from hazard &C
distances to which good golfer can
reach, clears the par OF all ambiguity
and enables the pars OF different
courses TO have q fixed relationship
for handicapping
Meteorological changes cannot be
taken into, account In considering the
handicaps. as during the same day OF
the play the strength and duration Of
the wind at various periods OF the
day would require TO be watched and
taken into account. To do this would
entail a labor on the handicapping
committee such as no committee
would undertake. Not only may the
conditions on the same day vary from
what may be called normal. !. e., q
calm day TO a boisterous day, but q
glaring sunny day give way TO IN
equal gray sky. or comfortable tenn
perature to q great frost. Such
minute details cannot be taken cognl-
zance OF.
To arrive at a basis Of handicap.
ping for different courses the pars Of
the course must be determined BY the
same methods. otherwise what one
committee considers the par OF its
course would not. likely agree with
that Of another course OF the same
length. the par Of which had not been
determined BY the same method.
consider that in courses which have
some common agreement as TO their
laying out. so that what good golfer
is expected to do has been mutually
arrived at, length Is the true method
of fixing par.
What are the points of agreement
which should be arrived at before this
method of fixing q par by length
alone?
For example. no two courses can be
more unlike in regard to their config.
uration Of the ground, the greatness
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topping from the tees than st. An.
drews and Sandwich. Yet the lengths
being nearly the same st Andrews
$3.50 yards, Sandwich 6504 yards-the
pars viii, II determined by the lengths,
be the same. The pars Of the various
championship courses all come out
within q stroke OF each other. This
shows that though varying greatly IN
CONFORMATION. courses which have the
points Of agreement spoken Of have.
II about the same length. an agree
ment as to the par.
It ought always to be remembered
that DOGGY, though fierce In name, Is 4
captive bound by many conditions. and
that player may be favored BY for
tune and that DOGGY cannot be 90 a.
vpred. Among. the conditions favor
ing bogey's opponent, his fiukes, hoIing
iron shots or long puts. or doing the
hole In on the from, instead Of 3.
would require to be inquired into, and
placed against the player H the handi.
cappers are told to take into account
details. The plan which com
mends itself Is to take the final scores
apart from contingencies
The difference Of lengths Of courses
by par or 1bogey being obtained
would be the proportion required to
give a player his position among the
handicapped on the courses 80 laid
out. Length Is, moreover, the only
method to arrive at q proper DOGGY
common to both professionals and ann
ateurs.
Why should professionals have q DIFF.
ferent DOGGY for the purposes Of com
petition than that Of amateurs In com
petition or handicapping? Only one
way should determine It, or can tx II
viz, length, and It Il
greatly vanity of clubs as to having
scratch players on their lists, and
members to have their names so
placed. that prevents 1t. It would do
away with the plussing absttrdity al
together, and the sliding scale would
apply to all, professionals as well as
amateurs. by the points Of agreement
Is to drives, width Of course, etc, be-
ng coneurred 1t.
The above is from Dr. LAid1aw Pur.
yes fine article In Golf illustrated on
how to determine the par OF q golf
course.