Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-26
GOLF GOSSIP

q /, am not sure that every novice Is
fascinated to the same extent as ]
am by the sight Of rack full Of new
has the same effect as turning the
light Of bulls eye lantern onto a
pheasant sitting In the dark. > :
/. cannot get away, although / know
= am going to fall. Whatever hap
pens ! must go and waggle 20 or 80
Of those clubs. II Is no use telling
me that supper Is ready or that we
shall miss the train. have to go
through the usual performance OF
waggling. trying the balance. looking
down the shafts from each end, with
the inevitable result that sooner or
later one Of them appears to be the
very thing that ] have been wanting
for months.
II Is absolutely astonishing how a.
club appears to be sit" when tried in
the shop and still more astonishing
how quickly one finds that it is not
1T. when taken out on to the links
for a trial trip.
Then the thing instantly appears
to change its whole character. In
stead Of the beautifully balanced
driver with just the right amount Of
spring "a precious weapon which
aroused visions OF long, straight,
raking drives-wa find that we have
acquired an ordinary piece Of wood
with a stick stuck on to it
The beautiful balance has van
ished The club is much too light or
too heavy; still, it will perhaps be
all right with a bit of lead LET into
the bottom ortan inch taken OF the
shaft. But you have lost all interest
in Il If il has got to be altered. You
give il a desultory try or two after
wards, and then consign IL to the
eYer-increasing collection I'M the Ium-
Der room or self It to some other col
hector of rubbish for half-a-crown.
with the oftrepeated remark that "it
is jolly good club; So and So said
Il has one Of the best shafts he had
ever seen, but it is bit too heavy
Tor q bit too light for me, old chap.
Thanks.
What lot of clubs change hands
in this wayi We are visiting anoth-
er course. or happen to go into a club
makers shop, or are furtively buying
some balls on the cheap at the stores. |
A few clubs are tempting1y dis
played. The bait Is swallowed and |
another useless club is acquired. |
There would be precious little price
cutting II these enterprising shop |
keepers were not so fully alive tol
golfers weaknesses for buying and |
ever. buyihe new clubs, especially If |
marked q little lower than the pro-
fessional's price.
balls practically at cost price on ac-
count Of the profit he can get on the /
sale Of clubs. and golfers
cannot see that they are infinitely
worse on in the end than il they had
gone to their own professional and
taken his advice. II is a certainty
that any professional worthy the
name can save his members pounds
n the selection of clubs alone.
The average professional undoubt-
idly can tell most of his members
what win be likely to suit them and
what will be useless, better than they
can tell themselves, and any golfer
Who supports his professional as he
s supposed to do viii find he has
lnly to consult the oracle in the
club house annex and he viii inyari
ably get a club that win be q pal for
months to come. If you buy your
balls from the stores Won can hardly
sxpect the professional to go out Of
ais way to select q club for you or
% give you little tips when he sees
gou doing wrong on the course.
Personally, I have had, without ex-
aggeratio1i, dozens of clubs from va
rious parts Of the country, yet the
,nly ones that have ultimately
adopted regularly have been, with
fery few exceptions, selected for me
~ my own professional 1T. W. N. L
n the World of Golf. 5