Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-17
GOLF GOSSIP

nrme of Ian Ball III the World OF
{ off. delivers lecthr" on The evils
Of playing irons off the zee and
through the fairWay. VI "n the dis
lance requires a driver or a brasSV.
He scores Jerome d. 1rGvels, the
American amateur champion. by infer
ence, and altogether Wields his ham
mer with commendable VigOr.
Here is what this write says:
There are many clubs who rightly
prohibit the drive being maiV with 4
cleek or driving iron from m" tee, but
now that Jerome d. TrAver9 has won
the amateur championship Of America,
and initiated this bad example, we
shall doubtless find many 'players" ad-
visedly, for surely no mou would ac-
claim himself a golfer who was so i'll
sufficiently skilled in thu semitic art
of golf as to be unable to Use his driV-
er from the tee for. any hc!e measur-
ing anything over 200 yards.
Naturally for the short noleS an hcn
or mashie would @be.a necessity, and Il
man would only be considered BE-
ginner who was obliged to take his
wooden club for these holes. Tie rea-
son why green committees prohibit
the use of a cleek or driving iron from
the tee is primarily in the interests Of
true golf, and to teach beginners ~
use the club which was designed for
this stroke, and, secondly, because it
was found that if players were regu-
larly to adopt this method there would
scarcely be a shred of turf left for the
stance of a true golfer.
A player who goes out with his baG
full only of iron clubs is generally re-
Earded as undesirable on the fairWaY,
and one has only to follow him for
few holes to find that he has not only
taken enormous divOts-WhiCh he reg
ularly neglects to replace-but has
"schlaffed" thin slices of turf from
the ground. which remain as brown
patchest to the unfortunate golfer who
follows him. If he has made a good
shot he hurriedly picks up his bag ami
moves on, not even putting his foot on
the bare spot and pressing it down, to
give the roots a chance OF recovery
In fact, that other American habit CT
taking a preliminary swing, is catching
on. and the dufter takes piece Of
turf with his trial swing besides the
piece he takes with the ball
Now, l am we'll aware Of the argu-
ment that will be brought up against
me. viz. THAT the object OF the game
is to get round the links IN the feWesi
strokes" and that if you choose TO use
an iron from the tee because you can
get a straight stroke, why not do so?
Well. can reply to this argument by
advancing the same reason that the
Schenectady putter was barred IN the
United KingdOm-'lt was not g0l1.
The game has now been in vogue for
considerably over century. and 1t
has become ingrainod in every man
who considers himself golfer over
here. that he is morally breaking the
rules when he uses an iron club for
full drive where Wooden CLUB :" ar
rigueur.
As matter Of fact 50 innate is that
feeling that even if a golfer ''pulls, o"
"siices" drive after drive. his prid"
forhids him to acknowledge himself
50 weak as to resort to hi; c.""k for
the purpose of getting straight BAN.
As \ SPORTSMAN It is quite enough Tor
him that it is mot the game. t""I
certain that This is the feeling OF an
true followers Of golf. and ! trust i
viii continue. and thar W" shall hAN"
few, if any. imitatOcs " Mr.. TraN"rS.
Assuming thercfoIn thdt it is mo;
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