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I f I IO V O I i I Is L s I 1 1 c J w e o it ita fJ a OLD ono GE WITh THE l-h l a SuRF E YOU VOU D T ou 1 H HI Mir 1 Y I GouT OR RHEUMATISM l E AL tL I IM tJ TUe WAGGLE Ge MA MAY SUPPORT HIMSELF HI tIM t-tIM a IN P AMY MV TAT TI TIAr OF THE E pUllER OR IV IY I r WILL WL COST COSY S YOU A S Rot IMF E 1 Pl PLEASES SES E HIM f J a C W HE EN N THE rHE Jl OF f THE l MP MAKES KIES ES I IT Ii VERY VERV J r DIFFICULT r TO 10 E JHAi I S ONE TO OO 00 11 J w fi HER AM WHEN W HEM THE STICK FLAG k I IS S N PI A OALI IS THAT THAI THE E BALL BALL- a LosT HIGH S SO 0 H THAI f a I I o R BE lOI NoT NO MUC by The The Geor George Georce e Matthew Ad Adams ms Se Service ice Cy Conundrums That Perplex Players Solved b by Y St St. Andrews Many new and nd highly i interesting rulings are contained In the tho re revised revised revised re- re issue of the Royal and Ancient Ancient Ancient An An- clubs club's book of ot Decisions given by bv the rules of golf gol committee commit commit- tee in England on knotty problems submitted by golf clubs club Known as the Blue Book the work embraces almost every conceivable conceivable con con- on- on point paint that can ean possibly arise in the course of a a. round of golf goU whether against the visible or orthe he the invisible foe and is worth its weight in gold to perplexed committees com com- committees suddenly confronted with a a. situation demanding instant action The Blue Boo Book Boo is a masterpiece of ot logic and phraseology written b by two men men Mr Mr John Low and Mr 1 Henry Gullen two Gullen-two two British golf gaIt authorities FIRST QUERY ON OSCILLATION Queries come from all parts of the world a striking testimony to the allegiance shown to Ita the Royal and Ancient club by every golfer as ass a the tho paramount authority on the game Of chief chiet Interest are the new decisions that have hav been added to I the book I I I The first concerns a point sent in by the St St. Leonards Leonard's club of England's England's Eng Eng- lands land's conc concerning oscillation of or orthe the ball on n the putting green a doubtful matter occurring many h times a a day In this case I Ia a player while in the act of ad addressing ad- ad I dressing his his' ball in the waggle of the putter before making the stroke taI tapped ped the ball with the making the ball turn half I over but It returned to Its original position f i The question arises arises Is Is this a stroke I The Ro Rojal l and Ancient club de decision decision decision de- de follows The follows The distance the ball moved cannot be considered as as merely an oscillation and therefore the movement counts as a stroke While In the pct act 1 1 of ot addressing the ball on th the putting green players should b be particularly careful that th the ball is not touched otherwise there is the danger of ot a stroke being chalked up against themA them A NOVEL QUESTION The next query coming com from the I Meyrick and Queens Queen's s Park Yank duo club Bournemouth has the ring of novelty novelty novelty nov nov- elty and originality about It ft it In Inthe Inthe Inthe the course couIse of ot a a. match play competition competition compe compe- A in the short game used only one hand to h hold ld the club either mashie or putter While putting he held a a. club in fn his left lefthand lefthand lefthand hand on he leaned his weight in order apparently to steady himself hims l' l I The opponent considered this unfair uni un- un i i fair and contended that A A. A In makI mak- mak i I mak- mak making Ing use of an agency outside the match lost the hole Is A entitled I to so support himself Is the question question question ques ques- tion which the Royal and Ancient club is asked to solve And this Is I done so very tersely as follows i Assuming thatA suffers from no physical defect he may be required I to obey implicitly the rules of ot golf which are re framed to guide the conI conduct conduct con- con I duct of the normally constituted I persons when playing the game A cannot support his weight on a club or other artificial pi prop op when playing playing playing play play- ing a stroke without committing a breach of Rule 15 15 This rule s says ys a a player can cando cando cando do nothing except so o. o tar far as Is Isnec necessary necessary essary to enable him f fairly irly to take his stance Therefore the R R. and A A. A upholds The opponents opponent's claim as reasonable and adds that that that- The opponent of a player suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing from a physical dl disability would not be considered to be waiving a a. penalty if he omitted to protest the players piker's use of f necessary artificial artificial arti arti- aid aid So an old gentleman suffering from an attack of gout or acute rheumatism may support himself in any way that pleases him UNTANGLES U U. U S S. S CASE A case relating to two incidents that attracted a good deal of ot attention attention attention atten atten- tion In America Is submitted to the United States Golf Golt association A player struck the basket on the top of the pin or standard with such force that the ball forced Its way into the basket and stayed there Another players player's ball hit and rapped itself in the flag and also stayed staged there When should the players place t Or nr r drop the respective balls balls' Is the query 1 asked The answer answer is is A A ball baU lifted from a stick should be dropped as near as iS possible to the place from which it was lifted This procedure however opens up a multiplicity of at possibilities For example supposing the ball when released drops Into the hole what happens then Must one go goon goon goon on dropping the ball until it it misses the hole Or supposing the flag flag- stick is so high that the ball cannot be reached what can one do Is t the e use of a ladder permissible or can cai one ona shake the until the ball bal Is released But this Is not dropping the ball which Is the term expressly employed Here is a query that has occurred over and over again In competitions and ana private matches since the alteration alteration alteration alter alter- to the rule relating to a lost un unplayable playable and ball out of bounds came ame Into operations At the Wallasey Wallasey Wallasey Wall- Wall asey links the penalty stroke for forban ban ball out of or bounds has been remitted remitted remitted remit remit- ted so that the player loses distance only And this remission of ot part of the penalty which has been followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed py hundreds of ot other clubs occasioned all the trouble The circumstances are these these A A player er played his bis second stroke and I his caddie raddle said his ills ball bair had gone out of ot bounds The pla player er however however however how how- how how- ever doubted it He then dropped another ball which went out of ot bounds and so did the next one The third was on the course The first ball could not be be found either on the course or 04 out of bounds and after a a. five ml minutes minutes' utes' utes search it was as abandoned It Is pointed out that It Is conceivable conceivable conceivable able that the ball never went out of ot bounds bounds' but was lost in Inline the long grass adjoining the Dull Duit of bounds area And if a ball goes ver very verj near to the out of bounds area and cannot cannot cannot can can- not be found it may be and very often happens that the player claims the of the out of ot bounds s rule and thus only loses distance instead of having to suffer suffer suffer suf suf- fer the penalty for lost ball baH or stroke and distance PLAYING PROVISIONAL BALLS BALLS BALL In this case three provisional balls balls' were played If It the ball bait played from the second shot Is found not to be out of bounds asks the Wallasey club is the player plyer entitled titled to go on playing with this ball notwithstanding standing thaU he has plaY played d three provisional balls or anu must t he lie continue continue continue con con- playing with the last provIsional provisional provisional provis provIs- ional ball baIl baIland and lose either stroke and distance or distance only for forthe forthe forthe the first ball that Is supposed to have gone out of ot bounds and distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance only for the others played out of ot bounds bounds' The reply of the R R. and andA A A. A Is highly important and should be well considered and d pondered by every golfer goIter It sayS say'S The player having made a search of five minutes for his ball must determine whether to regard the ball as lost or as out of bounds In either case he must go back and play again or 1 If he has a provision provisional al ball in play pla continue his g game g me with that ball The player seems to have been of ot the opinion that his ball was on the course After Atter searching for tor five live minutes this ball bail became a a. lest lost ball He should then have continued his his' game with the third provisional ball If there was evidence to show that the first ball might have gone out of bounds he should have submitted submitted submitted sub sub- such evidence to the committee committee committee com com- of the club and It would have bave been for tor them to decide which of the two penalties he had In Incurred in- in And this very significant observation observation observation tion Is added Where the nature of ot the ground may make it difficult difficult cult to determine whether a ball baU be lost inside or outside a boundary the rules of ot the Ithe golf golt committee recommend recommend recommend rec rec- that the penalty laid down downin in the rules of golf goU stroke and dIstance distance distance dis dIs- tance should not be altered by local rule |
