Show ANOTHER Y FOR GOLFERS HAS i club professional Profession af announces blind bogey next sunday enthusiasm over the golf tournament held a week ago sunday over the new course and won by miss phoebe pace tan ran go soh high lih that thai professional george orul uan ilan has announced that another will be held next sunday at 10 a m this time it will be a blind bogey a name which in itself mean much to one not familiar with golf terms will select an arbitrary figure as the winning score before the tournament begins begin s a figure not less than three strokes under par or more than ten strokes over par par for the nine holes is 36 players will then estimate their own net scores the number of strokes they will require to complete the nine holes boles and award themselves whatever handicap they want the object the player must keep in mind is to pass what trie the arbitrary figure is and then set his handicap according to his own ability so that after deducting his handicap he will have the arbitrary figure left for instance if a player guesses the arbitrary fi gu and knows he will require 55 to complete the nine holes he will take 12 strokes as a handicap which will give him a net of 43 the winner will be the player coming closest to the set figure everybody whether a member 0 of f the club or not is invited to take part in the tourney since the interruption of the fish lake opening and several members being at the national guard camp many players have been using the course each day each day also sees a new face or so either taking lessons or playing the course for the past week a band of several hundred sheep has made a wonderful improvement in the fairways fairway sk they taij were bearded onto several of the fairways and have taken most of the salt it grass and whitetop white top off close to the ground thus eliminating much of the trouble of finding lost bans balls that has been so provoking the pasturing of the sheep will continue until the course has been covered in the interest of familiarizing new players with golf terms as used both on and off the course the reaper will print a few of the definitions as follows address the ballplayers ball players position before ball is struck approach the shot to the green away Farther est from the hole and is played first baff striking the ground with the sole of the club baffy A lofted lifted wooden club used on the fairway the granddaddy of the present spoon birdie A hole negotiated in one stroke under p par ar bisque A one stroke handicap that can be taken at any time by the player receiving it provided he announces his choice before the first shot on the next hole is played used only in match play bogey col bogey is the mythical name of a man who established his own reasonable score for each hole in defiance of par bulger the type wooden club whose face is built in a convex curve to minimize hooks and slices I 1 bunker formerly an artificial hazard running across the fairway more recently applied to a modern sand trap eye bye two definitions I 1 the odd man in a tournament who draws the privilege of not playing against an opponent in the first round 2 holes yet to be played when the match is finished caddie the players man friday carries clubs and offers advice casual hazard any hazard that is caused by the elements and not a planned part of the course pools of rain water for instance chip shot abot very short approaches to the green hit with back spin cleek cie ek an iron or wood club with a trifle less loft than the midiron mid iron fron |