Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1919 — GOLF PLAYED EVEN AT SEA [ARTICLE]

GOLF PLAYED EVEN AT SEA

Outline of Some of Rules That Are Observed Aboard Ship—Ball Overboard Is Lost. Golf has the distinction of being played the wide world over and the übiquitous devotee can indulge no matter in what corner of the earth he 'finds himself. Now comes a story of a game played on the high seas, on a ship in the British navy. The rules of St. Andrew’s are adopted subject only to such local rules as the committee may consider necessary to meet the lequlrements of the case. It is from the local rules that one can gather what sort of a game golf is at sea. Here are a few: “No 'person shall be allowed to play unless he holds a member’s card and has paid for the same. “A, ball driven in the bunker, that Is, scupper, xnay be replaced on deck at a distance of one foot Penalty, one stroke. “A ball driven overboard is considered lost. Penalty, two strikes, a shilling to the orphanage and purchase of a new ball. “Caddies may be selected from the committee at a nominal rate of 15s 9d per round of riilne holes.”