What's in the bag circa 1887

[razaar]

I have been reading a golf book published in 1887 and came across this paragraph on a club named "Dynamite" which may be of interest to the club ho's. Seems golfer's in those days had a fetish about driving more than some here.

Extract from “The Art of Golf” published in 1887 – Chapter ‘of set of clubs and other appurtenances’

The ‘Dynamite’ is a very powerful weapon. It is a club in the face of which is inserted a small cartridge which explodes when the ball strikes it. With this club a good driver has been known to get past the long hole at St. Andrews in one shot. Loading for each drive is so inconvenient that the Dynamite has not come into general use. Besides, the trouble, the expense, and danger connected with it are so considerable as to make it unpopular. It would be rash to start a round without a surgeon to carry the clubs, and surgeons of course charge more than ordinary caddies. If Dynamites came into general use the rules of golf would require to be slightly altered. As they stand at present, holes would occasionally be lost because the player could not come up in time. Ten minutes is scarcely enough to allow for trepanning, which would often be necessary, as the cartridge frequently fails to go off till the club has reached the level of the head. With a Dynamite it is safer to jerk than to take a full swing.

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[adlo]

I have been reading a golf book published in 1887 and came across this paragraph on a club named "Dynamite" which may be of interest to the club ho's. Seems golfer's in those days had a fetish about driving more than some here.

Extract from “The Art of Golf” published in 1887 – Chapter ‘of set of clubs and other appurtenances’

The ‘Dynamite’ is a very powerful weapon. It is a club in the face of which is inserted a small cartridge which explodes when the ball strikes it. With this club a good driver has been known to get past the long hole at St. Andrews in one shot. Loading for each drive is so inconvenient that the Dynamite has not come into general use. Besides, the trouble, the expense, and danger connected with it are so considerable as to make it unpopular. It would be rash to start a round without a surgeon to carry the clubs, and surgeons of course charge more than ordinary caddies. If Dynamites came into general use the rules of golf would require to be slightly altered. As they stand at present, holes would occasionally be lost because the player could not come up in time. Ten minutes is scarcely enough to allow for trepanning, which would often be necessary, as the cartridge frequently fails to go off till the club has reached the level of the head. With a Dynamite it is safer to jerk than to take a full swing.

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You don't say :-k

[PeteyD]

Wonder why they banned them?

[Yossarian]

They K 1 Fast has nothing on these drivers!

[razaar]

An extract about putters -

"Then there are putters. A good one ought to have the name "Philip" stamped on it by somebody who must not tell you that he did it himself, or it must have belonged to someone else before you got it - either an old golfer who is dead (no matter whether he was a good holer-out or not) or else to a professional. No golfer with any self-respect uses a putter which he has bought new out of a shop for four shillings."

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[PeteyD]

wtf? Who is Philip? reminds me of Who's Gerald (aka Custard, cos Girls Like That)

[razaar]

more on putters -

"There are putting irons which are not irons but putters. People who putt badly use these, and are happy, although they only put it out of their power ever to putt well. There are putters made like croquet mallets, and there are perfectly upright ones. The latter are of no use to corpulent persons, as they cannot see the ball. Even the emanciated hole-out better without them."

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