Golf

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formofgame,namely,thebestmethod
ofscoring.Shoulditbebyholesor
matches?Shouldthebyecountanything,
ifthematchisscoredasonepoint,andif
so,howmuch?
Itisnotproposedtoenterintoadis-
cussionhereastothemeritsanddemerits
ofthevariouswaysofscoring—whether
aneightoraquarteristheproperpropor-
tiontoallottothebye-bye,intheevent
ofthematchscoringonepoint.Such
questionsasthesecanneverbefinally
settled,norwilltherebeanyuniform
wayofscoringtillsomepersonorbodyin
authoritylaysdownahardandfastrule
withregardtoit.
Themethodwhichisbecomingincreas-
inglypopular,andwhichleadstothemost
excitingfinishes,whenthe.respectivesides
areevenlymatched,isforeachsideto
consistofanunevennumber—nineor
eleven—andtoplayeachmatchtoa
finish,goingtothenineteenthholewhen
necessary.Bycountingthescoreinthis
way,thereisnochanceofadraworofone
matchcountingquiteoutofitsproper

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Description	By Sir Henry Seton-Karr, C.M.G. ... Harold Hilton [and others].
Shelfmark	5.2894
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Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1907 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Golf Sports
Person / organisation:	Seton-Karr, Henry [Author] Hilton, Harold H. (Harold Horsfall), 1869- [Author] Greening & Company, Ltd [Publisher]
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