Popular Science MouthJii 



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Golfing at Home 



THE aiiixiri'iitly lei- 

 surely K"'"!*" ot golf 

 doesn't consist mereK' in 

 "knocking a i)ill around a 

 ten-acre lot," as ex-Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt is credite 

 with having described it. 

 Furthermore, the game 

 doesn't need to match well 

 with special clothing, 

 shoes.clubs, cocktails, pro- 

 fessional instructors and 

 similar adornments. It is 

 now possible to bring it 

 into the home and have 

 the family play it without 

 being decked out in sport 

 shirts. 



Indeed, the indoor 

 game is the next best 

 thing to the outdoor 

 game itself. It is said to 

 parallel accurately all the 

 characteristics of an out- 

 door course, and afford 

 true putting practice. It 

 can be playetl on any rug 

 or carpet of 

 good size. 



The pla\er 

 starts off with a 

 mashie shot 

 from a felt tee 

 over a bunker. 

 After holing out, 

 the next stroke 

 is through a low 

 a n d n a r r o w 

 hazard calling 

 fori)erfect <lirec- 

 tion to the tirst 

 disk. 



The disk is so 

 constructed 

 that a ball will 

 enter from any 

 angle with only 

 a slight amount 

 of resistance; 

 but once in, it cannot roll out again. The 

 three disks, hazard and hole are easily 

 turned around, so as to face the ball. 

 Should a ball be played against the out- 

 side walls of the hazard, it will be de- 

 flected sharply to one side but will not 

 roll beyond the edge of the rug. 



Every drive is registered in yards by this 

 machine for teaching beginners in golf 



Devices for teaching 



special golf-strokes at 

 home have been in- 

 \entcd almost without 

 number. One of the 

 latest is a machine 

 which has been in- 

 \ cnted to teach scien- 

 tific driving. 



The diagram 

 explains the working 

 of the golfer's "first 

 aid." It is a ball 

 mounted on a ball- 

 laaring shaft. It has 



all the fascination of a roulette wheel 



and your dri\e is registered on the 



calibrated dial. 



A plunger-spring set 



brings the ball to rest 



enables the pla\-er to 



frequently as he wishes. 



m 



the floor 

 all tee'd" and 

 drive off as 



