Steel Shafted: Clubs Now Legal for Official Competitions St. Andrews, Nov. 28.
The St. Andrews Rules of Golf Committee has decided that steel-shafted clubs shall in future be legal} in oficial competitions in Great}
Britain.
'Such clubs have had a considerable following. in Great Britain for several years' but they have not been permitted in official competi-tons.
The agitation for steel-shafts has received a fillip since the Prince of Wales won a competition with them at the Coombe Hill Golf Links, which subsequently permitted their use and many clubs then followed Coombe Hill's example.
Manufacturers state that they are able to make these shafts for 6/- apiece and it is expected that a complete club will cost 12/6 thus saving about 5/- over the hickory club—
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