Set #7
Today I've elected to display a few more from my collection of stymie golf scorecards.
As previously stated in my stymie card blog issues " Up through 1951 when The USGA and Royal & Ancient Golf Club drafted uniform rules, golf was played a bit differently once everyone was on the putting green.
The rules were strict. You could not pick up your ball before holing out* as you may do now. If it was your turn to putt and a competitor's ball was in the line of your putt, you had to go around that ball or over that ball. Your opponent could not be made to mark his ball. When you were thus prevented from reaching the hole directly, you were said to be "stymied".
There was no specific rule intended to introduce stymie play into golf. Stymies resulted from the general principle in golf that you do not pick up your ball until you have holed out. So stymie situations accidentally occurred in the beginning. Some golfers realized the competitive advantage that could be gained by intentionally stymieing your opponent's ball. And just as in billiards, one opponent could confound another repeatedly.
In 1951, when the USGA and Royal & Ancient agreed to consolidate the rules on both sides of "the pond", the Brits insisted upon maintaining the rule preventing the picking up of a ball on the green. The Americans lobbied for adoption of a rule permitting the marking and picking up of a ball on the green because stymie's slowed play and American golf course operators wanted to squish as many foursomes onto the course as possible. Well, you know the outcome. And when the rules became effective in 1952, the stymie was dead.
Today among golf scorecard collectors any stymie cards they have in their collection are considered to be gold."
As previously stated in my stymie card blog issues " Up through 1951 when The USGA and Royal & Ancient Golf Club drafted uniform rules, golf was played a bit differently once everyone was on the putting green.
The rules were strict. You could not pick up your ball before holing out* as you may do now. If it was your turn to putt and a competitor's ball was in the line of your putt, you had to go around that ball or over that ball. Your opponent could not be made to mark his ball. When you were thus prevented from reaching the hole directly, you were said to be "stymied".
There was no specific rule intended to introduce stymie play into golf. Stymies resulted from the general principle in golf that you do not pick up your ball until you have holed out. So stymie situations accidentally occurred in the beginning. Some golfers realized the competitive advantage that could be gained by intentionally stymieing your opponent's ball. And just as in billiards, one opponent could confound another repeatedly.
In 1951, when the USGA and Royal & Ancient agreed to consolidate the rules on both sides of "the pond", the Brits insisted upon maintaining the rule preventing the picking up of a ball on the green. The Americans lobbied for adoption of a rule permitting the marking and picking up of a ball on the green because stymie's slowed play and American golf course operators wanted to squish as many foursomes onto the course as possible. Well, you know the outcome. And when the rules became effective in 1952, the stymie was dead.
Today among golf scorecard collectors any stymie cards they have in their collection are considered to be gold."
Brandwood House GC, England - Side #1
Brandwood House GC, England - Side #2
Hendon GC, England - Side #1
Hendon GC, England - Side #2
Kobe GC (Rokkosan Course), Japan Version 1 = Side 1
Kobe GC (Rokkosan Course), Japan Version 1 = Side 2
Kobe GC (Rokkosan Course), Japan Version 2 - Side 1
Kobe GC (Rokkosan Course), Japan Version 2 - Side 2
Meyrick Park Links, England - Side #1
Meyrick Park Links, England - Side #2
Moor Park Club (West Course), England - Side #1
Moor Park Club (West Course), England - Side #2
Queens Park GL, England - Side #1
Queens Park GL, England - Side #2
Seaford Head GC, England - Side #1
Seaford Head GC, England - Side #2
Villa D'Este CC, Italy - Side #1
Villa D'Este CC, Italy - Side #2
Forest Hills GC, Ohio - Side 1
Forest Hills GC, Ohio - Side 2
King Norton GC, England - Side 1
King Norton GC, England - Side 2
CC, Ohio - Version 1 Side 1
Portage CC, Ohio - Version 1 Side 1
Portage CC, Ohio - Version 2 Side 1
Portage CC, Ohio - Version 2 Side 2
Tam O'Shanter GC (Hills Course), Ohio - Side 1
Tam O'Shanter GC (Hills Course), Ohio - Side 2
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1281 Blog Postings
The total number of golf scorecard images on this site now equals 21,703
The total number of golf photographs on this site now equals 8,523
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Coming Soon:
Virginia Scorecards
Greystone G&CC
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Greystone G&CC
My golf scorecard collection statistics as of today:
Total Stymie Cards = 180
Total USA = 99,860
Total Foreign = 46,923
Total Collection = 146,783
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Available for Sale: Over 68,000 duplicate golf scorecards or sale. I am now selling them in packets of fifty different scorecards per packet. The price of each packet is $25.00 U.S. Each packet will include a mix of US and foreign unused cards. They will be mailed via priority mail. Payment by a U.S. postal money order is preferred. Remit to Russ Glasson, 170 Carriage Hill Dr., Wethersfield, CT 06109.
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1281 Blog Postings
The total number of golf scorecard images on this site now equals 21,703
The total number of golf photographs on this site now equals 8,523
The total number of all photographs on this site now equals 20,888
The total number of golf business cards on this site now equals 540
Coming Soon:
Virginia Scorecards
Greystone G&CC
Additions to Previously Blogged Scorecards
Greystone G&CC
My golf scorecard collection statistics as of today:
Total Stymie Cards = 180
Total USA = 99,860
Total Foreign = 46,923
Total Collection = 146,783
Scorecard Trading: If you are a casual visitor and a golf scorecard collector and would like to do some scorecard trading contact me at rbglasson@cox.net.
Available for Sale: Over 68,000 duplicate golf scorecards or sale. I am now selling them in packets of fifty different scorecards per packet. The price of each packet is $25.00 U.S. Each packet will include a mix of US and foreign unused cards. They will be mailed via priority mail. Payment by a U.S. postal money order is preferred. Remit to Russ Glasson, 170 Carriage Hill Dr., Wethersfield, CT 06109.
Come back soon and often.
Feel free to leave your comments below.
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