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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 56, 8 March 1941, Page 3 (Supplement)

AT THE NINETEENTH.

X. \<>n Xi«lii holptl j 20-foot |>mt fir a iiinlio 2 011 the last qrrcn to win the Maiilv 1; o] f tilth's professional purse la-t Saturday. He knew he had to f-ink that putt to heat Dirk C'arr. local professional. hy a stroke with a total of 144. Von Xitla. who drove from Newcastle to plav in the e\ent. only kept himself in the picture in the morning round by superb putting. It pave him a 7.", to put him third with I'arr. "I played some wicked shots." he -aid. "If 1 ha<l not putted well I would lta \ e lieen over 50." Von Xidu'- afternoon round included a six at ihe ea«y par four fourth hole, where he hooked into tree?, and could only tap the hall out. <nrr played sound noii all day. His • •n'y mi.-takes were 011 the greens, where h" in>-se<l -e\ era 1 short putts. If. I'ickworth le<| The field l.v a stroke with a 71 in the morning, and had the event at tils mercy when he reached the turn in the second round in .'!4. He dropped a stroke at the par 3. tenth hole and missed a 2-footer 011 the eleventh green. This 'ccmed to throw him out of pear, and he dropped sc\en strokes to par at the next seven holes for 41 bark. Been Around. A Kennedy. U.S.A.. claims a world's record in having played on 2130 courses 111> to ihe end of ia«-t vcar.

I Fie has played in 41 American State*. • 'eight Canadian province*, in Bermuda,' '.Cuba. Mexico. Panama, Colombia.) j Ecuador and Peru, and has a signed card , showing his score on each of the courses, i He intended to make St. Andrews his • 2000 th course, but the war stopped him. ' -Toe Kirk wood lias played on 2000 I courses in all parts of tho worUl during his exhibition tours. Painless Extraction. here did that go I" Les Dempsev asked liis caddie after a hit on The Lakes course recently. "A"ever saw it. Fin short sighted." "\ou ought to wear glas«c« "I do." "Well, where are they?" "At home." ' Why didn't you bring them!" "They're broke." Ball Bursts in Air. H. Pickworth. Manly Golf Club assistant, hit a perfect tee shot to the short 18th hole in the profei«ional puree at Manly. Halfway to the hole the ball burst and fell like a stone short of the green. Pickworth had to replace the ball, as its liquid core bulged out through the cover. It appeared certain that his tee shot would have found the green, so the misj fortune cost him a stroke and £1 10/, •'.as he tied for third place instead of being second. A damaged ball, bv the . «ny. can Ik> replaced in intimating' to a • ' fel.ow competitor or marker the inten I Hon to do so. [ l ; I Big Galleries. J Admissions receipts for the American j national Open championship netted I 14.4.70 dollars, and were higher than in |! any year since 5930. when Bobby Jones recorded his tamed "grand slam" bv j, winning the national Open and Amateur ■ crowns, as well as the British Open and j j Amateur title*. | i The large gate attracted bv the Open | championship helped the "association i ; finish the fiscal year ending November I i .10, 1040. with a profit of 2250 dollars, j thus l)onsting the surplus to S4JWO I ■ dollars.