AN-UNUSUAL GAME.
A golf match-of a most unnaual character was played on tho Geraldine links on Thursday between two members of tho local club. One man undertook to beat tho other in a nine-hole match, by throwing th© golf bait round the course while his opponent used his clubs. The thrower w_s only permitted a preliminary run when delivering tho ball from the toe; through the green the ball had to be thrown from where It landed. On the putting green he was allowed to roll tho ball towards the hole. After a most interesting contest the game finished all equaro, _2. made up as fol_owa:— Thrower—s, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 3. 6, 5—42. Golfer—6, 8,.4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7, 6—42. The bogey score for the round waa ,S3.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14055, 29 May 1911, Page 9
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