Pencilling-Off
The rubber-faced Australian professional, E. A. Ball, with rounds of 75, 72, 69. 71. was not within distance of winning the Wills Masters tournament for the second successive year after his disappointing play on the first two days. But Ball left his mark on Russley and this year's tournament when the final rounds were played on Saturday. At the thirteenth tee In the afternoon Ball took out a five-inch pen-
cil from his pocket and thrust it lead first into the ground. He balanced his ball on top, swung his driver in the manner of a keystone cop, and sent the ball sailing over the trees that edge the rough at the dogleg hole and into the middle of the fairway. A lofted iron put him on the green at the par-5 hole in two, and two putts gave him a birdie four. He was heard to say: “There’s nothing difficult about this game.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30938, 20 December 1965, Page 3
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