Slow Golf
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The second round of the; world’s richest golf tournament, the Carling world championship at j Southport Lancashire, began today with 165 of the world's leading play-; ers being told to “get a move on.” The “hurry up your play” edict was posted near the first tee after the drawnout rounds on the first day. The first players teed off at dawn and the last just managed to scrape home at dusk, 13 hours later. | The American, T. Dill, and B. Allen (Britain) were the first to tee off and they i finished just over three, hours later.
; The next group of players which teed off eight minutes behind them, came home 90 minutes 1 after them. More than half the field took five hours or more to crawl around the 7037 yard course. But K. Nagle, a 20/1 outsider with bookmakers, breezed around the course in a record-equalling 68—five under par—to snatch a lead. I Nagle was two strokes ahead of K. Thomson (Australia) and the New Zealander R. J. Charles, who i were on 70 with two home players, Butler and H. Muscroft. The much heralded 90-strong i American contingent was hardly in sight.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 13
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200Slow Golf Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 13
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