AN ENGLISH INNOVATION
'An important and novel tournament was put on in • England last month in the Aldington ■ foursomes/ in which partnerships were composed of an amateur and a professional, or assistant. Winning amateurs were presented with a replica of the challenge cup, and the professionals with a cash prize. Match play followed a thirty-six-hole qualifying round. Mixed professional and amateur matches are not unknown in Now Zealand,' and one was put on last week in the exhibition match on the Otatara links in which Miss Oliver Kay, woman champion of the Dominion, and Basil Smith, tho newlyappointed professional to the Invercargill Club, defeated the Otago pair, B. V. Wright, amateur champion of New Zealand, and Dr. K. Ross, by 1 tip. Miss Kay played from the men's tees, but was conceded a handicap of five strokes. Every member of the quartet was in form.^ Smith covered the course in 75, coming homo in 34, made up (•»" two 3<s and seven 4's. Miss Kay took 76, Wright 77, and Dr. Boss 78.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 20
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172AN ENGLISH INNOVATION Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 20
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