STATUS QUERIED
FERRIER OUT OF U.S.
AMATEUR
CHICAGO, August 27
The Australian golfer J. Ferrier announced that he had been barred from competing in the United States amateur championship. He • said he . presumed this action was because of. his book, "Jim Ferrier's Golf Shots.!'
The United States 'Golf Association confirmed Ferrier's announcement and issued a statement that it was forced to decline his entry because of his book, which "consists- principally of photographs of Ferrier making his shots, accompanied by printed material of an instructive nature. Ferrier stated: to the association. that he contracted to receive royalties, from the book; therefore he is ineligible."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 51, 28 August 1940, Page 7
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