GOLF

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 April 1934, Page 11

GOLF

“ PRINCE OF WALES IN FORM. Q [BY CABLE —-PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] ’’ LONDON, April 13. The Prince of Wales had an ex- “ citing day at the golf tournament at . Suiiningdale on Tuesday. In the x morning he beat Captain Longslaffo, playing level. The Prince of Wales 1 won five out of the first eight holes. Longstaffe fought back till he ’ squared at the sixteenth hole. The I Prince of Wales took the next two, the seventeenth in a “birdie” three, where he holed a. long putt. 3 In the next round, in the afternoon, , there was a ding-dong struggle. The Prince of Wales was one down at the ’ turn. The match was squared at the , last green. The Prince of Wales then had to scratch, owing to an engagement in Scotland. ' ITALIAN DISCRIMINATION (Rec. April 14, 9.35 a.m.) ROME, April 13. The Italian Golf Federation has gone ultra-nationalist. Most of the golf courses Italy, and indeed, through- ’ out. Europe, were laid out by British- ’ ers, and British golf terms are used everywhere, even in the Continental newspapers. The Federation has now decided that only Italian words must be used.

No foreigner will be allowed to serve as a president, secretary, or committeeman of a golf club. Non-Italian players will be forced to pay. a special tax, and to obtain an identity card, before playing on Italian courses. Until recently, every golf secretary in Italy had been British, as still is the case in most of the Continental clubs. SUNDAY PLAY BARRED HAMILTON, April 12. The ethics of Sunday play were again brought into the limelight at Hamilton, to-day, when a spirited discussion followed a proposal to the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association that it permit Sunday golf to be played on its grounds at Claudelands. The Ministers’ Association, in a letter to the A. and P. Association, asked that steps be taken to prevent the wounding of the religious susceptibilities and convictions of nearby residents and registered a strong protest against the proposal on account of the close proximity of several churches and the fact that the showgrounds were in a residential area. Varied views were expressed by members, and finally it was decided by nineteen votes to nine to grant permission to the club to use the grounds, providing that no Sunday play is indulged in.